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Date of birth9 January 1955
Age70 Years
BirthplaceNew Delhi
ProfessionDiplomat, Politician
NationalityIndian
Marital statusMarried
SpouseKyoko Jaishankar
FamilySons - Dhruva Jaishankar, Arjun Jaishankar; Daughter - Medha Jaishankar; Father - K. Subrahmanyan; Mother - Sulochana; Siblings - Sanjay Subramanyan, S. Vijay Kumar
Net worthRs 20.09 crore (as of July 2023)
S. Jaishankar Biography
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian diplomat-turned-politician who has served in senior roles across the Indian Foreign Service and now leads India’s外交aff
Early life and backgroundSubrahmanyam Jaishankar was born on 9 January 1955 in New Delhi. He attended Air Force Central School in New Delhi and went on to study at St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, where he completed his undergraduate degree. He then earned a master’s degree in political science and international relations, with a specialization in nuclear diplomacy, from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Career
Jaishankar joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1977 and built a long career in diplomacy before entering electoral politics. Early overseas postings included First Secretary at the Indian Mission in Moscow in 1979 and a First Secretary role at the Indian Embassy in Washington, D.C., in 1985. He also served as First Secretary in Sri Lanka and acted as political adviser to the Indian Peacekeeping Force there in 1988.
During the 1990s and 2000s Jaishankar held a series of senior appointments: Deputy Chief of Mission at India’s embassy in Tokyo in 1996, ambassador to the Czech Republic in 2000, Joint Secretary (America) at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi in 2004, and High Commissioner to Singapore in 2007. He later became India’s ambassador to China, serving for four and a half years—the longest tenure held by an Indian ambassador to China—and was the only Indian ambassador to China noted to have visited Tibet.
In September 2013 he was appointed India’s Ambassador to the United States and formally presented his credentials to the U.S. President in March 2014. He went on to become Foreign Secretary of India in 2015, heading the Indian foreign bureaucracy.
Political career
In May 2019 Jaishankar transitioned to a ministerial role when he was inducted into the Union Cabinet as Minister of External Affairs. He took the oath as a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat on 8 July 2019. In July 2023 he filed nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat. His entry into the cabinet was notable because he joined the ministry without first contesting a Lok Sabha election.
Notable work and achievements
Across his diplomatic career Jaishankar worked on several high-profile dossiers. He was part of the team that addressed a dispute over US nuclear fuel supply to the Tarapur power stations in the early 1980s. He contributed to negotiations on the U.S.–India civil nuclear agreement and to strengthening defence cooperation, including cooperation related to relief operations after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. While serving as High Commissioner to Singapore he supported implementation of an economic cooperation agreement that expanded Indian business engagement with Singapore. His service has been recognised with the Padma Shri, conferred in 2019.
Public profile
Jaishankar is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is married to Kyoko Jaishankar and the couple have three children: two sons, Dhruva and Arjun, and a daughter, Medha. His father was K. Subrahmanyan, a journalist and civil servant, and his mother is Sulochana. Among his siblings are Sanjay Subramanyan, a historian, and S. Vijay Kumar, a former rural development secretary of India.
Personal details
He is an Indian national, follows Hinduism, and is identified in the excerpt as belonging to the Brahmin caste. His listed physical attributes include a height of approximately 165 cm (about 5’5”) and a weight around 65 kg. His eye colour is recorded as black and his hair colour as grey. The excerpt notes vegetarian food habits and his zodiac sign as Capricorn.
Latest updates
In July 2023 reports noted a rise in declared assets during his four-year tenure as a Rajya Sabha member, and he filed nomination papers that month for another Rajya Sabha term from Gujarat. The excerpt also records ownership of two residential properties in Delhi and a 1.5-acre agricultural holding in Shimla. The excerpt gives an estimated net worth figure as of July 2023.
Legacy
Jaishankar’s career spans frontline diplomatic postings and top administrative roles in India’s foreign policy establishment, culminating in his appointment as India’s External Affairs Minister. His trajectory from a career diplomat to a cabinet minister marks a high-profile example of a technocrat taking on elected-office responsibilities in India.
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Recent Work
Appointed to Narendra Modi’s cabinet as Union Minister for External Affairs in May 2019; took oath as Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat on 8 July 2019 and filed nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat in July 2023.
2019–presentCareer Highlights
- Joined Indian Foreign Service in 1977
- Served as India’s ambassador to China for four and a half years
- Appointed Foreign Secretary of India in 2015
- Appointed Union Minister of External Affairs in May 2019
- Presented credentials as India’s Ambassador to the United States in March 2014
Net Worth
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