Salman Khurshid

Salman Khurshid
Khurshid in 2011
28th Minister of External Affairs
In office
28 October 2012 – 25 May 2014
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byS. M. Krishna
Succeeded bySushma Swaraj
Minister of Law and Justice
In office
12 Juli 2011 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byVeerappa Moily
Succeeded byAshwani Kumar
Minister of Minority Affairs
In office
28 May 2009 – 28 October 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byA. R. Antulay
Succeeded byK. Rahman Khan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byChandra Bhushan Singh
Succeeded byMukesh Rajput
ConstituencyFarrukhabad
In office
1991–1996
Preceded bySantosh Bhartiya
Succeeded bySakshi Maharaj
ConstituencyFarrukhabad
President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
7 November 2004 – 12 September 2007
Preceded byJagdambika Pal
Succeeded byRita Bahuguna Joshi
In office
1999 – 4 December 2000
Succeeded bySriprakash Jaiswal
General Secretary of
AICC
In office
2004–2005
PresidentSonia Gandhi
Personal details
Born (1953-01-01) 1 January 1953 (age 71)
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseLouise Khurshid
Parent
RelativesZakir Husain (grandfather)
Shah Jahan Begum (grandmother)
Alma materUniversity of Delhi (B.A.)
University of Oxford (M.A., BCL)
ProfessionSenior Advocate

Salman Khurshid Alam Khan (born 1 January 1953) is an Indian politician, designated senior advocate, eminent author and a law teacher. He was the Cabinet Minister of the Ministry of External Affairs. He belongs to the Indian National Congress. He is a lawyer, and a writer[1] who has been elected from Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency in the General Election of 2009. He belongs to the Farrukhabad area. Prior to this he was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha (1991–1996) from the Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency. He became the Union Deputy Minister of Commerce in June 1991, and later became the Union Minister of State for External Affairs (Jan. 1993 – June 1996).[2] He started his political career in 1981 as an Officer on Special Duty in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) under the prime ministership of Indira Gandhi.

  1. ^ "External affairs minister". 20 January 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016.
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