Hardeep Singh Puri

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Hardeep Singh Puri

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Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation

Incumbent

Assumed office

30 May 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Preceded by Suresh Prabhu

Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban

Affairs

Incumbent
 Assumed office

2 September 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Preceded by Narendra Singh Tomar

Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Incumbent

Assumed office

9 January 2018

Preceded by Manohar Parrikar

Constituency Uttar Pradesh

President of the United Nations Security Council

In office

1 August 2011 – 31 August 2011

Preceded by Peter Wittig and Guido Westerwelle

Succeeded by Nawaf Salam, Michel Suleiman and Najib Mikati

In office

1 November 2012 – 30 November 2012

Preceded by Gert Rosenthal and Harold Caballeros

Succeeded by Mohammed Loulichki and Saad-Eddine El Othmani

Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations

In office

4 May 2009 – 27 February 2013

Pratibha Patil
President
 Pranab Mukherjee

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Preceded by Nirupam Sen

Succeeded by Asoke Kumar Mukerji

Personal details

Born 15 February 1952 (age 68)

Delhi, India

Citizenship  India

Nationality Indian

Political party Bharatiya Janata Party

Spouse(s) Lakshmi Singh Puri

Alma mater Hindu College, University of Delhi (BA, MA)

Occupation Politician

Profession Civil servant

Website hardeepsinghpuri.com

Hardeep Singh Puri (born 15 February 1952) is an Indian politician, former diplomat

who is the current Civil Aviation Minister of India and Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs in India. He is a 1974 batch Indian Foreign Service officer who served as
the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013.[1][2]
He formerly served as President of the United Nations Security Council and as
Chairman of United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee, Vice
President of International Peace Institute and Secretary-General of Independent
Commission on Multilateralism in New York.

Contents

 1Early life and education

 2Career
o 2.1Civil service
o 2.2Politics
 3Personal life
 4Books, research papers and journals
o 4.1Books
o 4.2Articles
 5See also
 6References
 7External links
Early life and education
Hardeep Singh Puri was born in Delhi. His father was a diplomat, and he attended
boarding school in India as his father was posted in countries where there were no
options for English-language education. [1] He earned Bachelor of Arts in history
and Master of Arts in history from Hindu College, University of Delhi. He worked as a
lecturer in history at St. Stephen's College, Delhi.[3]

Career
Civil service
Hardeep has served as Joint secretary to the Government of India in Ministry of
External Affairs from 1994 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2002. He has also served
as Joint secretary to the Government of India in Ministry of Defence from 1997 to
1999. He later served as Secretary to the Government of India (Economic Relations)
in Ministry of External Affairs from 2009 to 2013.
Puri has been stationed at important diplomatic posts in Brazil, Japan, Sri Lanka,
and the United Kingdom. Between 1988 and 1991, he was the Coordinator of
the UNDP/UNCTAD Multilateral Trade Negotiations Project to help Developing
Countries in the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations. [4] He also served
as the chairman of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism
Committee from January 2011 to February 2013, and as President of the United
Nations Security Council in August 2011 and November 2012.[5][6]
Politics
Ambassador Puri joined International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June
2013.[7] Puri joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2014, expressing an
admiration for the party's approach to national security.[8][9]
In May 2019, Puri became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing
and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and
Industry.[10]

Personal life
Hardeep Singh Puri is married to Lakshmi Puri, who is the former Assistant
Secretary-General at United Nations. They have two daughters. His brother,
Pradeep Puri, is a 1979 batch retired IAS officer who played an instrumental role in
the construction of DND Flyway.

Books, research papers and journals

Hardeep is a published author of several books, research papers and journals.
Included below is a selection of his works:
Books

 Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the

Politics of Chaos (Publisher: HarperCollins,
2016; ISBN 978-9351777595)
  Delusional Politics: Back To The
Future (Publisher: Penguin Viking, 2018; ISBN 978-
0670090259)
Articles

 "Libya: Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and the Ghost of

Rwanda" (Publisher: The Globalist, 2016)

See also
 Manjeev Singh Puri
 Navtej Sarna
 Taranjit Singh Sandhu

References
1. ^ Jump up to:    "Welcome To IANS Live - NATION". IANS Live.
a b

2. ^ "Hardeep Puri to be next Permanent Representative of India to

UN". One India News. Retrieved  21 October 2012.
3. ^ "Stephen's wins war of words".  The Times Of India. 23
December 2011. Retrieved 21 October  2012.
4. ^ "UNECE Homepage". www.unece.org.
5. ^ "CTC Chairman Biographical Note". United Nations. 12 January
2011.  Archived  from the original on 31 January 2014.
Retrieved 31 January  2013.
6. ^ "SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON UNITED
NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS IN ABYEI". United nations.
Retrieved 21 October  2012.
7. ^ "Hardeep Singh Puri".  International Peace Institute.
Retrieved 12 August  2016.
8. ^ "Ex-UN envoy Hardeep Singh Puri joins BJP". @businessline.
Retrieved 26 March  2018.
9. ^ Kaushal, Akshat (11 January 2014). "I admire the BJP's
approach towards national security: Hardeep Singh
Puri".  Business Standard India. Retrieved  26 March 2018.
10. ^ "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live
Mint, 31 May 2019

External links
 Hardeep Singh Puri at Penguin India

Political offices

Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs

Preceded by Minister of State with
Incumbent
Narendra Singh Tomar Independent charge
3 September 2017 - Present

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WorldCat Identities (via VIAF): 214147266660235480845

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