Salman Haidar

Salman Haidar is a former Indian diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary of India.^[1] His tenure was from 1 March 1995 to 30 June 1997. He also served as high commissioner of India to the United Kingdom from January to July, 1998.

Salman Haidar
Ambassador Haider is lighting the lamp
20th Indian Foreign Secretary
In office 1 March 1995 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by	Krishnan Srinivasan
Succeeded by	K. Raghunath
Personal details
Born	1937 Madras, India
Spouse	Kusum
Relations	Sheikh Abdullah (grandfather) Ismat Chughtai (aunt) Rashid Jahan (aunt) Begum Khurshid Mirza (aunt) Zohra Sehgal (aunt) Uzra Butt (aunt) Kiran Segal (cousin) Khawar Mumtaz (grand-aunt) Samiya Mumtaz (grand-cousin) Ayesha Raza Mishra (cousin) Subramanian Swamy (co father in law)
Children	Nadeem Haidar and Navina Najat Haidar
Occupation	Diplomat and scholar

Personal life

Haidar graduated from Sherwood College, Nainital, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and Cambridge University.^{[citation needed]}

He is married to Kusum Haider, a threatre and movie artist. He has a son, Nadeem Haidar (SOAS alumnus) and a daughter, Navina Najat Haidar, author and art curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.^[2][3] Nadeem's wife Sushasini is the younger daughter of politician Subramanian Swamy.