Natwar Singh
Kunwar Natwar Singh, IFS (born 16 May 1929) is an Indian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of External Affairs from May 2004 to December 2005.
K. Natwar Singh | |
|---|---|
| Minister of External Affairs | |
| In office 22 May 2004 – 6 December 2005 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Yashwant Sinha |
| Succeeded by | Manmohan Singh |
| Minister without portfolio | |
| In office 8 December 2005 – 22 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Mamata Banerjee |
| Succeeded by | Arun Jaitley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1929 Jaghina, Bharatpur, Bharatpur State, British Raj (present-day Rajasthan, India) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress (1984-2006) |
| Spouse | Heminder Kaur |
| Children | Jagat Singh Ritu Kaur |
| Residence | New Delhi |
| Alma mater | Mayo College, Ajmer St. Stephen's College, Delhi Scindia School |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan |
| Signature | |
Singh was selected into the Indian Foreign Service in 1953. In 1984, he resigned from the service to contest elections as a member of the Indian National Congress party. He won the election and served as a union minister of state until 1989. Thereafter, he had a patchy political career until being made India's foreign minister in 2004. However, 18 months later, he had to resign after the UN's Volcker committee named both him and the Congress party to which he belonged as beneficiaries of illegal pay-offs in the Iraqi oil scam.
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