K. Raghunath

Krishnan Raghunath is an Indian diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary of India in the late 1990s. He previously served as the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh as well as Ambassador to Russia, Nigeria and the Philippines. ^[2]

Krishnan Raghunath
Indian Ambassador to East Germany
In office 23 April 1979 – 1982
Preceded by	es:Roy Axel Khan
Succeeded by	Prabhakar Menon
Indian Ambassador to Philippines
In office 1987–1990
Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria
In office 1990–1990
Preceded by	es:Deb Mukharji
Succeeded by	Lalit Mansingh
21st Foreign Secretary (India)
In office 1 July 1997 – 1 December 1999
Preceded by	Salman Haidar
Succeeded by	Lalit Mansingh
Indian de:Liste der indischen Botschafter in der Sowjetunion und Russland to Russia
In office 2001–2004
Preceded by	Satinder Kumar Lambah
Succeeded by	Kanwal Sibal
Personal details
Born	13 November 1939 Madras
Spouse	Sunny[1]
Education	La Martiniere College
Occupation	Politician

Biography

He graduated from the prestigious Madras Christian College. K. Raghunath went to school at La Martiniere Boys' College^[3] in Lucknow, India.

He joined the Indian Foreign service in 1962.^[4] He married, Sunny, in 1975.

• In June 1967, Chinese authorities expelled Krishnan Raghunath and Vijai Padmanab two Indian diplomats on charges of espionage. India retaliated by expelling two members of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi.
• From 1978 to April 1979 he was counsellor in the Indian Embassy in Moscow.

He became Foreign Secretary on 1 July 1997 when he took over from Salman Haidar.^[1]

In 2001 he became the Indian ambassador to Russia, taking over from Mr S.K. Lambah.^[4]