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{{short description|Indian civil servant}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Syed Akbaruddin
| image = Syed Akbaruddin.jpeg
| imagesize =
| nationality = [[India]]
| office = [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations]]
| term_start = 1 January 2016
| term_end = 19 May 2020
| predecessor = [[Asoke Kumar Mukerji]]
| successor = [[T. S. Tirumurti]]
| president = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br/>[[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| office1 = Official Spokesperson and Joint Secretary (XP) of [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]
| alongside1 = Vishnu Prakash (7 Dec 2011 – 7 Jan 2012)
| term_start1 = 7 December 2011
| term_end1 = 18 April 2015
| predecessor1 = Vishnu Prakash
| successor1 = [[Vikas Swarup]]
| occupation = [[Civil Servant]] ([[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]])
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|04|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad, India]]
| alma_mater =
| death_date =
| spouse = Padma Akbaruddin
| children = 2
}}

'''Syed Akbaruddin''' is a retired Indian [[civil servant]] from 1985 batch of the [[Indian Foreign Service]] and served as India's permanent representative at the [[United Nations]] at New York from January 2016 to April 2020. He had previously served as official spokesperson of India's [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] from January 2012 to April 2015 and was Indian representative at [[IAEA]] from 2006 to 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=India's New UN Envoy Meets His Pakistani Counterpart|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indias-new-un-envoy-meets-his-pakistani-counterpart-1265722|access-date=14 January 2016|agency=Press Trust Of India|publisher=NDTV Convergence Limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/syed-akbaruddin-made-indias-permanent-representative-at-the-un-in-major-mea-rejig/articleshow/49085480.cms | title=Syed Akbaruddin made India's permanent representative to the UN in major MEA rejig | newspaper=Economic Times | access-date=25 September 2015}}</ref>

== Career ==
Akbaruddin is a 1985 batch [[Indian Foreign Service]] officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/hyderabadis-lead-indias-charge-on-article-370-at-un/articleshow/70760858.cms|title=Hyderabadis lead India's charge on Article 370 at UN | Hyderabad News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> In his distinguished career spanning over 34 years, Akbaruddin has served in different capacities in India and abroad, starting his first foreign assignment in [[Cairo]] where he also learned [[Arabic]]. He also served twice in [[Saudi Arabia]]; in [[Riyadh]] from 1988 to 1992 and in [[Jeddah]] from 2000 to 2004 as [[Consul-General|consul-general]] of India and he is rightly considered an expert on the [[West Asia]] issues in India. At the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] in [[Vienna]], he was on deputation for four years and returned to India in 2011. He was the director at the [[Foreign Secretary of India|Foreign Secretary]]'s Office of the Ministry from 2004 to 2005.<ref name="IndiaToday">{{cite news | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/syed-akbaruddin-takes-over-as-mea-spokesperson/1/163305.html | title=West Asia expert Syed Akbaruddin to be MEA's spokesperson | work=[[India Today]] | date=8 December 2011 | accessdate=25 September 2014 | author=Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy | location=New Delhi}}</ref>

Akbaruddin was the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of [[India]] from January 2012 to April 2015 and was succeeded by [[Vikas Swarup]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Vikas Swarup takes charge as MEA spokesperson|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/vikas-swarup-takes-charge-as-mea-spokesperson/article7117350.ece|accessdate=27 April 2016|agency=The Hindu|work=The Hindu}}</ref> He headed the External Publicity and Public Diplomacy division of the Ministry in the capacity of [[Joint Secretary to Government of India]].<ref name="Personnel">{{cite web | url=http://www.mea.gov.in/personnel.htm | title=Spokesperson's Office – Personnel | publisher=Mea.gov.in. Ministry of External Affairs | accessdate=25 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="Syed Akbaruddin is new spokesperson">{{cite web | url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/syed-akbaruddin-spokesperson-indias-foreign-office-122549867.html | title=Syed Akbaruddin is new spokesperson of India's Foreign Office | publisher=Yahoo News | accessdate=25 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="Organogram">{{cite web | url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Images/pdf/1MEAOrganogram25September2014.pdf | title=Organogram of the Ministry of External Affairs| publisher=mea.gov.in. | accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref> He was also the chief coordinator for the India-Africa Summit in October 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Syed Akbaruddin bids adieu; novelist Vikas Swarup takes over as the MEA Spokesperson |date=18 April 2015 |newspaper=DNA |publisher=Diligent Media Corporation |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-syed-akbaruddin-bids-adieu-novelist-vikas-swarup-takes-over-as-the-mea-spokesperson-2078581 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419123301/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-syed-akbaruddin-bids-adieu-novelist-vikas-swarup-takes-over-as-the-mea-spokesperson-2078581 |archive-date=19 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> He was later [[Additional Secretary (India)|Additional Secretary]] in the Ministry from April 2015 to September 2015.<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com">{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/vikas-swarup-takes-over-as-spokesperson-in-mea/articleshow/46970353.cms|title=Vikas Swarup takes over as Spokesperson in MEA|date=18 April 2015|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref> In November 2015, Akbaruddin was appointed as India's permanent representative to the [[United Nations]] in New York, succeeding [[Asoke Kumar Mukerji]].
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/3ETr9PAStfvIplzWl4ViLI/Syed-Akbaruddin-Indias-next-permanent-representative-to-UN.html|title=Syed Akbaruddin India's next permanent representative to UN|date=16 November 2015|website=Mint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Syed Akbaruddin named India's permanent representative to UN |date=16 November 2015 |newspaper=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Syed-Akbaruddin-named-Indias-permanent-representative-to-UN/articleshow/49803617.cms }}</ref>

== PR to the UN ==
{{Main|Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations|}}

Akbaruddin presented his credentials to [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|UN Secretary-General]] [[Ban Ki-moon]] on January 25, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11941&Itemid=116|title=His Excellency Syed Akbaruddin; The Diplomat|website=The Diplomat}}</ref> He has been praised inside his country and abroad for his exceptional skills at multilateral forums, protecting India's interest and setting new standards of multilateral diplomacy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newsonair.com/News?title=Syed-Akbaruddin-terms-2019-a-year-of-successes-for-India-at-UN&id=376675 |title= Syed Akbaruddin terms 2019 a year of successes for India at UN|website=All India Radio|date= 26 October 2020}}</ref> His work at the [[United Nations]] against [[Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2006|terrorism]], [[United Nations Climate Change Secretariat|climate change]] and towards international peace has been unparalleled to any of his predecessors. He has been credited for blacklisting of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/mohammed-masood-azhar-alvi|title= Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi|website=United Nations Security Council}}</ref> On the climate front, Akbaruddin has presented India as leader and not a follower at the United Nations, by setting examples such as the inauguration of a 50-kilowatt 'Gandhi Solar Park' by [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] was a first of its kind effort by India at the UN.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-inaugurates-gandhi-solar-park-with-193-solar-panels/story-HokHy8er7SmBklVnp3UMdI.html|title= PM Modi inaugurates Gandhi Solar Park with 193 solar panels|website=Hindustan Times|date= 25 September 2019}}</ref> India's strong commitment to UN [[SDGs]] has been acknowledged by the top UN officials also that UN Development Programme Administrator [[Achim Steiner]] says that he is simply in awe of how India is proceeding on its fascinating journey towards meeting its [[SDGs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/un-s-top-development-official-in-awe-of-india-s-efforts-1570256-2019-07-17|title= UN's top development official in awe of India's efforts|website=India Today}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Syed Akbaruddin was born in Hyderabad , Andhra Pradesh ( Now Telanagana State ) on 27 April 1960 to Professor Syed Bashiruddin, formerly the head of the Department of Journalism and Communication at Osmania University, who headed the department for many years and served as Indian ambassador to [[Qatar]], vice-chancellor of Dr B R Ambedkar Open University and director of the research wing of the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] in Pune, and Prof. (Dr.) Zeba Bashiruddin, who was a Professor in the English department at [[Sri Sathya Sai University]], [[Prasanthi Nilayam]] campus. She had also authored 2 books on [[Sathya Sai Baba]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.saibaba.ws/teachings/quranicmyths/sbqm.htm|title = Sai Baba and the Quranic Myths, by Zeba Bashiruddin}}</ref>

Syed Akbaruddin studied at [[Hyderabad Public School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/aug/21/syed-akbaruddin-grateful-to-alma-mater-hyderabad-public-school-2022253.html|title = Syed Akbaruddin grateful to alma mater Hyderabad Public School}}</ref> He holds a Master's Degree in Politics and International Relations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pminewyork.gov.in/|title=Welcome to Permanent Mission of India to the UN , New York|website=www.pminewyork.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/india-and-the-united-nations.htm|title=MEA | India and the United Nations|website=www.mea.gov.in}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Natwar Singh]]
*[[Vijay Keshav Gokhale]]
*[[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]]
*[[Indians in the New York City metropolitan region|Indians in New York]]

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