Question- Who is appointed as Permanent Representative of India to the UN recently by the Foreign Ministry?
- Vikas Swarup
- Syed Akbaruddin
- Ashok Mukherjee
- Ajay Malhotra
Ans-(b)
Related facts:
- Syed Akbaruddin, currently Additional Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York.
- Akbaruddin will replace Ashok Kumar Mukerji. A 1985 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Akbaruddin has served as the official spokesperson of the MEA from 2011 to April 2015.
- He was the director at Foreign Secretary’s Office of the Ministry from 2004 to 2005.
Reference:
http://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/26033/Syed+Akbaruddin+appointed+as+the+next+AmbassadorPermanent+Representative+of+India+to+the+United+Nations+at+New+York
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/syed-akbaruddin-is-indias-next-permanent-representative-to-un/article7884137.ece