Ambassador of India to Greece | |
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Incumbent Rudrendra Tandon, IFS since 27 June 2023 | |
Nominator | Ram Nath Kovind |
Term length | no fixed term length |
Inaugural holder | L. N Rangarajan |
Formation | 1978 |
Website | Embassy of India, Athens, Greece |
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The following people have served as Indian Ambassadors to the Hellenic Republic. [1]
Name | Entered office | Left office |
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L. N. Rangarajan [2] | 1978 | 1981 |
R. C. Arorai | 1981 | 1984 |
B. P. Agarwal | 1984 | 1988 |
H. C. S. Dhody | 1988 | 1991 |
P. K.Singh | 1991 | 1992 |
Aftab Seth | 1992 | 1996 |
G. S. Bedi | 1996 | 2001 |
A. K. Banerjee | 2001 | 2005 |
Bhaskar Balakrishnan | 2005 | 2007 |
Dilip Sinha | 2007 | 2010 |
Tsewang Topden | 2010 | 30 June 2015 |
M. Manimekalai | 13 July 2015 | 31 August 2017 |
Shamma Jain [3] | 23 December 2017 | 2 October 2019 |
Amrit Lugun | 3 October 2019 | 31 May 2023 |
Rudrendra Tandon | 27 June 2023 |
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