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{{Short description|Indian diplomat (died 2011)}} | |||
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[[File:Raminder Jassal.jpg|thumb|285px|President Bush shakes hands with Ambassador Jassal after the signing of the [[United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act]], Dec. 18, 2006]]'''Raminder Singh Jassal''' was an Indian diplomat who served as | [[File:Raminder Jassal.jpg|thumb|285px|President Bush shakes hands with Ambassador Jassal after the signing of the [[United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act]], Dec. 18, 2006]]'''Raminder Singh Jassal''' was an Indian diplomat who served as India's Ambassador to Israel, the United States, and Turkey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaabroad-digital.com/indiaabroad/20110410?pg=60#pg60 |title=India Abroad - April 10, 2011 |publisher=Indiaabroad-digital.com |date=2011-04-10 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> He also served as India's spokesman during the 1999 [[Kargil War]] between India and Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sandeep Dikshit |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1529783.ece |title=News / National : Ambassador to Turkey passes away |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2011-03-12 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> | ||
==Early career== | ==Early career== | ||
Jassal joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1976 after graduating from [[Delhi University]]. His first assignment was at the [[Embassy of India in Moscow]] where he learned and became fluent in Russian. He was First Secretary at Warsaw between 1981 | Jassal joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1976 after graduating from [[Delhi University]]. His first assignment was at the [[Embassy of India in Moscow]] where he learned and became fluent in Russian. He was First Secretary at Warsaw between 1981 and 1984 serving for a period as [[Charge d’affaires]]. | ||
He served in various roles such as Deputy Secretary in the Americas Division in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] between 1985 and 1988, Political Counselor at the [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.]] and between 1991 and 1995 he served as Political Counselor at the Embassy of India in Moscow. In 1995 he served briefly as Director (West Africa, North Africa) in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi and later as Joint Secretary (Central Asia) during | He served in various roles such as Deputy Secretary in the Americas Division in the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] between 1985 and 1988, Political Counselor at the [[Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.]] and between 1991 and 1995 he served as Political Counselor at the Embassy of India in Moscow. In 1995 he served briefly as Director (West Africa, North Africa) in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi and later as Joint Secretary (Central Asia) during 1996–1997, and later Joint Secretary (Planning & Coordination) in the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] where he served between 1997 and 1999. | ||
==Spokesperson and ambassador== | ==Spokesperson and ambassador== | ||
He was then named to be the official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs where he served with distinction from 1999 | He was then named to be the official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs where he served with distinction from 1999 to 2001. In that capacity he also handled media arrangements for all official foreign visits of the [[Prime Minister of India]] and all incoming state and official visits including those of [[Bill Clinton|President Clinton]] to India in March 2000 and [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Prime Minister Vajpayee]] to Washington D.C. in September, 2000. | ||
He served as | He served as India's Ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2004. During this period relations between India and Israel progressed.{{vague|date=December 2013}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=2818289&ct=9283515¬oc=1 |title=recalls the remarkable contributions Ambassador Raminder Singh Jassal made to India's relations with Israel and the U.S. - AJC: Global Jewish Advocacy |publisher=AJC |date=2011-03-27 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> As Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d'affaires in Washington, D.C., Jassal was one of the lead negotiators of the civil nuclear deal between the United States<ref>{{cite web|author=bineareastpolicy |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaxT9KlRVM |title=Condoleezza Rice, Ambassador Raminder Jassal on US - India Nuclear Deal |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-07-17 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> and India.<ref>{{cite web|last=Giacomo |first=Carol |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-india-usa-idUKN2040684720061221 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202121515/http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-nuclear-india-usa-idUKN2040684720061221 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 February 2016 |title=Bush India statement raises Congress concerns |publisher=Uk.reuters.com |date=2006-12-21 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> He took up his position as India's Ambassador in Ankara in 2008. | ||
In 2009, he was diagnosed with a [[lymphoma]]. On 11 March 2011, while undergoing treatment in a Turkish hospital in Ankara, he died of complications from a round of [[chemotherapy]]. The Turkish government flew | In 2009, he was diagnosed with a [[lymphoma]]. On 11 March 2011, while undergoing treatment in a Turkish hospital in Ankara, he died of complications from a round of [[chemotherapy]]. The Turkish government flew Jassal's remains in a military aircraft back to New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/turkey-flying-in-indian-envoys-body_100513038.html |title=Turkey flying in Indian envoy's body - Thaindian News |publisher=Thaindian.com |date=2011-03-12 |accessdate=2012-11-22}}</ref> | ||
Ambassador Jassal was married to Professor Smita Tewari Jassal, a professor at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/southasia/faculty/jassal.htm | title=South Asia Studies - Faculty - Smita Jassal |accessdate=25 August 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410072711/http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/southasia/faculty/jassal.htm |archivedate=10 April 2012 }}</ref> | Ambassador Jassal was married to Professor Smita Tewari Jassal, a professor at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/southasia/faculty/jassal.htm | title=South Asia Studies - Faculty - Smita Jassal |accessdate=25 August 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410072711/http://www.sais-jhu.edu/academics/regional-studies/southasia/faculty/jassal.htm |archivedate=10 April 2012 }}</ref> | ||
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Raminder Singh Jassal was an Indian diplomat who served as India's Ambassador to Israel, the United States, and Turkey.[1] He also served as India's spokesman during the 1999 Kargil War between India and Pakistan.[2]
Early career[edit | edit source]
Jassal joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1976 after graduating from Delhi University. His first assignment was at the Embassy of India in Moscow where he learned and became fluent in Russian. He was First Secretary at Warsaw between 1981 and 1984 serving for a period as Charge d’affaires.
He served in various roles such as Deputy Secretary in the Americas Division in the Ministry of External Affairs between 1985 and 1988, Political Counselor at the Embassy of India, Washington, D.C. and between 1991 and 1995 he served as Political Counselor at the Embassy of India in Moscow. In 1995 he served briefly as Director (West Africa, North Africa) in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi and later as Joint Secretary (Central Asia) during 1996–1997, and later Joint Secretary (Planning & Coordination) in the Ministry of Defence where he served between 1997 and 1999.
Spokesperson and ambassador[edit | edit source]
He was then named to be the official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs where he served with distinction from 1999 to 2001. In that capacity he also handled media arrangements for all official foreign visits of the Prime Minister of India and all incoming state and official visits including those of President Clinton to India in March 2000 and Prime Minister Vajpayee to Washington D.C. in September, 2000.
He served as India's Ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2004. During this period relations between India and Israel progressed.[vague][3] As Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d'affaires in Washington, D.C., Jassal was one of the lead negotiators of the civil nuclear deal between the United States[4] and India.[5] He took up his position as India's Ambassador in Ankara in 2008.
In 2009, he was diagnosed with a lymphoma. On 11 March 2011, while undergoing treatment in a Turkish hospital in Ankara, he died of complications from a round of chemotherapy. The Turkish government flew Jassal's remains in a military aircraft back to New Delhi.[6]
Ambassador Jassal was married to Professor Smita Tewari Jassal, a professor at Johns Hopkins University.[7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "India Abroad - April 10, 2011". Indiaabroad-digital.com. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ↑ Sandeep Dikshit (12 March 2011). "News / National : Ambassador to Turkey passes away". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ↑ "recalls the remarkable contributions Ambassador Raminder Singh Jassal made to India's relations with Israel and the U.S. - AJC: Global Jewish Advocacy". AJC. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ↑ bineareastpolicy (17 July 2011). "Condoleezza Rice, Ambassador Raminder Jassal on US - India Nuclear Deal". YouTube. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ↑ Giacomo, Carol (21 December 2006). "Bush India statement raises Congress concerns". Uk.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ↑ "Turkey flying in Indian envoy's body - Thaindian News". Thaindian.com. 12 March 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ↑ "South Asia Studies - Faculty - Smita Jassal". Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2018.