डॉ. एस. जयशंकर Dr S. Jaishankar

डॉ. एस. जयशंकर Dr S. Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister of India since May 2019. Foreign Secretary 2015 to 2018. Ambassador in Prague, Singapore, Beijing and Washington.

S. Jaishankar in a dark suit and patterned tie in front of the Indian and American flags
At the US Department of State in Washington, as External Affairs Minister. Photograph: US Department of State, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
  • 1977 Joined the Indian Foreign Service: Nearly five decades in diplomacy.
  • 3 Ambassadorships to major powers: Singapore, China and the United States.
  • 2015–18 Foreign Secretary: The top civil servant of the Ministry.
  • 2019 External Affairs Minister: The first former Foreign Secretary in the post. Re-appointed 2024.

The facts

Full name
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (MEA)
Born
9 January 1955, New Delhi (Gulf News profile)
Father
K. Subrahmanyam, the strategic affairs analyst (Gulf News profile)
Spouse
Kyoko Jaishankar (Gulf News profile)
Education
St Stephen's College, Delhi. MA in Political Science, MPhil and PhD in International Relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University (MEA)
Languages
Russian; also speaks Japanese (Deccan Herald)
Parliament
Rajya Sabha, Gujarat. Elected July 2019, re-elected unopposed July 2023 (DT Next)
Honours
Padma Shri, 2019. Honorary doctorate, IIM Calcutta (MEA)
Books
The India Way (2020). Why Bharat Matters (2024) (Rupa Publications)

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