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	[[File:Shashi Tharoor WEF.png\|Tharoor at 2009.\|right\|thumb]]'''Shashi Tharoor''' (born 9 March 1956)<ref>{{cite web \|title=Detailed Profile: Dr. Shashi Tharoor \|url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4569 \|access-date=3 July 2019 \|website=india.gov.in \|archive-date=4 July 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704205311/https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4569 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> is an Indian [[politician]]. He is also a writer and retired international [[Diplomacy\|diplomat]]<ref name="ST UN">{{cite web\|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2002/sga803.doc.htm\|title=Appointment of Shashi Tharoor as Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information confirmed by Secretary General\|publisher=United Nations\|access-date=19 November 2018}}</ref>. He has been [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] from [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala, since 2009. He used to be [[Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations\|Under-Secretary General]] of the United Nations. He also tried to become [[Secretary-General of the United Nations\|Secretary-General]] in 2006, but lost to [[Ban Ki Moon]].		[[File:Shashi Tharoor WEF.png\|Tharoor at 2009.\|right\|thumb]]'''Shashi Tharoor''' (born 9 March 1956)<ref>{{cite web \|title=Detailed Profile: Dr. Shashi Tharoor \|url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4569 \|access-date=3 July 2019 \|website=india.gov.in \|archive-date=4 July 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704205311/https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4569 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> is an Indian [[politician]]. He is also a writer and retired international [[Diplomacy\|diplomat]].<ref name="ST UN">{{cite web\|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2002/sga803.doc.htm\|title=Appointment of Shashi Tharoor as Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information confirmed by Secretary General\|publisher=United Nations\|access-date=19 November 2018}}</ref> He has been [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] from [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala, since 2009. He used to be [[Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations\|Under-Secretary General]] of the United Nations. He also tried to become [[Secretary-General of the United Nations\|Secretary-General]] in 2006, but lost to [[Ban Ki Moon]].

	==Early life and career==		==Early life and career==
	He was born in [[London]], [[UK]]. He has raised in [[India]]. Tharoor graduated from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] in 1975. He got a [[doctor~~\|doctorate~~]] in 1978 in International Relations and Affairs from the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]], [[Tufts University]]. At the age of 22, he was the youngest person at the time to get this honour from the Fletcher School. From 1978 to 2007, Tharoor was a career official at the United Nations, rising to the rank of [[Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations\|Under-Secretary General]] for Communications and Public Information in 2001. He announced his retirement after completing second in the [[2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection\|2006 selection for U.N. Secretary-General]] to [[Ban Ki-moon]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shashi-tharoor-candidate-for-united-nations/1/180465.html \|title=UN top job: Why India's candidate Shashi Tharoor had to drop out of the race \|first=Saurabh \|last=Shukla \|date=16 October 2006 \|newspaper=[[India Today]] \|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> In 2009, Tharoor began his political career by joining the [[Indian National Congress]]. He successfully represented the party from [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala by winning in the Lok Sabha elections. He became a member of parliament at 2009. During the Congress-led [[UPA Government]] rule (2004–2014), Tharoor served as Minister of State for External Affairs<ref name="pib.nic.in">{{cite web \|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=88790 \|title=Dr Shashi Tharoor takes Charge in Ministry of Human Resource Development, says Education can Channelise Youth Energy \|date=2 November 2012 \|work=Press Information Bureau \|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> (2009–2010). He also served as Minister of Human Resource Development (2012–2014).<ref name="pib.nic.in"/>		He was born in [[London]], [[UK]]. He has raised in [[India]]. Tharoor graduated from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] in 1975. He got a [[doctor]]ate in 1978 in International Relations and Affairs from the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]], [[Tufts University]]. At the age of 22, he was the youngest person at the time to get this honour from the Fletcher School. From 1978 to 2007, Tharoor was a career official at the United Nations, rising to the rank of [[Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations\|Under-Secretary General]] for Communications and Public Information in 2001. He announced his retirement after completing second in the [[2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection\|2006 selection for U.N. Secretary-General]] to [[Ban Ki-moon]].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shashi-tharoor-candidate-for-united-nations/1/180465.html \|title=UN top job: Why India's candidate Shashi Tharoor had to drop out of the race \|first=Saurabh \|last=Shukla \|date=16 October 2006 \|newspaper=[[India Today]] \|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> In 2009, Tharoor began his political career by joining the [[Indian National Congress]]. He successfully represented the party from [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala by winning in the Lok Sabha elections. He became a member of parliament at 2009. During the Congress-led [[UPA Government]] rule (2004–2014), Tharoor served as Minister of State for External Affairs<ref name="pib.nic.in">{{cite web \|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=88790 \|title=Dr Shashi Tharoor takes Charge in Ministry of Human Resource Development, says Education can Channelise Youth Energy \|date=2 November 2012 \|work=Press Information Bureau \|access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> (2009–2010). He also served as Minister of Human Resource Development (2012–2014).<ref name="pib.nic.in"/>

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[[File:Shashi Tharoor WEF.png|Tharoor at 2009.|right|thumb]]'''Shashi Tharoor''' (born 9 March 1956)<ref>{{cite web |title=Detailed Profile: Dr. Shashi Tharoor |url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4569 |access-date=3 July 2019 |website=india.gov.in |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704205311/https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4569 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an Indian [[politician]]. He is also a writer and retired international [[Diplomacy|diplomat]]<ref name="ST UN">{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2002/sga803.doc.htm|title=Appointment of Shashi Tharoor as Under Secretary General for Communications and Public Information confirmed by Secretary General|publisher=United Nations|access-date=19 November 2018}}</ref>. He has been [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] from [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala, since 2009. He used to be [[Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations|Under-Secretary General]] of the United Nations. He also tried to become [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|Secretary-General]] in 2006, but lost to [[Ban Ki Moon]].

==Early life and career==
He was born in [[London]], [[UK]]. He has raised in [[India]]. Tharoor graduated from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] in 1975. He got a [[doctor|doctorate]] in 1978 in International Relations and Affairs from the [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]], [[Tufts University]]. At the age of 22, he was the youngest person at the time to get this honour from the Fletcher School. From 1978 to 2007, Tharoor was a career official at the United Nations, rising to the rank of [[Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations|Under-Secretary General]] for Communications and Public Information in 2001. He announced his retirement after completing second in the [[2006 United Nations Secretary-General selection|2006 selection for U.N. Secretary-General]] to [[Ban Ki-moon]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shashi-tharoor-candidate-for-united-nations/1/180465.html |title=UN top job: Why India's candidate Shashi Tharoor had to drop out of the race |first=Saurabh |last=Shukla |date=16 October 2006 |newspaper=[[India Today]] |access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> In 2009, Tharoor began his political career by joining the [[Indian National Congress]]. He successfully represented the party from [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala by winning in the Lok Sabha elections. He became a member of parliament at 2009. During the Congress-led [[UPA Government]] rule (2004–2014), Tharoor served as Minister of State for External Affairs<ref name="pib.nic.in">{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=88790 |title=Dr Shashi Tharoor takes Charge in Ministry of Human Resource Development, says Education can Channelise Youth Energy |date=2 November 2012 |work=Press Information Bureau |access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> (2009–2010). He also served as Minister of Human Resource Development (2012–2014).<ref name="pib.nic.in"/>

==References==
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==Other websites==
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* [http://www.shashitharoor.in/ Official website]
* [http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4569 Dr Shashi Tharoor] ''Official bio-data at Lok Sabha, Parliament of India''
* [http://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/pmsteam.php Cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh] ''Prime Ministers Office, Archieved''
* [https://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/stories/shashi_bio.asp Shashi Tharoor] at United Nations
* {{NYTtopic|people/t/shashi_tharoor}}
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Shashi-Tharoor Shashi Tharoor] collected news and commentary at ''[[The Times of India]]''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCjYgVVd_po "Why in the PM Narenda Modi 'The Paradoxial Prime Minister'?"] Interview with [[ET Now]]
* {{C-SPAN|shashitharoor}}
* {{IMDb name|0857076}}
* {{worldcat id|id=lccn-n82-77483}}

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