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{{Short description|Indian diplomat}}

'''Prabhakar Menon''' (born 28 July 1943) is a retired Indian diplomat who served in the [[Indian Foreign Service]] for over three decades. His career included ambassadorships to several countries, a key advisory role to Prime Minister [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], and leadership in international disarmament efforts as the first Chairman of the Executive Council of the [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]] (OPCW).

==Business career==
From 1968 to 1973, he was employed in [[Hong Kong]].{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

From 1974 to 1975 he was Business Officer in [[Hanoi]].<ref name="FotW"/>

From 1975 to 1980 he was Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (India).{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

From 1980 to 1982, he was Director (Foreign Secretary’s Office).<ref name="FotW"/>

==Diplomatic service==
In 1981 the government of [[Indira Gandhi]] asked for another assignment for George Brevard Griffin (1916–2010), counsellor at the US mission in New Delhi, who was already in [[Calcutta]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref>P. V. Narasimha Rao's statement in [[Lok Sabha]] 08 September 1981: Mr. Griffin was till recently the Deputy Chief of Mission in the US Embassy in Kabul. After a careful evaluation of Mr. Griffin's activities during his earlier posting in India, the Government of India requested the United States to reassign him to another post. Government's intention was to avoid the likelihood of friction being...</ref><ref name="FotW"/> In 1981 Prabhakar Menon was appointed an officer at the Indian mission to [[Washington D. C.]] but the government of [[Ronald Reagan]] did not accept him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Khobragade faceoff - Throwback to a 1981 Indo-US diplomatic spat {{!}} ummid.com |url=https://ummid.com/news/2014/January/10.01.2014/india-us-1981.html |website=ummid.com |access-date=19 September 2024 |date=2014-01-10}}</ref><ref name="FotW"/>

From 1982 to 1985 he was ambassador in [[East Berlin]].<ref>NEW AMBASSADORS NAMED — New Delhi, l Aug— Miss [[Arundhati Ghose]], now ambassador to the Republic of Korea, has been appointed ambassador to the German Democratic Republic, succeeding Mr T. Prabhakar Menon.</ref>

Prabhakar Menon was ambassador to [[Dakar]] ([[Senegal]]) from 1986 to 1989.<ref>{{cite web |title=List of ambassadors of India to Senegal |url=https://embassies.info/IndianEmbassyinDakarSenegal/diplomats |website=embassies.info |access-date=19 September 2024 |date=24 August 2024}}</ref>

In 1989 he was the ambassador and deputy permanent representative of India to the [[United Nations]].<ref name="FotW">{{cite web |title=PDF Reminiscences of a 'Fly on the Wall' |url=http://associationdiplomats.org/Publications/ifaj/Vol8/8.3/8.3-ORAL%20HISTORY.pdf |website=associationdiplomats.org |access-date=21 September 2024}}</ref>

From 1992 to 1996, Ambassador Prabhakar Menon was advisor on foreign affairs to Prime Minister Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao, while posted as Joint Secretary (Prime Minister’s Office).<ref name="FotW"/>

Until 1996 he was liaison secretary to [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]].<ref>Prabhakar Menon, joint secretary in the Prime Minister's office (PMO), has been appointed ambassador to Netherlands, an official release said in New Delhi on April 11.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=92-96 Prabhakar Menon served as advisor on foreign affairs to Prime Minister Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao, while he was posted as Joint Secretary (Prime Minister's Office) from 1992 to 1996. |url=https://www.associationdiplomats.org/Publications/ifaj/Vol8/8.3/8.3-ORAL%20HISTORY.pdf |website=www.associationdiplomats.org |access-date= |date=}}</ref>

From 1996 to 1999 he was ambassador in [[The Hague]], permanent representative to the [[OPCW]] and chairman of this body.<ref>{{cite web |title=The End of Chemical Weapons |url=https://stanleycenter.org/common-ground/the-end-of-chemical-weapons/ |website=Stanley Center for Peace and Security |access-date=19 September 2024 |language=en |date=2 September 1997}}</ref>

From 2001 to 2003 he was ambassador in [[Dublin]] (Ireland).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rajan |first1=K. V. |title=The Ambassador's Club |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9uKWeNc3pGUC&q=menon |publisher=Harper Collins |access-date=19 September 2024 |language=en |date=18 May 2012|isbn=978-93-5029-472-7 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Indian Foreign Service officers]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to East Germany]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Senegal]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Ireland]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Permanent representatives of India to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]]

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