Subrahmanyam 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 Bangalore Military School, Bangalore, Karnataka andThe 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).

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
- **image**: File:Minister Jaishankar (48823162971) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Minister of External Affairs of India
- **birth place**: New Delhi, India
- **party**: Bharatiya Janata Party
- **spouse**: Kyoko Jaishankar
- **children**: 3
- **father**: K. Subrahmanyam
- **relatives**: Sanjay Subrahmanyam (brother)
- **awards**: Padma Shri (2019)
- **office**: Minister of External Affairs (India), Minister of External Affairs
- **term start**: 30 May 2019
- **president**: Droupadi Murmu
- **primeminister**: Narendra Modi
- **predecessor**: Sushma Swaraj
- **office1**: Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
- **term start1**: 5 July 2019
- **predecessor1**: Amit Shah
- **office2**: 31st Foreign Secretary (India), Foreign Secretary of India
- **term start2**: 28 January 2015
- **term end2**: 28 January 2018
- **predecessor2**: Sujatha Singh
- **successor2**: Vijay Keshav Gokhale
- **office3**: Indian Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador of India to the United States
- **term start3**: 1 December 2013
- **term end3**: 28 January 2015
- **predecessor3**: Nirupama Rao
- **successor3**: Arun Kumar Singh
- **office4**: List of ambassadors of India to China, Ambassador of India to China
- **term start4**: 1 June 2009
- **term end4**: 1 December 2013
- **predecessor4**: Nirupama Rao
- **successor4**: Ashok Kantha
- **office5**: High Commissioner of India to Singapore
- **term start5**: 1 January 2007
- **term end5**: 1 June 2009
- **successor5**: TCA Raghavan
- **alma mater**: St. Stephen's College, Delhi (Bachelor of Arts, BA)
Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University (Master of Arts, MA, MPhil, PhD)
- **occupation**: Diplomat
Politician
- **office6**: Ambassador of India to the Czech Republic
- **successor6**: P.S. Raghavan
- **primeminister2**: Narendra Modi
- **term end6**: 1 January 2004
- **term start6**: 1 January 2001
- **constituency1**: Gujarat