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politician. author. Awards. Padma Shri (2019) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955), better known as S. Jaishankar, is an Indian diplomat and politician, who is 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 ...
Two former career-diplomats have served as ministers of external affairs, including K. Natwar Singh (2004–2005) who served as India's Ambassador to Poland and as High Commissioner to Pakistan, and the current minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar who retired as the Foreign Secretary. Two other ministers, M. C. Chagla and I. K. Gujral also served ...
The Ministry of External Affairs is steered by the Minister of External Affairs, a minister in the PM's Cabinet. The Foreign Secretary, an Indian Foreign Service officer, is the most senior civil servant and the Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry represents the Government of India through 186
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. Vikram Misri is currently serving as the Foreign Secretary of India from July 2024, succeeding ...
From left to right: Rajnath Singh, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Mike Pompeo, and Mark Esper during the second 2+2 summit on December 18, 2019. The 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue is a diplomatic summit that has been held every year since 2018 initially between the Minister of External Affairs or Foreign Minister, and Defence Minister of India with the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense of the ...
Profession. Diplomat. Vinay Mohan Kwatra, (born 15 December 1962) is an Indian diplomat. He has served as the 34th Foreign Secretary of India, from May 2022 till July 2024 [2][3] and is the Ambassador of India to the United States starting from 13 August 2024. [4][5] Previously, he has served as the Ambassador of India to France and Nepal. [6]
India, officially the Republic of India, has full diplomatic relations with 201 states, including Palestine, the Holy See, and Niue. [note 1] [1] The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is the government agency responsible for the conduct of foreign relations of India.
The Ministry of External Affairs, headed by External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, is responsible for executing the foreign policy of India.Modi's foreign policy is focused on improving relations with neighboring countries in South Asia, [3] engaging the extended neighbourhood of Southeast Asia and the major global powers.