List of ambassadors of India to Greece

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Ambassador of India to Greece
Incumbent
Rudrendra Tandon, IFS
since 27 June 2023
Nominator Ram Nath Kovind
Term length no fixed term length
Inaugural holderL. N Rangarajan
Formation1978
Website Embassy of India, Athens, Greece

The Indian Ambassador to the Greece is the chief diplomatic representative of India to the Greece, housed in Athens.

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List of Indian Ambassadors to Greece

The following people have served as Indian Ambassadors to the Hellenic Republic. [1]

NameEntered officeLeft office
L. N. Rangarajan [2] 19781981
R. C. Arorai19811984
B. P. Agarwal19841988
H. C. S. Dhody19881991
P. K.Singh19911992
Aftab Seth19921996
G. S. Bedi 19962001
A. K. Banerjee 20012005
Bhaskar Balakrishnan 20052007
Dilip Sinha 20072010
Tsewang Topden 201030 June 2015
M. Manimekalai 13 July 201531 August 2017
Shamma Jain [3] 23 December 20172 October 2019
Amrit Lugun 3 October 201931 May 2023
Rudrendra Tandon27 June 2023

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Ambassadors of India to Greece

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References

  1. "Former Ambassadors". Embassy of India, Athens. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  2. "L.N. Rangarajan". Goodreads.com.
  3. "Shamma Jain appointed Indian envoy to Greece" . Retrieved 30 June 2017.