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S. Jaishankar Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Children, Family, Facts, Wiki & More

Updated On : May 7, 2025

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Short Biography

S. Jaishankar was born on 09-01-1955 in New Delhi, India as Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. He is an Indian Politician, Author, Civil Servent and retired IFS Diplomat. He is serving as the 30th Minister of External Affairs of India after Sushma Swaraj since May 2019.

Other Name: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Dr. S. Jaishankar
Other Professions: Author Civil Servant Diplomat

S. Jaishankar Complete Bio & Career

He was born and grew up in a Tamilian Hindu Brahmin family. He studied at The Air Force School in Delhi followed by Bangalore Military School in Bangalore. He completed his BSc degree from St. Stephen's College in Delhi. Later, he joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and completed his MA in Political Science followed by M.Phil. and PhD in international relations.
 
He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1977. He served as Second Secretary in the Indian Mission to the Soviet Union in Moscow in 1979. After returning from the mission in 1981, he became special assistant to diplomat Gopalaswami Parthasarathy. He was appointed as the secretary at the Indian embassy in Washington DC from 1985 to 1988. Later, he served as the 1st Secretary and political adviser in Sri Lanka from 1985 to 1988. He became counsellor at the Indian mission in Budapest in 1990.
 
Later, he served in various positions, including High Commissioner to Singapore, Ambassador to China,  Ambassador to the United States, and Foreign Secretary. On 31-05-2019, he was appointed to the Office of the Minister of External Affairs.

 

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S. Jaishankar Family, Relatives and Other Relations

Father Krishnaswamy Subrahmanyam (Civil Servent)
Mother Sulochana Subrahmanyam
Brothers S. Vijay Kumar (IAS Officer), Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Historian)
Sister Sudha Subrahmanyam
Affair Shobha
Wife Shobha (1st Wife, Died from Cancer), Kyoko (2nd Wife, Married in 1998)
Sons Arjun Subrahmanyam, Dhruva Subrahmanyam
Daughter Medha Subrahmanyam

He was born to Sulochana Subrahmanyam and Krishnaswamy Subrahmanyam. His father was an Indian civil servant. He has three siblings including a sister named Sudha Subrahmanyam, and two brothers named S. Vijay Kumar Subrahmanyam (IAS Officer) & Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Historian). In 1998, he married Kyoko, Japanese origin. Together they have one daughter named Medha Subrahmanyam and two sons named Arjun Subrahmanyam & Dhruva Subrahmanyam. Previously, he was married to Shobha who died from cancer.

 

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S. Jaishankar Age, Birthday Facts and Birthday Countdown

70 years, 6months, 7 days old age S. Jaishankar will turn 71 on 09 January, 2026. Only 5 months, 23 days, 18 hours,34 minutes has left for his next birthday.

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