Salman Haidar

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Salman Haidar
20th Indian Foreign Secretary
In office
1 March 1995 – 30 June 1997
Preceded byKrishnan Srinivasan
Succeeded byK. Raghunath
Personal details
Born1937
Madras, India
Spouse(s)Kusum
ChildrenNadeem Haidar and Navina Najat Haidar
OccupationDiplomat and Scholar

Salman Haidar is a former Indian diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary of India.[1] His tenure was from 1 March 1995 to 30 June 1997. He also served as high commissioner of India to the United Kingdom from January to July, 1998. Moved to India.

Personal life[edit]

Haidar has a son, Nadeem Haidar (SOAS alumnus) and a daughter, Navina Najat Haidar, author and art curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.[2][3] Nadeem Haidar is married to Suhasini Haider, daughter of BJP politician Subramanian Swamy. Suhasini Haidar is a well known journalist and former CNN-IBN anchor.[4][5]

References[edit]

  1. "'salman-haider'".
  2. Sethi, Sunil. "Lunch with BS: Navina Najat Haidar, Museum curator".
  3. "Navina Najat Haidar - TEDxMet Icons, 2015 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art".
  4. "The Kohli-Pai juggernaut".
  5. "Suhasini Haidar". 15 July 2014.


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