T. S. Tirumurti | |
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Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations | |
In office 19 May 2020 – 30 June 2022 | |
President | Ram Nath Kovind |
Preceded by | Syed Akbaruddin |
Succeeded by | Ruchira Kamboj |
Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs | |
In office 5 February 2018[2] – 30 April 2020 | |
Preceded by | Vijay Keshav Gokhale[3] |
Succeeded by | Rahul Chhabra |
High Commissioner of India to Malaysia [5] | |
In office 20 December 2013[4] – 4 February 2018 | |
Preceded by | Vijay Keshav Gokhale[6] |
Succeeded by | Mridul Kumar[7] |
1st Representative of India to the State of Palestine[8] | |
In office 1 January 1996 – 1 January 1998 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | P. Harish |
Personal details | |
Born | [2] Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India | 7 March 1962
Spouse | Gowri Tirumurti[2] |
Relatives | Ramanathan Krishnan (Father in-law) |
Occupation | IFS |
Profession | Civil Servant |
T. S. Tirumurti (born 7 March 1962) is a retired Indian civil servant (Ambassador) of the Indian Foreign Service cadre.[9] His diplomatic career spanned 37 years (1985-2022). He served as the Secretary to Government of India and later as Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in New York when India became a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 8th time.[10] He was also the President of the UN Security Council for August 2021.[11]
After his retirement from the Indian Foreign Service, Tirumurti has been appointed as Distinguished Professor in Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai.[12] He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar.[13]
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