Foreign Secretary of India

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civil service position diplomatic post government office

The Foreign Secretary of India is the senior-most diplomat and administrative head of the Ministry of External Affairs, responsible for overseeing the country’s foreign policy and international relations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Foreign Secretary of India canonical	6
Foreign Secretary (India)	1
Foreign Secretary to the Government of India	1
विदेश सचिव (भारत)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil service position ⓘ diplomatic post ⓘ government office ⓘ
advises	Minister of External Affairs of India ⓘ surface form: Minister of External Affairs (India) on diplomatic matters Prime Minister of India on foreign policy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Foreign Secretary ⓘ Foreign Secretary of India ⓘ surface form: Foreign Secretary to the Government of India
appointer	President of India ⓘ
appointerOnAdviceOf	Government of India ⓘ
associatedWith	Cabinet Secretariat of India ⓘ
category	Indian diplomacy ⓘ Indian government officials ⓘ
civilServiceCadre	Central Civil Services of India ⓘ surface form: Central Civil Services
country	India ⓘ
departmentHeadOf	Indian Foreign Service officers in Ministry of External Affairs ⓘ
firstHolder	K. P. S. Menon (senior) ⓘ
formationYear	1948 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of India ⓘ
location	New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
memberOf	Indian Foreign Service ⓘ
nativeLabel	Foreign Secretary of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Foreign Secretary (India) Foreign Secretary of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: विदेश सचिव (भारत)
nominator	Appointments Committee of the Cabinet ⓘ
officeType	administrative head of Ministry of External Affairs ⓘ senior-most diplomatic position of India ⓘ
oversees	Indian embassies and high commissions abroad (through MEA) ⓘ India’s diplomatic missions ⓘ
participatesIn	high-level bilateral talks ⓘ multilateral diplomatic negotiations ⓘ
partOf	Ministry of External Affairs of India ⓘ surface form: Ministry of External Affairs (India)
precededByOffice	Secretary of the External Affairs Department (British India) ⓘ
protocolRank	high-ranking official in Indian order of precedence ⓘ
rank	senior-most Indian Foreign Service officer ⓘ
reportsTo	Minister of External Affairs of India ⓘ surface form: Minister of External Affairs (India)
requires	career in Indian Foreign Service ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of Ministry of External Affairs (India) ⓘ coordination of foreign policy with other ministries ⓘ crisis management in external affairs ⓘ implementation of India’s foreign policy decisions ⓘ managing India’s international relations ⓘ overall supervision of Indian Foreign Service ⓘ overseeing India’s foreign policy ⓘ policy planning in external affairs ⓘ
seat	South Block, Raisina Hill, New Delhi ⓘ surface form: South Block, New Delhi
style	Her Excellency ⓘ His Excellency ⓘ
termLength	fixed tenure (typically two years) ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Foreign Service → hasRank → Foreign Secretary of India ⓘ

Ministry of External Affairs of India → bureaucraticHeadTitle → Foreign Secretary of India ⓘ

Indian consulates → overseenBy → Foreign Secretary of India ⓘ

IFS → headOfService → Foreign Secretary of India ⓘ

subject surface form: Indian Foreign Service

Foreign Secretary of India → nativeLabel → Foreign Secretary of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: विदेश सचिव (भारत)

Foreign Secretary of India → nativeLabel → Foreign Secretary of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Secretary (India)

Foreign Secretary of India → alsoKnownAs → Foreign Secretary of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Secretary to the Government of India

Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union → reportsTo → Foreign Secretary of India ⓘ

Government of India positions → includesRole → Foreign Secretary of India ⓘ

subject surface form: Government of India position