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| {{Indian name|Jaishankar|Subrahmanyam}}
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| {{Infobox officeholder
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| | name = Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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| | image = File:Minister Jaishankar (48823162971) (cropped).jpg
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| | caption = Minister of External Affairs of India
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| | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|1|9|df=yes}}
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| | birth_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
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| | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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| | spouse = Kyoko Jaishankar
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| | children = 3
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| | father = [[K. Subrahmanyam]]
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| | relatives = [[Sanjay Subrahmanyam]] (brother)
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| | awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2019)
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| | office = [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]]
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| | term_start = 30 May 2019
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| | term_end =
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| | president = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
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| | primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
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| | predecessor = [[Sushma Swaraj]]
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| | successor =
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| | office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
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| | term_start1 = 5 July 2019
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| | term_end1 =
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| | primeminister1 =
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| | predecessor1 = [[Amit Shah]]
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| | successor1 =
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| | office2 = 31st [[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary of India]]
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| | term_start2 = 28 January 2015
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| | term_end2 = 28 January 2018
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| | predecessor2 = [[Sujatha Singh]]
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| | successor2 = [[Vijay Keshav Gokhale]]
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| | office3 = [[Indian Ambassador to the United States|Ambassador of India to the United States]]
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| | term_start3 = 1 December 2013
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| | term_end3 = 28 January 2015
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| | predecessor3 = [[Nirupama Rao]]
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| | successor3 = [[Arun Kumar Singh]]
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| | office4 = [[List of ambassadors of India to China|Ambassador of India to China]]
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| | term_start4 = 1 June 2009
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| | term_end4 = 1 December 2013
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| | predecessor4 = [[Nirupama Rao]]
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| | successor4 = [[Ashok Kantha]]
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| | office5 = High Commissioner of India to Singapore
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| | term_start5 = 1 January 2007
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| | term_end5 = 1 June 2009
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| | predecessor5 =
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| | successor5 = [[TCA Raghavan]]
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| | alma_mater = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[MPhil]], [[PhD]])
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| | occupation = [[Diplomat]]<br/>[[Politician]]
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| | office6 = Ambassador of India to the Czech Republic
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| | successor6 = P.S. Raghavan
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| | primeminister2 = [[Narendra Modi]]
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| | term_end6 = 1 January 2004
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| | term_start6 = 1 January 2001
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| | constituency1 = [[Gujarat]]
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| }}
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| '''Subrahmanyam Jaishankar''' (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian [[diplomat]] and [[politician]]. He became [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]] of the [[Government of India]] on 31 May 2019. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He is also a [[Member of Parliament]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] since 5 July 2019, representing [[Gujarat]]. He was [[Foreign Secretary (India)|Foreign Secretary]] from January 2015 to January 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=MEA {{!}} About MEA : Profiles : Foreign Secretary|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/fs.htm|website=www.mea.gov.in|access-date=7 February 2018|language=en}}</ref>
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| He joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1977. During his diplomatic career over 38 years, he worked in India and abroad. His jobs included [[High Commissioner]] to [[Singapore]] (2007–09) and Ambassador to the [[Czech Republic]] (2001–04), [[China]] (2009–2013) and [[Indian Ambassador to the United States|the USA]] (2014–2015). Jaishankar played a key role in negotiating the [[Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement]].
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| ==Early life and education==
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| S Jaishankar was born in New Delhi, India. He is the son of prominent Indian strategic affairs analyst, commentator, and civil servant [[K. Subrahmanyam]] and Sulochana. He is the brother of historian [[Sanjay Subrahmanyam]] and S. Vijay Kumar,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.teriin.org/profile/s-vijay-kumar|title=Mr S Vijay Kumar|website=www.teriin.org|access-date=4 June 2019}}</ref>.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.resourcepanel.org/the-panel/s-vijay-kumar|title=S. Vijay Kumar|journal=Resource Panel|last=Manager|date=14 March 2017|access-date=4 June 2019|via=www.resourcepanel.org}}</ref>
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| He went to school at [[The Air Force School]], Subroto Park, New Delhi. He graduated from [[St Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]] at the [[University of Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Who is S Jaishankar? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Who-is-S-Jaishankar/articleshow/46047847.cms |access-date=8 January 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=29 January 2015 |language=en}}</ref> He has an M.A. in Political Science and an M.Phil. and [[PhD]] in International Relations from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0|title=Dr. S. Jaishankar, Ambassador of India- Beijing. Embassy of India, Beijing, China|access-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116160023/http://www.indianembassy.org.cn/DynamicContent.aspx?MenuId=33&SubMenuId=0|archive-date=16 January 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[[Raja Mohan|C.Raja Mohan]] and S. Jaishankar, [http://www.epw.in/authors/s-jaishankar "Nuclear Cartelisation Theory and Practice"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922165624/http://www.epw.in/authors/s-jaishankar |date=22 September 2013 }}, ''[[Economic and Political Weekly]]'', Vol. 12, No. 20, 14 May 1977</ref>
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| == References ==
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