Chinmaya Gharekhan

Chinmaya Gharekhan (born July 4, 1934) is a former Indian diplomat.

Early life

Chinmaya Gharekhan was born on July 4, 1934 in Dabhoi, a village in the Indian state of Gujarat. He was one of 4 children born in a well off family. His father, Dr. Rajaninath Gharekhan was a civil surgeon to the former state of Baroda (now Vadodara.)

Career

He served as Chairman of International Control Commission in Laos from 1973 - 1975, Indian Ambassador to Vietnam from 1975–1976, Indian Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva from 1977 - 1980, Advisor on Foreign Affairs to the Prime Minister of India from 1981 - 1986.

He served as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and was elected to be the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 1990. [1]

In January 1993 was appointed by the UN Secretary General as a special envoy to the Middle East peace process in the capacity of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, a position he held until 1999.[2] From 2005 - 2009 he served as Special Envoy of India for the Middle East.

He was President of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.

Currently, he is the Chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Delhi Kendra.


References

References

  1. "UN Economic and Social Council". www.un.org. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. Kofi Annan to Pres. of the Security Council
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Edouard Brunner		 UN Sec. Gen. Special Representative to the Middle East
Jan. 1, 1993 – Sept. 30, 1999		 Succeeded by
Terje Rød-Larsen


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