Ms Sujata Singh will be next Foreign Secretary of India

Ms Sujata Singh (59), envoy to Germany, will be India’s next foreign secretary after an approval of her appointment by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Sujata Singh is a 1976 batch IFS officer who will succeed the current Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai who set to retire on July 31, 2013. She will be the third woman to head the services after Chokila Iyer and Nirupama Rao.

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2013

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