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'''Chinmaya R. Gharekhan''' (born July 4, 1934) is a former [[India]]n diplomat. He has been longest serving [[Permanent representative of India to the United Nations]] and president of [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |title='Americans will need the United Nations' |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/may/01inter.htm |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UN Economic and Social Council |url=https://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/president/former_presidents.shtml |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=www.un.org |language=EN}}</ref> |
'''Chinmaya R. Gharekhan''' (born July 4, 1934) is a former [[India]]n diplomat. He has been longest serving [[Permanent representative of India to the United Nations]] and president of [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |title='Americans will need the United Nations' |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/may/01inter.htm |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UN Economic and Social Council |url=https://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/president/former_presidents.shtml |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=www.un.org |language=EN}}</ref> |
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{{ Infobox office holder | name = Chinmaya R. Gharekhan | office = Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations | term_start = | term_end = | predecessor = | successor = Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Chinmaya R. Gharekhan (born July 4, 1934) is a former Indian diplomat. He has been longest serving Permanent representative of India to the United Nations and president of United Nations Economic and Social Council.[1][2]
Early life
Chinmaya Gharekhan was born on July 4, 1934, in Dabhoi, a village in the Indian state of Gujarat. He was one of four 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 to 1975, Indian ambassador to Vietnam from 1975 to 1976, Indian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva from 1977 to 1980, advisor on foreign affairs to the prime minister of India from 1981 to 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.[3]
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.[4] From 2005 to 2009 he served as special envoy of India for the Middle East.
He was president of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
External links
- A brief bio of Gharekhan
- another biography
- Chinmaya Gharekhan at the World Affairs Council of Northern California
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References
- ^ "'Americans will need the United Nations'". Rediff. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "UN Economic and Social Council". www.un.org. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "UN Economic and Social Council". www.un.org. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ^ Kofi Annan to Pres. of the Security Council
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