Salman Khurshid
| Salman Khurshid | |
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| Minister of External Affairs | |
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In office 28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | S. M. Krishna |
| Succeeded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Minister of Law and Justice | |
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In office 28 May 2011 – 28 October 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Veerappa Moily |
| Succeeded by | Ashwani Kumar |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 January 1953 Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Khurshid |
| Alma mater |
University of Delhi St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
Salman Khurshid (born 1 January 1953 ) is an Indian politician, designated senior advocate, eminent author and a law teacher. He was the Cabinet Minister of the Ministry of External Affairs. He belongs to the Indian National Congress. He is a lawyer, and a writer who has been elected from Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency in the General Election of 2009. He belongs to the Farrukhabad area. Prior to this 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 (Jan. 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.
Born in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, he is the son of Khurshed Alam Khan a former Union Minister of External affairs, Government of India, and maternal grandson of Zakir Hussain, the third President of India.
He studied in St. Xavier's High School, Patna,Delhi Public School, Mathura Road. and college at St. Stephen's College, Delhi and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Oxford, UK (B.A. (English and Jurisprudence), M.A., B.C.L.) He also taught as Lecturer in Law at Trinity College, Oxford.
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