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Vikram Misri
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Vikram Misri (born 7 November 1964) is an Indian diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service, currently serving as the 35th Foreign Secretary of India since July 2024. Previously, he served as the Deputy National Security Advisor of India from January 2022 until July 2024,[2] and as the ambassador of India to China from January 2019 to December 2021.[3]
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Previously, he has served as the private secretary to three Prime Ministers: Inder Kumar Gujral, Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi,[4] and also as the Indian ambassador to Spain and Myanmar.[5][6]
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Early life and education
Misri was born in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir in a Kashmiri Pandit family.[7][8]
Misri attended Burn Hall School and DAV School in Srinagar. He then studied at Carmel Convent School in Udhampur[9] and at Scindia School in Gwalior.[10] Later, he completed his undergraduate degree in history from the Hindu College, Delhi.[11] He also completed an MBA degree at the XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur.[12]
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After completing his education, Misri worked for three years in advertising.[5] He did stints with Lintas India in Mumbai and Contract Advertising in Delhi, and advertising film making.[1][13] He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1989. Between 1991 and 1996, he served in various capacities in the Indian missions in Brussels, Tunis, Islamabad and Washington D.C.[1][5] He was appointed the Private Secretary to Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral in 1997.[5] Following this, he had various stints in the Prime Minister's Office and Ministry of External Affairs, as well as several Indian missions abroad. he remained India’s Ambassador to Spain in 2014, Ambassador to Myanmar in 2016 and Ambassador to China, January 2019 to December 2021. [1]
In 2012, he was appointed the private secretary to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.[14] He continued to serve in that capacity when Singh was succeeded by Narendra Modi. He was appointed the ambassador to Spain in 2014.[15] He was appointed the ambassador to Myanmar in 2016.
In 2019, he was appointed the ambassador to China. He was the ambassador during the 2020–2021 China–India skirmishes and held a series of meetings with senior Chinese officials, including Liu Jianchao to discuss the tensions.[16][17][18] He was appointed as the Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) from 1 January 2022.[19]
Foreign Secretary
On 28 June 2024, it was announced that Mr. Misri would succeed Vinay Mohan Kwatra to assume the post of Foreign Secretary of India. On 15 July 2024, he became the 35th Foreign Secretary of India.[20]
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Personal life
Misri is married to Dolly and has two children.[5] He is fluent in English, Hindi, and Kashmiri and has a working knowledge of French.[5] He is a fellow of ASPEN Institute USA's India leadership initiative, now known as the Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellowship.[21]
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