K. P. S. Menon Jr. | |
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15th Foreign Secretary of India | |
In office January 1987 - February 1989 | |
Preceded by | A. P. Venkateswaran |
Succeeded by | Shilendra Kumar Singh |
Ambassador of India to China | |
In office 26 March 1985-12 February 1987 | |
Preceded by | Katyayani Shankar Bajpai |
Succeeded by | C. V. Ranganathan |
Personal details | |
Died | Thiruvananthapuram | September 28,2019
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He was the son of K. P. S. Menon Sr. [3] Menon studied at The Doon School,and St. Stephen's College in Delhi and later at the Oxford University.
He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1951. [1] He served as the Indian ambassador to China,and later as the Foreign Secretary.
Menon died in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 90 and was cremated. [4]
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