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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.
Dr. S. Jaishankar is India’s External Affairs Minister since May 30th, 2019. He is a Member of the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) of India’s Parliament from the state of Gujarat. He was Foreign Secretary from 2015-18, Ambassador to United States (2013-15), China (2009-2013) and Czech Republic (2000-2004).
The foreign secretary of India ( ISO: Vidēśa Saciva) is the top diplomat of India and administrative head of the Ministry of External Affairs. This post is held by an Indian foreign service officer of the rank of secretary to the government of India.
No.NamePhotoTook Office341 May 2022Incumbent3329 January 2020April 30, 20223229 January 201828 January 20203128 January 201528 January 2018Jan 30, 2015 · Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India's Ambassador to the US, was appointed as India's new Foreign Secretary after an announcement was made on January 28, 2015. Jaishankar got appointed after a meeting of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi took place.
Jaishankar is the first former foreign secretary to be given political control of the external affairs ministry.
Jun 3, 2019 · As rightly pointed out by Kanchan Gupta for the Observer Research Foundation, Jaishankar is actually the second foreign secretary in Indian history to become the minister of external affairs,...
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