Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was born on 9 January 1955 and is an Indian diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 30 May 2019.
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33 Facts About Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019, representing Gujarat.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar joined the Indian Foreign Service 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 and as Ambassador to the Czech Republic, China and the US.
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On retirement, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar joined Tata Sons as the President, Global Corporate Affairs.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was made the Minister of External Affairs on 31 May 2019.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is the first former Foreign Secretary to head the Ministry of External Affairs as the Cabinet Minister.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar did his schooling from The Air Force School, Subroto Park, New Delhi, and is a graduate in Chemistry from St Stephen's College at the University of Delhi.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar returned to New Delhi, where he worked as a special assistant to the diplomat Gopalaswami Parthasarathy and as undersecretary in the Americas division of India's Ministry of External Affairs, dealing with United States.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was part of the team that resolved the dispute over the supply of US nuclear fuel to the Tarapur Power Stations in India.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was then Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Tokyo from 1996 to 2000.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is reported to have helped introduce future Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh.
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From 2004 to 2007, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was Joint Secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was involved with the conclusion of the 2005 New Defense Framework and the Open Skies Agreement, and he was associated with the launch of the US-India Energy Dialogue, the India-US Economic Dialogue, and the India-US CEO's Forum.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar represented the Indian government at the Carnegie Endowment International Non-proliferation Conference in June 2007.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was reportedly considered for the post of India's Foreign Secretary in 2013.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar promoted the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, and IIMPact in Singapore.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was India's longest-serving ambassador to China, with a four-and-a-half-year term.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar briefed the media after the conclusion of Li's visit to New Delhi in May 2013.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar advocated deeper Indian co-operation with China as long as India's "core interests" were respected, and argued for better market access for Indian businesses operating in China on the grounds that more balanced trade was necessary for the bilateral economic relationship to be sustainable.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was appointed as India's Ambassador to United States in September 2013.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar took charge on 23 December 2013 succeeding Nirupama Rao.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar arrived in United States amid the Devyani Khobragade incident, and was involved in negotiating the Indian diplomat's departure from United States.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was involved in planning of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden visit to United States in September 2014, welcoming him upon his arrival and hosting a dinner in his honour for members of the Indian-American community.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was appointed as Foreign Secretary of India on 29 January 2015.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is widely credited by Nepalese analysts for being the "original planner of 2015 Nepal blockade".
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar succeeded late Sushma Swaraj who was the External Affairs Minister in Narendra Modi's Government in his first stint.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is married to Kyoko, who is of Japanese origin and has two sons—Dhruva and Arjun—and a daughter, Medha.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks Russian, English, Tamil, Hindi, conversational Japanese, Chinese and some Hungarian.
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