Salman Haidar


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.

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

Personal lifeEdit

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]

ReferencesEdit

  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.