Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian diplomat. He has served as India’s ambassador to the United States and China. Jaishankar currently serves as the Union External Affairs Minister. He is the only federal minister in Narendra Modi’s cabinet who has never contested any election.
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was born on Sunday, January 9, 1955 in New Delhi (age 68; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Capricorn. He received his primary education from Air Force Central School, New Delhi. He graduated from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi. He received his Master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations with a specialization in Nuclear Diplomacy from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He joined the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in 1977 and served in various capacities including First Secretary, Joint Commissioner, High Commissioner and Ambassador. He comes from a family of diplomats and has held many senior and important positions in government.
Jaishankar assumed office
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′5″
Weight (approximately): 65kg
Eye color: black
Hair color: gray
Jaishankar
Family, wife and caste
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar belongs to the Brahmin family. His father K. Subrahmanyam is an Indian strategic affairs analyst, renowned journalist and civil servant. His mother is Sulochana Jayasankar. He has two brothers: the famous historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam and India’s former rural development minister S. Vijay Kumar.
K Subrahmanyam, father of Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Sulochana Jayasankar, mother of Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
S Jaishankar’s brother Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s brother S Vijay Kumar
He is married to Kyoko Jaishankar. He has a daughter Medha Jaishankar and two sons Dhruva Jaishankar and Arjun Shankar. His eldest son Dhruv married Cassandra.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his wife Kyoko Jaishankar
Medha Jaishankar, daughter of Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Dhruva Jaishankar, son of Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Cassandra Berman, Jaishankar’s daughter-in-law
Arjun Jaishankar, the youngest son of Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Profession
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar joined the Indian Ministry of External Affairs in 1977. His first international assignment was in Moscow, Russia. He served as third secretary and was promoted to second secretary in 1980. He returned to India in 1981 and served as Deputy Minister of the United States Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He played a key role in the team that resolved the dispute over the supply of nuclear fuel from the United States to India’s Tarapur nuclear power plant. In 1985, he was appointed First Secretary, Embassy of India in Washington, D.C.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Speaker of the US Congress
In 1988, he was appointed First Secretary and Political Advisor to the Indian Peacekeeping Force in Sri Lanka. In 1993, he served as press secretary and speechwriter to former Indian President Shankar Dayal Sharma. In 2000, he was appointed Ambassador of India to the Czech Republic. In 2004, Jaishankar was appointed United States Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. While serving as joint secretary of state, he was involved in negotiating the U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal and improving defense cooperation. In 2007, he was appointed High Commissioner of India to Singapore. As High Commissioner, he helped implement the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA); expanded the presence of Indian companies in Singapore.
Jaishankar in Singapore
In 2009, he was appointed Ambassador of India to China. He played a very important role in improving economic, trade and cultural relations between India and China. Over the years, Jaishankar has been involved in resolving many controversies and disputes between the two countries. In 2013, Jaishankar was considered by Manmohan Singh to be India’s external affairs minister, but was unable to be appointed due to internal pressure.
Jaishankar Appointed as Indian Ambassador to China
In September 2013, he was appointed Ambassador of India to the United States of America. He took office on December 23, 2013, at a time when tensions were high in the United States over the Devyani Khobragade incident. He successfully secured Devyani’s release. On March 10, 2014, he formally submitted his credentials to US President Obama in the Oval Office.
Jaishankar and Barack Obama
On January 29, 2015, Jaishankar was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India by the Narendra Modi government. He has a good working relationship with former Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. After Jaishankar retired, he joined Tata Sons as president of global corporate affairs. On May 30, 2019, he was appointed as the Union External Affairs Minister by Narendra Modi. On May 31, 2019, he was sworn in as cabinet minister.
After Jaishankar was sworn in as foreign minister
In July 2019, he was elected as a member of the Federal Assembly of Gujarat. In July 2023, he submitted his nomination papers for the federal assembly elections in Gujarat for the second time.
salary
rupee. 1 Lac + Perquisite (as Cabinet Minister)
net worth
In July 2023, S Jaishankar declared that his net worth was Rs. 2009 Crore, an increase of 29.4% during a four-year term as a member of the Lok Sabha; this is the collective net worth of S Jaishankar and his spouse.
Assets and property
His real estate includes two houses, including a flat, in Delhi and a 1.5-acre farmland in Shimla.
fact
- Jaishankar was fluent in multiple languages such as Tamil, Russian, Hindi, Mandarin, Japanese and Hungarian. He learned many of these languages while posted overseas.
- He is the first person in India who is a former external affairs minister to become the Union External Affairs Minister.
- Jaishankar served as India’s ambassador to China for four and a half years. This is the longest tenure as ambassador to China in history.
S Jaishankar appointed as Indian Ambassador to China
- In 2012, he became the first Indian ambassador to visit Tibet in ten years.
- In September 2004, he was the most important person in managing Narendra Modi’s first visit to the United States. He welcomed his arrival and hosted a dinner for members of the Indian-American community.
Jaishankar welcomes Modi to first visit to US as Prime Minister
- He is often criticized for orchestrating the 2015 Nepal blockade; an economic and humanitarian crisis that severely affected Nepal.
- In July 2019, he was elected as a member of the Federal House of Gujarat and was sworn in as a member of the Federal House of Representatives on July 8, 2019.
Jaishankar’s first day as Union Minister
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