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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Ranjan Mathai<br />
| image = Ranjan Mathai & Yukiya Amano (cropped).jpg<br />
| imagesize = 220px<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|24|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Thiruvalla]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| occupation = [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]<br />
| office = [[High Commission of India to the United Kingdom]]<br />
| term_start = 9 December 2013<br />
| term_end = 31 October 2015<br />
| predecessor = [[Jaimini Bhagwati]]<br />
| successor = [[Navtej Sarna]]<br />
| office2 = 29th [[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary of India]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1 August 2011<br />
| term_end2 = 1 August 2013<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Nirupama Rao]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Sujatha Singh]]<br />
| profession = [[Civil Servant]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Ranjan Mathai''' (born 1952) is an Indian [[civil servant]] of the [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]] cadre who was a former [[Indian Foreign Secretary]] and [[High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom|Indian High Commissioner to the UK]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ranjan-Mathai-takes-over-as-Indian-envoy-to-UK/articleshow/27168063.cms|newspaper=Times of India | title=Ranjan Mathai takes over as Indian envoy to UK | date=10 December 2013 | author=PTI | access-date=6 July 2018}}</ref> Prior to this, he served as Foreign Secretary of India from 1 August 2011 to 31 July 2013.<ref name=ndtv>{{cite news|title=Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai hands over charge to Sujatha Singh|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/foreign-secretary-ranjan-mathai-hands-over-charge-to-sujatha-singh-399631|access-date=4 August 2013|newspaper=ndtv|date=31 July 2013|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130804165557/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/foreign-secretary-ranjan-mathai-hands-over-charge-to-sujatha-singh-399631|archive-date=4 August 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Ranjan Mathai was born in [[Thiruvalla]], [[Kerala]], India. He did his post graduate studies in Political Science at the [[University of Pune]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-27/india/29708637_1_indian-ambassador-ministry-of-external-affairs-foreign-secretary | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916210157/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-27/india/29708637_1_indian-ambassador-ministry-of-external-affairs-foreign-secretary | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-09-16 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Ranjan Mathai to be India's next foreign secretary}}</ref> His father, Thomas Mathai, was a senior faculty member at the [[National Defence Academy]]. His mother Sara was a teacher at [[Khadakwasla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khadakvasla]], [[Pune]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Ranjan Mathai is a 1974 batch [[Indian Foreign Service]] [[Civil Services of India|Officer]].He joined the IFS after completing post graduate studies in Political Science at the [[University of Poona]]. He has served in Indian Embassies in [[Vienna]], [[Colombo]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], [[Tehran]] and [[Brussels]].<br />
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As Joint Secretary (BSM) in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] in New Delhi (January 1995 to February 1998), he headed the Division dealing with India's relations with [[Bangladesh]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Myanmar]] and [[Maldives]]. Mathai has also served as Indian Ambassador to Israel&nbsp;– February 1998 to June 2001, and was the Indian Ambassador in [[Qatar]] from August 2001 to July 2005. He held the post of Deputy High Commissioner of India to the UK in London from August 2005 to January 2007.<br />
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He became Ambassador of India to France in January 2007. <br />
Ranjan Mathai took over as India's High commissioner to the UK on Monday, 9 December 2013. He succeeded Jaimini Bhagwati. Prior to this he was the [[Foreign Secretary of India]]. On 31 July 2013, he demitted office and [[Sujatha Singh]] took over as the new Foreign Secretary.<ref><br />
[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2312887.ece Ranjan Mathai assumes charge as Foreign Secretary]<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Ranjan Mathai is married to Geetha Mathai.<br />
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