Gopalaswami Parthasarathy (diplomat)

For the Indian diplomat who is a former High Commissioner to Australia and Pakistan, and author, see Gopalaswami Parthasarathy.

Gopalaswami Parthasarathi
Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
In office
August 1965 – December 1968
Preceded byB. N. Chakrvarthy
Succeeded bySamar Sen
President of the United Nations Security Council
In office
September 1967 – October 1967
Personal details
Born(1912-07-07)7 July 1912
Madras, Madras Presidency British India
Died1 August 1995(1995-08-01) (aged 83)
New Delhi, India
Occupationjournalist, educationist, diplomat

Gopalaswami Parthasarathi (7 July 1912 – 1 August 1995), often known simply as GP, was an Indian journalist, educationist, and diplomat who served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 1965 to December 1968.

He was the son of N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar, a civil servant in the Madras Presidency who later became Diwan Bahadur of Kashmir, a member of the Constituent Assembly, and a minister in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

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