Jaishankar was born in Delhi, India to prominent Indian strategic affairs analyst, commentator and civil servant K. Subrahmanyam and Sulochana Subrahmanyam. He has two brothers: the historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam and the IAS officer S. Vijay Kumar, former Rural Development Secretary of India.
Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 30 May 2019, became the second ever diplomat to be appointed as External Affairs minister, after Natwar Singh.[1] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015[2][3] to January 2018.[4]
S. Jaishankar
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Jaishankar in 2023
30th Minister of External Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 May 2019
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Preceded by
Sushma Swaraj
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
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
President
Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Narendra Modi
Preceded by
Nirupama Rao
Succeeded by
Arun Kumar Singh
Ambassador of India to China
In office
1 June 2009 – 1 December 2013
President
Pratibha Patil
Pranab Mukherjee
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Preceded by
Nirupama Rao
Succeeded by
Ashok Kantha
High Commissioner of India to Singapore
In office
1 January 2007 – 1 June 2009
President
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Pratibha Patil
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Succeeded by
TCA Raghavan
Ambassador of India to the Czech Republic
In office
1 January 2001 – 1 January 2004
President
K.R. Narayanan
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded by
P.S. Raghavan
Personal details
Born
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
9 January 1955 (age 68)
New Delhi, India
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Spouse(s)
Shobha Jaishankar (deceased)
Kyoko Jaishankar
Children
3
Parent
K. Subrahmanyam (father)
Relatives
Sanjay Subrahmanyam (brother), S. Vijay Kumar (brother)
Alma mater
St. Stephen’s College, Delhi (BA),
Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA, MPhil, PhD)
Occupation
Civil servant, diplomat, politician
Awards
Padma Shri (2019)
He joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1977 and during his diplomatic career spanning over 38 years, he served in different capacities in India and abroad including as a High Commissioner to Singapore (2007–09) and as Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2001–04), China (2009–2013) and the US (2014–2015). Jaishankar played a key role in negotiating the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement.
On retirement, Jaishankar joined Tata Sons as the President, Global Corporate
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