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The Foreign Secretary of India (ISO: Vidēś Saciv) 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 (born 7 November 1964) is an Indian diplomat. He currently serves as the 35th Foreign Secretary of India from July 2024 onwards. Previously, he served as the Deputy National Security Advisor of India from 1 January 2022, succeeding Pankaj Saran till 14 July 2024. [1]
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 currently serving as Ambassador of India to the United States from 13 August 2024 onwards. [4] [5] Previously, he has served as the Ambassador of India to France and Nepal. [6]
During his tenure as Foreign Secretary, he dealt with some of the most pressing foreign policy issues namely, fallout of the Covid pandemic, India-China border issues at Ladakh, U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and military takeover in Myanmar. [22] [23] On 1 April 2022 he was succeeded by Vinay Mohan Kwatra as the 34th Foreign Secretary of ...
The Foreign Secretary of India is the senior-most non-elected official and the administrative head of the ministry. The Ministry of External Affairs operates more than 200 diplomatic missions around the world through which it represents the Government of India on the international stage.
The Indian Foreign Service (IFS) is a diplomatic service and a central civil service of the Government of the Republic of India under the Ministry of External Affairs. [3] The Foreign Secretary is the head of the service.
He previously served as the Foreign Secretary of India from 2015 to 2018. [ 2 ] Jaishankar 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 Ambassador to the Czech Republic ...
Nirupama Menon Rao (born 6 December 1950) is a retired civil servant of 1973 batch Indian Foreign Service cadre who served as India's Foreign Secretary from 2009 to 2011, as well as being India's Ambassador to the United States, China and Sri Lanka (High Commissioner) during her career.