Jolyon Naegele

Jolyon Naegele
Jolyon Naegele in Prague, 2024
Born (1955-04-19) April 19, 1955
New York City, U.S.
Alma materCity College of New York (BA); Johns Hopkins University SAIS (MA)
OccupationsJournalist, political analyst, author
Known forVoice of America correspondent for Central and Eastern Europe; UNMIK political affairs officer
Children1
AwardsUnited States Information Agency Superior Honor Award (1988); Pelikán Prize (2019)

Jolyon Arthur Naegele (born April 19, 1955) is an American journalist and political analyst known for his reporting on Central and Eastern Europe during the final decade of communist rule. He served as the Voice of America (VOA) correspondent for the region from 1984 to 1994 and later worked as an editor at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). From 2003 to 2017 he was a political affairs officer with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), eventually heading its Office of Political Affairs.