Read the bio below and try to give details on nirupama rao 's: - imagesize - successor - predecessor - office - term end - birth date - term start - name - nationality - image - birth place - occupation Bio: nirupama menon rao -lrb- born 6 december 1950 -rrb- is a 1973 batch indian foreign service officer and was indian ambassador to the united states . prior to this assignment , she had served as the foreign secretary of india for a period of 2 years . in july 2009 , she became the second woman -lrb- after chokila iyer -rrb- to hold the post of indian foreign secretary , the head of the indian foreign service . in her career she has served in several capacities including , minister of press affairs in washington , deputy chief of mission in moscow , stints in the ministry of external affairs as joint secretary -lrb- east asia -rrb- , -lrb- external publicity -rrb- making her the first woman spokesperson of the external affairs ministry , chief of personnel , ambassador to peru and china , and high commissioner to sri lanka .
- imagesize is 220px- successor is s jaishankar ranjan mathai- predecessor is meera shankar shivshankar menon- office is indian ambassador to the united states indian foreign secretary- term end is 5 november 2013 31 july 2011- birth date is 6 december 1950- term start is 1 august 2011 31 july 2009- name is nirupama rao- nationality is indian- image is nirupama_rao . jpg- birth place is malappuram , kerala , india- occupation is diplomat