Subrahmanyam Jaishankar facts for kids

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Quick facts for kids Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
	Minister of External Affairs of India
Minister of External Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; 30 May 2019
President	Ram Nath Kovind
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
Preceded by	Nirupama Rao
Succeeded by	Arun Kumar Singh
Ambassador of India to China
	In office; 1 June 2009 – 1 December 2013
Preceded by	Nirupama Rao
Succeeded by	Ashok Kantha
High Commissioner of India to Singapore
	In office; 1 January 2007 – 1 June 2009
Succeeded by	TCA Raghavan
Ambassador of India to the Czech Republic
	In office; 1 January 2001 – 1 January 2004
Succeeded by	P.S. Raghavan
Personal details
Born	9 January 1955 (age 66); New Delhi, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Kyoko Jaishankar
Children	3
Father	K. Subrahmanyam
Relatives	Sanjay Subrahmanyam (brother)
Alma mater	St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA); Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA, MPhil, PhD)
Occupation	Diplomat; Politician
Awards	Padma Shri (2019)

In this Indian name, the name Subrahmanyam is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Jaishankar.

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955) is an Indian diplomat and politician. He became Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India on 31 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019, representing Gujarat. He was Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018.

He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1977. During his diplomatic career over 38 years, he worked in India and abroad. His jobs included High Commissioner to Singapore (2007–09) and Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2001–04), China (2009–2013) and the USA (2014–2015). Jaishankar played a key role in negotiating the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement.

Early life and education

S Jaishankar was born in New Delhi, India. He is the son of prominent Indian strategic affairs analyst, commentator, and civil servant K. Subrahmanyam and Sulochana. He is the brother of historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam and S. Vijay Kumar,.

He went to school at The Air Force School, Subroto Park, New Delhi. He graduated from St. Stephen's College at the University of Delhi. He has an M.A. in Political Science and an M.Phil. and PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

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On left to Prime Minister Narendra Modi is MEA Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and on the right side is National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.
Foreign Secretary of India Dr. S Jaishankar at G20 leaders summit with PM Narendra Modi.
India's Minister of External Affairs Dr. S Jaishankar and Ambassador to the United States Harsh Vardhan Shringla discussing on India-US Relations at Atlantic Council in Washington, DC on 1 October 2019
U.S Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper, U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar participate in a press event after the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial, New Delhi, India on 27 Oct 2020.