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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Minister of External Affairs of India | |
| Minister of External Affairs | |
| Assumed office 30 May 2019 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 5 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Amit Shah |
| Constituency | Gujarat |
| 31st Foreign Secretary of India | |
| In office 28 January 2015 – 28 January 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Sujatha Singh |
| Succeeded by | Vijay Keshav Gokhale |
| Ambassador of India to the United States | |
| In office 1 December 2013 – 28 January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Nirupama Rao |
| Succeeded by | Arun Kumar Singh |
| Ambassador of India to China | |
| In office 1 June 2009 – 1 December 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Nirupama Rao |
| Succeeded by | Ashok Kantha |
| High Commissioner of India to Singapore | |
| In office 1 January 2007 – 1 June 2009 | |
| Succeeded by | TCA Raghavan |
| Ambassador of India to the Czech Republic | |
| In office 1 January 2001 – 1 January 2004 | |
| Succeeded by | P.S. Raghavan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1955 New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Kyoko Jaishankar |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) |
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| Relatives | Sanjay Subrahmanyam (brother) |
| Alma mater | St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA) Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA, MPhil, PhD) |
| Occupation | Diplomat Politician |
| Awards | Padma Shri (2019) |
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian diplomat and politician. He became 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 from January 2015 to January 2018.[1]
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 the USA (2014–2015). Jaishankar played a key role in negotiating the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement.
On retirement, Jaishankar joined Tata Sons as the President, Global Corporate Affairs.[2] In 2019, he was conferred with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.[3] On 30 May 2019, he was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the second Modi ministry.[4] He was made the Minister of External Affairs on 31 May 2019. He is the first former Foreign Secretary to head the Ministry of External Affairs at the Cabinet-level.[5][6]
Early life and education[edit]
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,.[7][8]
He went to school at The Air Force School, Subroto Park, New Delhi. He graduated from St. Stephen's College at the University of Delhi.[9] He has an M.A. in Political Science and an M.Phil. and PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).[10][11]
Diplomat career[edit]
Joining the Indian Foreign Service in 1977, Jaishankar served as third secretary and second secretary in the Indian mission to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1979 to 1981, where he studied Russian. He returned to New Delhi, where he worked as a special assistant to the diplomat Gopalaswami Parthasarathy and as undersecretary in the Americas division of India's Ministry of External Affairs, dealing with United States. He was part of the team that resolved the dispute over the supply of US nuclear fuel to the Tarapur Power Stations in India.[12] From 1985 to 1988 he was the first secretary at the Indian embassy in Washington, D.C.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "MEA | About MEA : Profiles : Foreign Secretary". www.mea.gov.in. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ↑ "Tata Sons announces appointment of new president, Global Corporate Affairs". Tata. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ↑ "Former Indian foreign secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to be conferred with Padma Shri". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ↑ Roche, Elizabeth (30 May 2019). "S Jaishankar: Modi's 'crisis manager' sworn-in as union minister". Mint. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ↑ "S. Jaishankar: From Backroom to Corner Office, the Rise of Modi's Favourite Diplomat". The Wire. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ↑ "Narendra Modi Government 2.0: Former foreign secretary S Jaishankar appointed as Minister of External Affairs". cnbctv18.com. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ↑ "Mr S Vijay Kumar". www.teriin.org. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ↑ Manager (14 March 2017). "S. Vijay Kumar". Resource Panel. Retrieved 4 June 2019 – via www.resourcepanel.org.
- ↑ "Who is S Jaishankar?". The Times of India. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ↑ "Dr. S. Jaishankar, Ambassador of India- Beijing. Embassy of India, Beijing, China". Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ↑ C.Raja Mohan and S. Jaishankar, "Nuclear Cartelisation Theory and Practice" Archived 22 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 12, No. 20, 14 May 1977
- ↑ S Jaishankar to be India’s Next Envoy to Washington, First Post, 9 August 2013
- ↑ "Dr. S. Jaishankar, Ambassador of India – Beijing. Embassy of India, Beijing, China". Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
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