S. Jaishankar

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (born 9 January 1955), better known as S. Jaishankar, is an Indian diplomat, politician and author, who is serving as the 30th Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 31 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and has been a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018.

Jaishankar joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1977, and during a diplomatic career spanning over 38 years, served in different capacities in India and abroad, including as a High Commissioner to Singapore (2007–2009) and as Ambassador to the Czech Republic (2001–2004), China (2009–2013) and the US (2014–2015). Jaishankar was one of the officials in the MEA, the Department of Atomic Energy and the Prime Minister's office who played a role in negotiating the Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement. On retirement, Jaishankar received an unusual exemption from the “cooling off period” mandated for all retiring civil servants and joined Tata Sons as President, Global Corporate Affairs.

In January 2019, Jaishankar was conferred with Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honour. On 30 May 2019, he sworn in as a cabinet minister in the second Modi ministry. As External Affairs Minister, Jaishankar has crafted the assertive and aggressive foreign policy. He closely maintained the relation between India and China even after Doklam Standoff. He actively advocated the end of war between Russia-Ukraine and called for negotiation in between. He condemned the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023 and called it a terrorist attack. Jaishankar is the first former Foreign Secretary of India to head the Ministry of External Affairs as the Cabinet Minister. Provided by Wikipedia