The Minister of External Affairs 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 minist
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Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian politician and retired diplomat who currently serves as the minister of external affairs since 2019. He is the longest-serving minister for external affairs to hol
Minister of External Affairs (India)
…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…
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Jaishankar (left) while serving as Indian ambassador to China in 2013, during prime minister Manmohan Singh's visit to China
Jaishankar with US secretary of state John Kerry in Washington D.C. in 2014
Jaishankar with US secretary of state Antony Blinken in New Delhi in 2021