Salman Khurshid
Salman Khurshid | |
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Khurshid in 2011 | |
| Minister of External Affairs | |
| In office 28 October 2012 – 25 May 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Deputy | Preneet Kaur E. Ahamed |
| Preceded by | S. M. Krishna |
| Succeeded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Minister of Law and Justice | |
| In office 12 July 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 |
| Deputy | Vincent Pala |
| Preceded by | A. R. Antulay |
| Succeeded by | K. Rahman Khan |
| Minister of Water Resources | |
| In office 19 January 2011 – 12 July 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Pawan Kumar Bansal |
| Succeeded by | Pawan Kumar Bansal |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Chandra Bhushan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Mukesh Rajput |
| Constituency | Farrukhabad |
| In office 20 June 1991 – 10 May 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Santosh Bhartiya |
| Succeeded by | Sakshi Maharaj |
| Constituency | Farrukhabad |
| President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| In office 7 November 2004 – 12 September 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jagdambika Pal |
| Succeeded by | Rita Bahuguna Joshi |
| In office 1999 – 4 December 2000 | |
| Succeeded by | Sriprakash Jaiswal |
| General Secretary of AICC | |
| In office 2004–2005 | |
| President | Sonia Gandhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1953 Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Louise Khurshid |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Zakir Husain (grandfather) Shah Jahan Begum (grandmother) |
| Alma mater | Delhi University (BA) Oxford University (MA, BCL) |
| Profession | Senior Advocate |
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Salman Khurshid Alam Khan (born 1 January 1953) is an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the Union Minister of External Affairs under Manmohan Singh. He is a member of the Indian National Congress who was elected from Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency in the General Election of 2009 from the Farrukhabad area. Earlier 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 (January 1993 – June 1996). 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.