Virendra Dayal
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Virendra Dayal (born 29 January 1935) is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer and United Nations civil servant who served as Chef de Cabinet to Secretary General of the United Nations for more than a decade.[1] He has served as the director of the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the United Nations and as the special envoy who probed the allegations levelled against a number of India politicians including Natwar Singh, a former Minister of External affairs, in the Paul Volcker Committee report of 2005.[2] A former Indian Administrative Service officer and a Rhodes Scholar of 1956[3] Dayal sat on the National Human Rights Commission of India as a member for two terms from 1998 to 2006.[4] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1992, for his contributions to society.[5]
Virendra Dayal | |
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Member of the National Human Rights Commission of India | |
In office 16 November 1998 (1998-11-16) – 15 November 2003 (2003-11-15) Serving with V. S. Malimath (1998–1999) K. Ramaswamy (1998–2002) Sudarshan Agarwal (1998–2001) Sujata V. Manohar (2000–2003) | |
Nominated by | Prime Minister of India-headed committee |
Appointed by | President of India |
President | K. R. Narayanan (1998–2002) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2002–2003) |
Vice President | Krishan Kant (1998–2002) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (2002–2003) |
Chairperson | Ranganath Misra (1993–1996) M. N. Venkatachalliah (1996–1998) |
In office 12 October 1993 (1993-10-12) – 11 October 1998 (1998-10-11) | |
Nominated by | Prime Minister of India-headed committee |
Appointed by | President of India |
President | Shankar Dayal Sharma (1993–1997) K. R. Narayanan (1997–1998) |
Vice President | K. R. Narayanan (1993–1997) Krishan Kant (1997–1998) |
Chairperson | M. N. Venkatachalliah (1998–1999) J. S. Verma (1999–2003) A. S. Anand (2003) |
Chef de Cabinet and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations | |
In office 1982 (1982) – February 1993 (1993-02) | |
Appointed by | Secretary-General of the United Nations |
Secretary-General | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1982–1991) Boutros Boutros-Ghali (1991–1993) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1935-01-29) 29 January 1935 (age 89) Allahabad district, United Provinces of British India, British India (Now, Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
Occupation | Retired civil servant (Indian Foreign Service and United Nations civil service officer) |
Awards | Padma Bhushan (1992) |