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	[[File:Raminder Jassal.jpg\|thumb\|285px\|President Bush shakes hands with Ambassador Jassal after the signing of the [[United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act]], Dec. 18, 2006]]'''Raminder Singh Jassal''' was an Indian diplomat who served as ~~India’s~~ Ambassador to Israel, the United States, and Turkey.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indiaabroad-digital.com/indiaabroad/20110410?pg=60#pg60 \|title=India Abroad - April 10, 2011 \|publisher=Indiaabroad-digital.com \|date=2011-04-10 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> He also served as ~~India’s~~ spokesman during the 1999 [[Kargil War]] between India and Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Sandeep Dikshit \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1529783.ece \|title=News / National : Ambassador to Turkey passes away \|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=2011-03-12 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref>		[[File:Raminder Jassal.jpg\|thumb\|285px\|President Bush shakes hands with Ambassador Jassal after the signing of the [[United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act]], Dec. 18, 2006]]'''Raminder Singh Jassal''' was an Indian diplomat who served as India's Ambassador to Israel, the United States, and Turkey.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indiaabroad-digital.com/indiaabroad/20110410?pg=60#pg60 \|title=India Abroad - April 10, 2011 \|publisher=Indiaabroad-digital.com \|date=2011-04-10 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> He also served as India's spokesman during the 1999 [[Kargil War]] between India and Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Sandeep Dikshit \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1529783.ece \|title=News / National : Ambassador to Turkey passes away \|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=2011-03-12 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref>

	==Early career==		==Early career==
	Jassal joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1976 after graduating from [[Delhi University]]. His first assignment was at the [[Embassy of India in Moscow]] where he learned and became fluent in Russian. He was First Secretary at Warsaw between 1981-1984 serving for a period as [[Charge d’affaires]].		Jassal joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1976 after graduating from [[Delhi University]]. His first assignment was at the [[Embassy of India in Moscow]] where he learned and became fluent in Russian. He was First Secretary at Warsaw between 1981 and 1984 serving for a period as [[Charge d’affaires]].

	He served in various roles such as Deputy Secretary in the Americas Division in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)\|Ministry of External Affairs]] between 1985 and 1988, Political Counselor at the [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.]] and between 1991 and 1995 he served as Political Counselor at the Embassy of India in Moscow. In 1995 he served briefly as Director (West Africa, North Africa) in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi and later as Joint Secretary (Central Asia) during ~~1996-1997~~, and later Joint Secretary (Planning & Coordination) in the [[Ministry of Defence (India)\|Ministry of Defence]] where he served between 1997 and 1999.		He served in various roles such as Deputy Secretary in the Americas Division in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)\|Ministry of External Affairs]] between 1985 and 1988, Political Counselor at the [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.]] and between 1991 and 1995 he served as Political Counselor at the Embassy of India in Moscow. In 1995 he served briefly as Director (West Africa, North Africa) in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi and later as Joint Secretary (Central Asia) during 1996–1997, and later Joint Secretary (Planning & Coordination) in the [[Ministry of Defence (India)\|Ministry of Defence]] where he served between 1997 and 1999.

	==Spokesperson and ambassador==		==Spokesperson and ambassador==
	He was then named to be the official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs where he served with distinction from 1999-2001. In that capacity he also handled media arrangements for all official foreign visits of the [[Prime Minister of India]] and all incoming state and official visits including those of [[Bill Clinton\|President Clinton]] to India in March 2000 and [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee\|Prime Minister Vajpayee]] to Washington D.C. in September, 2000.		He was then named to be the official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs where he served with distinction from 1999 to 2001. In that capacity he also handled media arrangements for all official foreign visits of the [[Prime Minister of India]] and all incoming state and official visits including those of [[Bill Clinton\|President Clinton]] to India in March 2000 and [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee\|Prime Minister Vajpayee]] to Washington D.C. in September, 2000.

	He served as ~~India’s~~ Ambassador to Israel from 2001-2004. During this period relations between India and Israel progressed.{{vague\|date=December 2013}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=2818289&ct=9283515&notoc=1 \|title=recalls the remarkable contributions Ambassador Raminder Singh Jassal made to India's relations with Israel and the U.S. - AJC: Global Jewish Advocacy \|publisher=AJC \|date=2011-03-27 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> As Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d'affaires in Washington, D.C., Jassal was one of the lead negotiators of the civil nuclear deal between the United States<ref>{{cite web\|author=bineareastpolicy \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaxT9KlRVM \|title=Condoleezza Rice, Ambassador Raminder Jassal on US - India Nuclear Deal \|publisher=YouTube \|date=2011-07-17 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> and India.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Giacomo \|first=Carol \|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-india-usa-idUKN2040684720061221 \|title=Bush India statement raises Congress concerns ~~\| Reuters~~ \|publisher=Uk.reuters.com \|date=2006-12-21 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> He took up his position as ~~India’s~~ Ambassador in Ankara in 2008.		He served as India's Ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2004. During this period relations between India and Israel progressed.{{vague\|date=December 2013}}<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=2818289&ct=9283515&notoc=1 \|title=recalls the remarkable contributions Ambassador Raminder Singh Jassal made to India's relations with Israel and the U.S. - AJC: Global Jewish Advocacy \|publisher=AJC \|date=2011-03-27 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> As Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d'affaires in Washington, D.C., Jassal was one of the lead negotiators of the civil nuclear deal between the United States<ref>{{cite web\|author=bineareastpolicy \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaxT9KlRVM \|title=Condoleezza Rice, Ambassador Raminder Jassal on US - India Nuclear Deal \|publisher=YouTube \|date=2011-07-17 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> and India.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Giacomo \|first=Carol \|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-india-usa-idUKN2040684720061221 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202121515/http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-india-usa-idUKN2040684720061221 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2 February 2016 \|title=Bush India statement raises Congress concerns \|publisher=Uk.reuters.com \|date=2006-12-21 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> He took up his position as India's Ambassador in Ankara in 2008.

	In 2009, he was diagnosed with a [[lymphoma]]. On 11 March 2011, while undergoing treatment in a Turkish hospital in Ankara, he died of complications from a round of [[chemotherapy]]. The Turkish government flew ~~Jassal’s~~ remains in a military aircraft back to New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/turkey-flying-in-indian-envoys-body_100513038.html \|title=Turkey flying in Indian ~~envoy’s~~ body - Thaindian News \|publisher=Thaindian.com \|date=2011-03-12 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref>		In 2009, he was diagnosed with a [[lymphoma]]. On 11 March 2011, while undergoing treatment in a Turkish hospital in Ankara, he died of complications from a round of [[chemotherapy]]. The Turkish government flew Jassal's remains in a military aircraft back to New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/turkey-flying-in-indian-envoys-body_100513038.html \|title=Turkey flying in Indian envoy's body - Thaindian News \|publisher=Thaindian.com \|date=2011-03-12 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref>

	Ambassador Jassal was married to Professor Smita Tewari Jassal, a professor at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/southasia/faculty/jassal.htm \| title=South Asia Studies - Faculty - Smita Jassal \|accessdate=25 August 2018 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410072711/http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/southasia/faculty/jassal.htm \|archivedate=10 April 2012 }}</ref>		Ambassador Jassal was married to Professor Smita Tewari Jassal, a professor at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/southasia/faculty/jassal.htm \| title=South Asia Studies - Faculty - Smita Jassal \|accessdate=25 August 2018 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410072711/http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/southasia/faculty/jassal.htm \|archivedate=10 April 2012 }}</ref>
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	[[File:Raminder Jassal.jpg\|thumb\|285px\|President Bush shakes hands with Ambassador Jassal after the signing of the [[United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act]], Dec. 18, 2006]]'''Raminder Singh Jassal''' was an ~~[[India]]n~~ diplomat who served as India’s Ambassador to Israel, the United States, and Turkey.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indiaabroad-digital.com/indiaabroad/20110410?pg=60#pg60 \|title=India Abroad - April 10, 2011 \|publisher=Indiaabroad-digital.com \|date=2011-04-10 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> He also served as India’s spokesman during the 1999 [[Kargil War]] between India and Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Sandeep Dikshit \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1529783.ece \|title=News / National : Ambassador to Turkey passes away \|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=2011-03-12 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref>		[[File:Raminder Jassal.jpg\|thumb\|285px\|President Bush shakes hands with Ambassador Jassal after the signing of the [[United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act]], Dec. 18, 2006]]'''Raminder Singh Jassal''' was an Indian diplomat who served as India’s Ambassador to Israel, the United States, and Turkey.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.indiaabroad-digital.com/indiaabroad/20110410?pg=60#pg60 \|title=India Abroad - April 10, 2011 \|publisher=Indiaabroad-digital.com \|date=2011-04-10 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> He also served as India’s spokesman during the 1999 [[Kargil War]] between India and Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web\|author=Sandeep Dikshit \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1529783.ece \|title=News / National : Ambassador to Turkey passes away \|newspaper=The Hindu \|date=2011-03-12 \|accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref>

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[[File:Raminder Jassal.jpg|thumb|285px|President Bush shakes hands with Ambassador Jassal after the signing of the [[United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act]], Dec. 18, 2006]]'''Raminder Singh Jassal''' was an [[India]]n diplomat who served as India’s Ambassador to Israel, the United States, and Turkey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaabroad-digital.com/indiaabroad/20110410?pg=60#pg60 |title=India Abroad - April 10, 2011 |publisher=Indiaabroad-digital.com |date=2011-04-10 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> He also served as India’s spokesman during the 1999 [[Kargil War]] between India and Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sandeep Dikshit |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1529783.ece |title=News / National : Ambassador to Turkey passes away |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2011-03-12 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref>

==Early career==
Jassal joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1976 after graduating from [[Delhi University]]. His first assignment was at the [[Embassy of India in Moscow]] where he learned and became fluent in Russian. He was First Secretary at Warsaw between 1981-1984 serving for a period as [[Charge d’affaires]].

He served in various roles such as Deputy Secretary in the Americas Division in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] between 1985 and 1988, Political Counselor at the [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.]] and between 1991 and 1995 he served as Political Counselor at the Embassy of India in Moscow. In 1995 he served briefly as Director (West Africa, North Africa) in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi and later as Joint Secretary (Central Asia) during 1996-1997, and later Joint Secretary (Planning & Coordination) in the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] where he served between 1997 and 1999.

==Spokesperson and ambassador==
He was then named to be the official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs where he served with distinction from 1999-2001. In that capacity he also handled media arrangements for all official foreign visits of the [[Prime Minister of India]] and all incoming state and official visits including those of [[Bill Clinton|President Clinton]] to India in March 2000 and [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Prime Minister Vajpayee]] to Washington D.C. in September, 2000.

He served as India’s Ambassador to Israel from 2001-2004. During this period relations between India and Israel progressed.{{vague|date=December 2013}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=2818289&ct=9283515&notoc=1 |title=recalls the remarkable contributions Ambassador Raminder Singh Jassal made to India's relations with Israel and the U.S. - AJC: Global Jewish Advocacy |publisher=AJC |date=2011-03-27 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> As Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d'affaires in Washington, D.C., Jassal was one of the lead negotiators of the civil nuclear deal between the United States<ref>{{cite web|author=bineareastpolicy |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaxT9KlRVM |title=Condoleezza Rice, Ambassador Raminder Jassal on US - India Nuclear Deal |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-07-17 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> and India.<ref>{{cite web|last=Giacomo |first=Carol |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-india-usa-idUKN2040684720061221 |title=Bush India statement raises Congress concerns | Reuters |publisher=Uk.reuters.com |date=2006-12-21 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> He took up his position as India’s Ambassador in Ankara in 2008.

In 2009, he was diagnosed with a [[lymphoma]]. On 11 March 2011, while undergoing treatment in a Turkish hospital in Ankara, he died of complications from a round of [[chemotherapy]]. The Turkish government flew Jassal’s remains in a military aircraft back to New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/turkey-flying-in-indian-envoys-body_100513038.html |title=Turkey flying in Indian envoy’s body - Thaindian News |publisher=Thaindian.com |date=2011-03-12 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref>

Ambassador Jassal was married to Professor Smita Tewari Jassal, a professor at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/southasia/faculty/jassal.htm | title=South Asia Studies - Faculty - Smita Jassal |accessdate=25 August 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410072711/http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/southasia/faculty/jassal.htm |archivedate=10 April 2012 }}</ref>

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