Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian diplomat and politician. He became Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India on 31 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019, representing Gujarat. He was Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018.[1]
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Minister of External Affairs of India | |
| Minister of External Affairs | |
| Assumed office 30 May 2019 | |
| President | Droupadi Murmu |
| 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 | |
| Preceded by | Nirupama Rao |
| Succeeded by | Arun Kumar Singh |
| Ambassador of India to China | |
| In office 1 June 2009 – 1 December 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Nirupama Rao |
| Succeeded by | Ashok Kantha |
| High Commissioner of India to Singapore | |
| In office 1 January 2007 – 1 June 2009 | |
| Succeeded by | TCA Raghavan |
| Ambassador of India to the Czech Republic | |
| In office 1 January 2001 – 1 January 2004 | |
| Succeeded by | P.S. Raghavan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1955 New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Kyoko Jaishankar |
| Children | 3 |
| Father | K. Subrahmanyam |
| Relatives | Sanjay Subrahmanyam (brother) |
| Alma mater | St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA) Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA, MPhil, PhD) |
| Occupation | Diplomat Politician |
| Awards | Padma Shri (2019) |
He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1977. During his diplomatic career over 38 years, he worked in India and abroad. His jobs included High Commissioner to Singapore (2007–09) and Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2001–04), China (2009–2013) and the USA (2014–2015). Jaishankar played a key role in negotiating the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement.
Early life and education
S Jaishankar was born in New Delhi, India. He is the son of prominent Indian strategic affairs analyst, commentator, and civil servant K. Subrahmanyam and Sulochana. He is the brother of historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam and S. Vijay Kumar,[2][3]
He went to school at Bangalore Military School, Bangalore, Karnataka andThe Air Force School, Subroto Park, New Delhi. He graduated from St. Stephen's College at the University of Delhi.[4] He has an M.A. in Political Science and an M.Phil. and PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).[5][6]
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Media
A 2014 photo of Jaishankar with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington DC.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi at Hyderabad House, New Delhi, 25 March 2022.
Meeting of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) foreign ministers in New York City on 22 September 2022
Jaishankar and Kyoko (His wife, standing LS) with Antony Blinken in Washington DC
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References
- ↑ "MEA | About MEA : Profiles : Foreign Secretary". www.mea.gov.in. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ↑ "Mr S Vijay Kumar". www.teriin.org. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ↑ Manager (14 March 2017). "S. Vijay Kumar". Resource Panel. Retrieved 4 June 2019 – via www.resourcepanel.org.
- ↑ "Who is S Jaishankar?" (in en). The Times of India. 29 January 2015. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Who-is-S-Jaishankar/articleshow/46047847.cms. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ↑ "Dr. S. Jaishankar, Ambassador of India- Beijing. Embassy of India, Beijing, China". Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ↑ C.Raja Mohan and S. Jaishankar, "Nuclear Cartelisation Theory and Practice" Archived 22 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 12, No. 20, 14 May 1977