S. Jaishankar
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. 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 to January 2018. He became the second ever diplomat to be appointed as India's External Affairs minister, after Natwar Singh.
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| 30th Minister of External Affairs | |
| Assumed office 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| 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 New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
| Spouse(s) | Shobha Jaishankar (deceased) Kyoko Jaishankar |
| Children | 3 |
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| 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 (2007–2009) and as Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2001–2004), 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 Affairs. In 2019, he was conferred with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour. On 30 May 2019, he was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the second Modi ministry. He was made the Minister of External Affairs on 31 May 2019. He is the first former Foreign Secretary to head the Ministry of External Affairs as the Cabinet Minister.