Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Politician

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Minister of External Affairs · Bhartiya Janta Party · New Dehli In India

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Born09 Jan 1955
FromNew Dehli In India
OccupationMinister Of External Affairs
PartyBhartiya Janta Party
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Overview

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955), better known as S. Jaishankar, is an Indian diplomat and politician, who is serving the thirtieth Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 31 May 2019.[1] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and has been 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 joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1977, and during a diplomatic career spanning over 38 years, served in different capacities in India and abroad, including as a High Commissioner to Singapore (2007–2009) and as…

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Career

After 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.[10] From 1985 to 1988 he was the first secretary at the Indian embassy in Washington, D.C.[19]

From 1988 to 1990, he served in Sri Lanka as First Secretary and political adviser to the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF).[19][20] From 1990 to…

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Media

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