S. Jaishankar
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 30 May 2019.[1] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015[2][3] to January 2018.[4] He became the second ever diplomat to be appointed as India's External Affairs minister, after Natwar Singh.[5][6]
S. Jaishankar | |
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30th Minister of External Affairs | |
Assumed office 30 May 2019 | |
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 | |
President | Pranab Mukherjee |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Nirupama Rao |
Succeeded by | Arun Kumar Singh |
Ambassador of India to China | |
In office 1 June 2009 – 1 December 2013 | |
President | Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Nirupama Rao |
Succeeded by | Ashok Kantha |
High Commissioner of India to Singapore | |
In office 1 January 2007 – 1 June 2009 | |
President | A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Pratibha Patil |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Succeeded by | TCA Raghavan |
Ambassador of India to the Czech Republic | |
In office 1 January 2001 – 1 January 2004 | |
President | K.R. Narayanan A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Succeeded by | P.S. Raghavan |
Personal details | |
Born | Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (1955-01-09) 9 January 1955 (age 69) New Delhi, India |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse(s) | Shobha Jaishankar (deceased) Kyoko Jaishankar |
Children | 3 |
Parent |
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Relatives | Sanjay Subrahmanyam (brother) |
Alma mater | St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BSc), Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA, MPhil, PhD) |
Occupation | Civil servant, diplomat, politician, author |
Awards | Padma Shri (2019) |
He joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1977 and during his diplomatic career spanning over 38 years, he served in different capacities in India and abroad including as a High Commissioner to Singapore (2007–2009) and as Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2001–2004), China (2009–2013) and the US (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.[7] In 2019, he was conferred with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.[8] On 30 May 2019, he was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the second Modi ministry.[9] 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 as the Cabinet Minister.[10][11]