Minister of External Affairs (India)

Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox official post The minister of external affairs (or simply, the external affairs minister Hindi: Videsh Mantri) is the head of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India. One of the senior-most offices in the union cabinet, the chief responsibility of the minister of external affairs is to represent the government of India in the international community and advance its interests on the global stage. As such, the minister plays an important role in shaping and directing the country's foreign policy. Typically, the minister is assisted by one or more junior ministers, known as Ministers of State (MoS) for External Affairs.

The role, created when India became independent in August 1947 as Minister of External and Commonwealth Affairs, was held by India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru throughout his 17-year premiership; Nehru remains the longest serving external affairs minister followed by S. Jaishankar, the incumbent minister. It was renamed Minister of External Affairs upon India's becoming of a republic in 1950.

Several other Prime Ministers have since held the additional charge as the Minister of External Affairs, but never has any other cabinet minister held additional charge of the office—although during Nehru's premiership, V. K. Krishna Menon was acknowledged as de facto minister of external affairs beyond his official designation as defence minister. There have been a number of external affairs ministers who went on to become the prime minister like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, P. V. Narasimha Rao and I. K. Gujral. Two former career-diplomats have served as ministers of external affairs, including Natwar Singh (2004Template:Ndash2005) who served as India's ambassador to Poland and as high commissioner to Pakistan, and the current minister S. Jaishankar who retired as the foreign secretary. Two other ministers, M. C. Chagla and I. K. Gujral also served as ambassadors, with Chagla serving as India's ambassador to the United States and high commissioner to the United Kingdom, while Gujral served as ambassador to the Soviet Union.

The current minister of external affairs is S. Jaishankar, who succeeded Sushma Swaraj of the Bharatiya Janata Party on 30 May 2019.

Cabinet Ministers

Portrait		Minister Template:Small	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
Minister of External and Commonwealth Affairs
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947.jpg	Jawaharlal Nehru Template:Small (Prime Minister)	15 August 1947	26 January 1950	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Nehru I	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Self
Minister of External Affairs
rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947.jpg	Jawaharlal Nehru Template:Small (Prime Minister)	26 January 1950	27 May 1964Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Nehru I	rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Self
Nehru II
Nehru III
Nehru IV
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg	Gulzarilal Nanda Template:Small (Prime Minister)	27 May 1964	9 June 1964	Template:Ayd		Nanda I	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Self
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (from stamp).jpg	Lal Bahadur Shastri Template:Small (Prime Minister)	9 June 1964	17 July 1964	Template:Ayd		Shastri	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Lal Bahadur Shastri
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Swaran Singh Lok Sabha photo.jpg	Swaran Singh Template:Small	17 July 1964	11 January 1966	Template:Ayd
11 January 1966			24 January 1966	Nanda II			bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Gulzarilal Nanda
24 January 1966			14 November 1966	Indira I			rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Indira Gandhi
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla.jpg	M. C. Chagla Template:Small	14 November 1966		13 March 1967		Template:Ayd
13 March 1967			5 September 1967	Indira II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Indira Gandhi official portrait.png	Indira Gandhi Template:Small (Prime Minister)	6 September 1967		13 February 1969		Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif	Dinesh Singh Template:Small	14 February 1969		27 June 1970	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress (R)		rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Swaran Singh Lok Sabha photo.jpg	Swaran Singh Template:Small	27 June 1970		18 March 1971	Template:Ayd
18 March 1971			10 October 1974	Indira III
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg	Yashwantrao Chavan Template:Small	10 October 1974		24 March 1977	Template:Ayd
style="background:Template:Party color"|	File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Template:Small	26 March 1977	28 July 1979	Template:Ayd	Janata Party	Desai	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Morarji Desai
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white"|	File:Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra portrait.gif	Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra Template:Small	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	Template:Ayd	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan	style="background:Template:Party color"|	Charan Singh
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg	P. V. Narasimha Rao Template:Small	14 January 1980	19 July 1984	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Indira IV	rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Indira Gandhi
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Indira Gandhi official portrait.png	Indira Gandhi Template:Small (Prime Minister)	19 July 1984	31 October 1984Template:Note label	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	Shankarrao Chavan Template:Small (Minister without portfolio assisting the Prime Minister)	19 July 1984	2 August 1984	Template:Ayd
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:RajivGandhi.jpg	Rajiv Gandhi Template:Small (Prime Minister)	31 October 1984	31 December 1984	Template:Ayd		Rajiv I	rowspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Rajiv Gandhi
31 December 1984			24 September 1985	Rajiv
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Bali Ram Bhagat portrait.gif	Bali Ram Bhagat Template:Small	24 September 1985		12 May 1986		Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:P. Shiv Shankar (cropped).jpg	P. Shiv Shankar Template:Small	12 May 1986		22 October 1986		Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg	N. D. Tiwari Template:Small	22 October 1986		25 July 1987		Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:RajivGandhi.jpg	Rajiv Gandhi Template:Small (Prime Minister)	25 July 1987		25 June 1988		Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg	P. V. Narasimha Rao Template:Small	25 June 1988		2 December 1989		Template:Ayd
style="background:Template:Party color"|	File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg	V. P. Singh Template:Small (Prime Minister)	2 December 1989	5 December 1989	Template:Ayd	Janata Dal	Vishwanath	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color"|	V. P. Singh
style="background:Template:Party color"|	File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg	Inder Kumar Gujral Template:Small	5 December 1989	10 November 1990	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg	Chandra Shekhar Template:Small (Prime Minister)	10 November 1990	21 November 1990	Template:Ayd	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar	rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Chandra Shekhar
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Vidya Charan Shukla (cropped).jpg	Vidya Charan Shukla Template:Small	21 November 1990	20 February 1991	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg	Chandra Shekhar Template:Small (Prime Minister)	20 February 1991	21 June 1991	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Madhavsinh Solanki.jpg	Madhavsinh Solanki Template:Small	21 June 1991	31 March 1992	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Rao	rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	P. V. Narasimha Rao
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg	P. V. Narasimha Rao Template:Small (Prime Minister)	31 March 1992	18 January 1993	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif	Dinesh Singh Template:Small	18 January 1993	10 February 1995	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg	Pranab Mukherjee Template:Small	10 February 1995	16 May 1996	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Template:Small (Prime Minister)	16 May 1996	21 May 1996	Template:Ayd	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee I	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Sikander Bakht Lok Sabha photo.jpg	Sikander Bakht Template:Small	21 May 1996	1 June 1996	Template:Ayd
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color"|	File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg	Inder Kumar Gujral Template:Small (Prime Minister from 21 April 1997)	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	Template:Ayd	Janata Dal	Deve Gowda	style="background:Template:Party color"|	H. D. Deve Gowda
21 April 1997			19 March 1998	Gujral			style="background:Template:Party color"|	Self
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (crop 2).jpg	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Template:Small (Prime Minister)	19 March 1998	5 December 1998	Template:Ayd	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II	rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Jaswant Singh in 2001.jpg	Jaswant Singh Template:Small	5 December 1998	13 October 1999	Template:Ayd
13 October 1999			1 July 2002	Vajpayee III
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg	Yashwant Sinha Template:Small	1 July 2002		22 May 2004		Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:K. Natwar Singh 2005.jpg	Natwar Singh Template:Small	23 May 2004	6 November 2005	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I	rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Manmohan Singh
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg	Manmohan Singh Template:Small (Prime Minister)	6 November 2005	24 October 2006	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg	Pranab Mukherjee Template:Small	24 October 2006	22 May 2009	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:India-eam-krishna (cropped).jpg	S. M. Krishna Template:Small	23 May 2009	28 October 2012	Template:Ayd		Manmohan II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Salman Khurshid portrait (cropped).jpg	Salman Khurshid Template:Small	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Secretary Tillerson is Greeted by Indian Minister of External Affairs Swaraj (24074726498) (cropped).jpg	Sushma Swaraj Template:Small	26 May 2014	30 May 2019	Template:Ayd	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I	rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Narendra Modi
rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:The official portrait of External Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.jpg	S. Jaishankar Template:Small	31 May 2019	Incumbent	Template:Ayd		Modi II
Modi III

Ministers of state

Portrait		Minister Template:Small	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Charu Chandra Biswas image.jpg	Charu Chandra Biswas Template:Small	13 May 1950	13 May 1952	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Nehru I	rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Jawaharlal Nehru
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Syed Mahmud Lok Sabha photo.jpg	Syed Mahmud Template:Small	7 December 1954	17 April 1957	Template:Ayd		Nehru II
rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Lakshmi N. Menon (1963).jpg	Lakshmi N. Menon Template:Small	16 April 1962	24 January 1966	Template:Ayd		Nehru IV
Nanda I							bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Gulzarilal Nanda
Shastri							bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda II							bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Gulzarilal Nanda
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif	Dinesh Singh Template:Small	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	Template:Ayd		Indira I	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Indira Gandhi
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Bali Ram Bhagat portrait.gif	Bali Ram Bhagat Template:Small	14 November 1967	14 February 1969	Template:Ayd		Indira II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Surendra Pal Singh portrait.jpg	Surendra Pal Singh Template:Small	5 February 1973	10 October 1974	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress (R)	Indira III	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Samarendra Kundu.jpg	Samarendra Kundu Template:Small	14 August 1977	28 July 1979	Template:Ayd	Janata Party	Desai	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Morarji Desai
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|		Bedabrata Barua Template:Small	4 August 1979	14 January 1980	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress (Urs)	Charan	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Charan Singh
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:A.A.Rahim(inc).jpg	A. A. Rahim Template:Small	2 September 1982	31 October 1984	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress (I)	Indira IV	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Indira Gandhi
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg	Ram Niwas Mirdha Template:Small	2 August 1984	31 October 1984	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:A.A.Rahim(inc).jpg	A. A. Rahim Template:Small	4 November 1984	31 December 1984	Template:Ayd		Rajiv I	rowspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Rajiv Gandhi
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg	Ram Niwas Mirdha Template:Small
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Khurshed Alam Khan (cropped).jpg	Khurshed Alam Khan Template:Small	31 December 1984	25 September 1985	Template:Ayd		Rajiv II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Sh. Kocheril Raman Narayanan AI-enhanced portrait.jpg	K. R. Narayanan Template:Small	25 September 1985	22 October 1986	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Eduardo Faleiro (cropped).jpg	Eduardo Faleiro Template:Small	12 May 1986	14 February 1988	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:K. Natwar Singh 2005.jpg	Natwar Singh Template:Small	22 October 1986	2 December 1989	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|		Kamla Kant Tiwari Template:Small	25 June 1988	22 April 1989	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Hari Kishore Singh (cropped).jpg	Hari Kishore Singh Template:Small	23 April 1990	10 November 1990	Template:Ayd	Indian People's Front	Vishwanath	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Vishwanath Pratap Singh
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Eduardo Faleiro (cropped).jpg	Eduardo Faleiro Template:Small	21 June 1991	18 January 1993	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Rao	rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	P. V. Narasimha Rao
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:R. L. Bhatia.jpg	R. L. Bhatia Template:Small	2 July 1992	16 May 1993	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Salman Khurshid portrait (cropped).jpg	Salman Khurshid Template:Small	18 January 1993	16 May 1996	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|		Saleem Iqbal Shervani Template:Small	9 June 1997	19 March 1998	Template:Ayd	Samajwadi Party	Gujral	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Inder Kumar Gujral
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|		Kamala Sinha Template:Small				Janata Dal
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Vasundhra Raje.jpg	Vasundhara Raje Template:Small	20 March 1998	13 October 1999	Template:Ayd	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee II	rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|		Ajit Kumar Panja Template:Small	13 October 1999	16 March 2001	Template:Ayd	All India Trinamool Congress	Vajpayee III
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Uppalapati Krishnam Raju.jpg	Krishnam Raju Template:Small	30 September 2000	22 July 2001	Template:Ayd	Bharatiya Janata Party
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Omar Abdullah (portrait).jpg	Omar Abdullah Template:Small	22 July 2001	23 December 2002	Template:Ayd	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Dig Vijaysingh.jpg	Digvijay Singh Template:Small	1 July 2002	22 May 2004	Template:Ayd	Janata Dal (United)
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Vinod Khanna at Esha Deol's wedding at ISCKON temple 11 (cropped).jpg	Vinod Khanna Template:Small	29 January 2003	22 May 2004	Template:Ayd	Bharatiya Janata Party
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahammed.jpg	E. Ahamed Template:Small	23 May 2004	22 May 2009	Template:Ayd	Indian Union Muslim League	Manmohan I	rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Manmohan Singh
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Rao Inderjit Singh taking over as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning in May 2014 (cropped).jpg	Rao Inderjit Singh Template:Small	23 May 2004	29 January 2006	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Anand Sharma - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg	Anand Sharma Template:Small	29 January 2006	22 May 2009	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Preneet Kaur.jpg	Preneet Kaur Template:Small	28 May 2009	26 May 2014	Template:Ayd		Manmohan II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Sasi Tharoor 2021 at Kollam.jpg	Shashi Tharoor Template:Small	28 May 2009	19 April 2010	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:The portrait of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri E. Ahammed.jpg	E. Ahamed Template:Small	19 January 2011	26 May 2014	Template:Ayd	Indian Union Muslim League
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:India's Minister of State for External Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh (15760995677) (cropped).jpg	Template:Small V. K. Singh Template:Small Template:Post-nominals Template:Small	27 May 2014	30 May 2019	Template:Ayd	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I	rowspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Narendra Modi
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:M. J. Akbar assuming office in 2016 (cropped).jpg	M. J. Akbar Template:Small	5 July 2016	17 October 2018	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Vellamvelly Muraleedharan and Gustavo Zlauvinen 02 (cropped).jpg	V. Muraleedharan Template:Small	31 May 2019	9 June 2024	Template:Ayd		Modi II
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Meenakshi Lekhi with PM Modi (cropped).jpg	Meenakshi Lekhi Template:Small	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Rajkumar Ranjan Singh in January 2022.jpg	Rajkumar Ranjan Singh Template:Small	7 July 2021	9 June 2024	Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Kirtivardhan Singh assuming charge as the Minister of State of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.jpg	Kirti Vardhan Singh Template:Small	10 June 2024	Incumbent	Template:Ayd		Modi III
bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Pabitra Margherita in 2024 (cropped).jpg	Pabitra Margherita Template:Small

Deputy ministers

Template:Abbr	Portrait		Minister Template:Small	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
				From	To	Period
Deputy Minister of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations
1	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:B. V. Keskar portrait.gif	B. V. Keskar Template:Small	7 December 1948	26 January 1950	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Nehru I	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Jawaharlal Nehru
Deputy Minister of External Affairs
(1)	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:B. V. Keskar portrait.gif	B. V. Keskar Template:Small	31 January 1950	13 May 1952	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Nehru I	rowspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Jawaharlal Nehru
2	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Anil Kumar Chanda portrait.gif	Anil Kumar Chanda Template:Small	12 August 1952	17 April 1957	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Nehru II
	17 April 1957			1 May 1957	Nehru III
3	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Lakshmi N. Menon (1963).jpg	Lakshmi N. Menon Template:Small	17 April 1957		10 April 1962		Template:Ayd
4	rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Dinesh Singh Lok Sabha portrait.gif	Dinesh Singh Template:Small	8 May 1962	27 May 1964	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Nehru IV
	27 May 1964			9 June 1964	Nanda I			bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Gulzarilal Nanda
	15 June 1964			11 January 1966	Shastri			bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Lal Bahadur Shastri
	11 January 1966			24 January 1966	Nanda II			bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Gulzarilal Nanda
5	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Surendra Pal Singh portrait.jpg	Surendra Pal Singh Template:Small	18 March 1967	18 March 1971	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress	Indira II	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Indira Gandhi
	rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|				Indian National Congress (R)		rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
	18 March 1971			5 February 1973			Indira III
6	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Bipinpal Das portrait.jpg	Bipinpal Das Template:Small	17 October 1974	24 March 1977	Template:Ayd
7	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	File:Dig Vijaysingh.jpg	Digvijay Singh Template:Small	28 November 1990	21 June 1991	Template:Ayd	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar	bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Chandra Shekhar

See also

• Indian Foreign Secretary
• S Jaishankar

References

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External links

• Official Website of Ministry of External Affairs
• MEA Library