The Centre has extended the tenure of Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri by one year beyond July 14, according to an order issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
The extension was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
Misri, a 1989-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, assumed office as India’s Foreign Secretary in 2024. The extension will enable him to continue leading India’s diplomatic engagement at a time of evolving regional and global developments.
During his diplomatic career spanning over three decades, Misri has held several key assignments in the Ministry of External Affairs, the Prime Minister’s Office, and Indian missions in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.
In New Delhi, he has served on the Pakistan desk of the Ministry of External Affairs and worked on the staff of former External Affairs Ministers I.K. Gujral and Pranab Mukherjee. He has also served as Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office and as Private Secretary to three Prime Ministers—I.K. Gujral, Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi.
His overseas assignments include postings in Brussels, Tunis, Islamabad and Washington D.C. He has also served as Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Consul General of India in Munich.
Misri was appointed Ambassador to Spain in 2014, Ambassador to Myanmar in 2016 and Ambassador to China, where he served from January 2019 to December 2021.
Before taking over as Foreign Secretary, he served as Deputy National Security Adviser (Strategic Affairs) from January 2022 to June 2024.
-ANI
