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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955), better known as S. Jaishankar, is an Indian politician and retired diplomat of the Indian foreign service (IFS) who has held the office of the minister of external affairs of the Government of India since 31 May 2019. He is the second longest serving minister of external affairs behind Jawaharlal Nehru. Jaishankar is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of parliament who sits in the Rajya Sabha. He previously served as the foreign secretary of India from 2015 to 2018.
Jaishankar joined the 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 (2001–2004), China (2009–2013) and the United States (2014–2015). Jaishankar was one of the officials in the ministry of external affairs, the department of atomic energy, and the prime minister's office, who played a key role in negotiating the India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement. On retirement, Jaishankar received an unusual exemption from the “cooling off period” mandated for all retiring civil servants and joined Tata Sons as president, global corporate affairs. In January 2019, Jaishankar was conferred with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour. In May 2019, Jaishankar was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the second Modi ministry. He has been credited for maintaining stable relations between India and China even after the Doklam Standoff. Jaishankar is the first former foreign secretary of India to head the ministry of external affairs as cabinet minister.
Jaishankar was born on 9 January 1955 in Delhi, India, to a prominent Indian civil servant Krishnaswamy Subrahmanyam and Sulochana Subrahmanyam. He was brought up in a Tamil Hindu family. He has a sister, Sudha Subrahmanyam, and two brothers: historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam and IAS officer S. Vijay Kumar, former rural development secretary of India.
Jaishankar did his schooling at The Air Force School, Delhi, and at the Bangalore Military School, Bangalore. He then did his bachelor's degree in chemistry from St. Stephen's College, Delhi of Delhi University. He has an MA in political science and an M.Phil. and PhD in international relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), where he specialised in nuclear diplomacy.
After joining the IFS in 1977, Jaishankar served as third secretary and second secretary in the Indian mission to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1979 to 1981. He returned to New Delhi, where he worked as a special assistant to diplomat Gopalaswami Parthasarathy and as undersecretary in the Americas division of India's ministry of external affairs, dealing with United States. He was part of the team that resolved the dispute over the supply of US nuclear fuel to the Tarapur Power Stations in India. From 1985 to 1988, he was the first secretary at the Indian embassy in Washington, D.C.
From 1988 to 1990, he served in Sri Lanka as first secretary and political adviser to the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF). From 1990 to 1993, he was counsellor (commercial) at the Indian mission in Budapest. Returning to New Delhi, he served as director (East Europe) in the ministry of external affairs and as press secretary and speechwriter for Shankar Dayal Sharma, then president of India.
Jaishankar was then deputy chief of mission at the Indian embassy in Tokyo from 1996 to 2000. This period saw a downturn in India–Japan relations following India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests as well as a recovery after a visit to India by then Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori. Jaishankar is reported to have helped introduce future Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe to Manmohan Singh. In 2000, he was appointed India's ambassador to the Czech Republic.
From 2004 to 2007, Jaishankar was joint secretary (Americas) at the ministry of external affairs in New Delhi. In this capacity, he was involved in negotiating the India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement and improving defence cooperation, including during relief operations following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Jaishankar was also involved with the conclusion of the 2005 New Defense Framework and the Open Skies Agreement, and he was associated with the launch of the India–United States Energy Dialogue, the India-United States Economic Dialogue, and the India-United States CEO's Forum. In 2006–2007, Jaishankar led the Indian team during the negotiations on the 123 Agreement with the United States. He also represented the Indian government at the Carnegie Endowment International Non-proliferation Conference in June 2007.
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S. Jaishankar
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955), better known as S. Jaishankar, is an Indian politician and retired diplomat of the Indian foreign service (IFS) who has held the office of the minister of external affairs of the Government of India since 31 May 2019. He is the second longest serving minister of external affairs behind Jawaharlal Nehru. Jaishankar is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of parliament who sits in the Rajya Sabha. He previously served as the foreign secretary of India from 2015 to 2018.
Jaishankar joined the 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 (2001–2004), China (2009–2013) and the United States (2014–2015). Jaishankar was one of the officials in the ministry of external affairs, the department of atomic energy, and the prime minister's office, who played a key role in negotiating the India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement. On retirement, Jaishankar received an unusual exemption from the “cooling off period” mandated for all retiring civil servants and joined Tata Sons as president, global corporate affairs. In January 2019, Jaishankar was conferred with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour. In May 2019, Jaishankar was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the second Modi ministry. He has been credited for maintaining stable relations between India and China even after the Doklam Standoff. Jaishankar is the first former foreign secretary of India to head the ministry of external affairs as cabinet minister.
Jaishankar was born on 9 January 1955 in Delhi, India, to a prominent Indian civil servant Krishnaswamy Subrahmanyam and Sulochana Subrahmanyam. He was brought up in a Tamil Hindu family. He has a sister, Sudha Subrahmanyam, and two brothers: historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam and IAS officer S. Vijay Kumar, former rural development secretary of India.
Jaishankar did his schooling at The Air Force School, Delhi, and at the Bangalore Military School, Bangalore. He then did his bachelor's degree in chemistry from St. Stephen's College, Delhi of Delhi University. He has an MA in political science and an M.Phil. and PhD in international relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), where he specialised in nuclear diplomacy.
After joining the IFS in 1977, Jaishankar served as third secretary and second secretary in the Indian mission to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1979 to 1981. He returned to New Delhi, where he worked as a special assistant to diplomat Gopalaswami Parthasarathy and as undersecretary in the Americas division of India's ministry of external affairs, dealing with United States. He was part of the team that resolved the dispute over the supply of US nuclear fuel to the Tarapur Power Stations in India. From 1985 to 1988, he was the first secretary at the Indian embassy in Washington, D.C.
From 1988 to 1990, he served in Sri Lanka as first secretary and political adviser to the Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF). From 1990 to 1993, he was counsellor (commercial) at the Indian mission in Budapest. Returning to New Delhi, he served as director (East Europe) in the ministry of external affairs and as press secretary and speechwriter for Shankar Dayal Sharma, then president of India.
Jaishankar was then deputy chief of mission at the Indian embassy in Tokyo from 1996 to 2000. This period saw a downturn in India–Japan relations following India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests as well as a recovery after a visit to India by then Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori. Jaishankar is reported to have helped introduce future Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe to Manmohan Singh. In 2000, he was appointed India's ambassador to the Czech Republic.
From 2004 to 2007, Jaishankar was joint secretary (Americas) at the ministry of external affairs in New Delhi. In this capacity, he was involved in negotiating the India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement and improving defence cooperation, including during relief operations following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Jaishankar was also involved with the conclusion of the 2005 New Defense Framework and the Open Skies Agreement, and he was associated with the launch of the India–United States Energy Dialogue, the India-United States Economic Dialogue, and the India-United States CEO's Forum. In 2006–2007, Jaishankar led the Indian team during the negotiations on the 123 Agreement with the United States. He also represented the Indian government at the Carnegie Endowment International Non-proliferation Conference in June 2007.
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