Salman Haidar is a former Indian diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary of India.[1] His tenure was from 1 March 1995 to 30 June 1997. He also served as high commissioner of India to the United Kingdom from January to July, 1998.

Salman Haidar
Ambassador Haider is lighting the lamp
20th Indian Foreign Secretary
In office
1 March 1995 – 30 June 1997
Preceded byKrishnan Srinivasan
Succeeded byK. Raghunath
Personal details
Born1937
Madras, India
SpouseKusum
RelationsSheikh Abdullah (grandfather)
Ismat Chughtai (aunt)
Rashid Jahan (aunt)
Begum Khurshid Mirza (aunt)
Zohra Sehgal (aunt)
Uzra Butt (aunt)
Kiran Segal (cousin)
Khawar Mumtaz (grand-aunt)
Samiya Mumtaz (grand-cousin)
Ayesha Raza Mishra (cousin)
Subramanian Swamy (co father in law)
ChildrenNadeem Haidar and Navina Najat Haidar
OccupationDiplomat and scholar

Personal life

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Haidar graduated from Sherwood College, Nainital, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and Cambridge University.[citation needed]

He is married to Kusum Haider, a threatre and movie artist. He has a son, Nadeem Haidar (SOAS alumnus) and a daughter, Navina Najat Haidar, author and art curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.[2][3] Nadeem's wife Sushasini is a daughter of politician Subramanian Swamy.

References

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  1. ^ "salman-haider".
  2. ^ Sethi, Sunil. "Lunch with BS: Navina Najat Haidar, Museum curator".
  3. ^ "Navina Najat Haidar – TEDxMet Icons, 2015 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art".