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Salman Khurshid
Khurshid in 2011
28th Minister of External Affairs
In office 28 October 2012 – 25 May 2014
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Preceded by
S. M. Krishna
Succeeded by
Sushma Swaraj
Minister of Law and Justice
In office 12 Juli 2011 – 28 October 2012
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Preceded by
Veerappa Moily
Succeeded by
Ashwani Kumar
Minister of Minority Affairs
In office 28 May 2009 – 28 October 2012
Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Preceded by
A. R. Antulay
Succeeded by
K. Rahman Khan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by
Chandra Bhushan Singh
Succeeded by
Mukesh Rajput
Constituency
Farrukhabad
In office 1991–1996
Preceded by
Santosh Bhartiya
Succeeded by
Sakshi Maharaj
Constituency
Farrukhabad
President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 1999–2000
In office 2005–2008
General Secretary of AICC
In office 2004–2005
President
Sonia Gandhi
Personal details
Born
(1953-01-01) 1 January 1953 (age 71) Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party
Indian National Congress
Spouse
Louise Khurshid
Parent
Khurshed Alam Khan (father)
Relatives
Zakir Husain (grandfather) Shah Jahan Begum (grandmother)
Alma mater
University of Delhi (B.A.) University of Oxford (M.A., BCL)
Profession
Senior 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.
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