List of ambassadors of India to the United Arab Emirates

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Ambassador of India to the United Arab Emirates
Incumbent
Sunjay Sudhir, IFS
since 26 November 2021
Nominator Ram Nath Kovind
Inaugural holderS. E. H. Rizvi
Formation1973;51 years ago (1973)
Website Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi., UAE

The Indian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates is the chief diplomatic representative of the Republic of India to the United Arab Emirates, housed in Abu Dhabi.

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List of Indian Ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates

List of Indian Ambassadors to UAE [1]

NameEntered officeLeft office
S. E. H. Rizvi28 June 197331 May 1976
Mohammad Hamid Ansari 6 June 197624 January 1980
Lalit Mansingh 29 January 198017 January 1983
Ishrat Aziz 14 February 198311 December 1986
O.P Goel21 December 19865 November 1993
M.P.M. Menon 21 July 199416 December 1998
Krishan Chander Singh 18 March 199923 August 2003
Sudhir Vyas 24 August 200312 June 2005
C. M. Bhandari 25 June 20051 July 2007
Talmiz Ahmad [2] 7 August 200723 January 2010
M. K. Lokesh [3] 11 April 201017 December 2013
T. P. Seetharam [4] 29 December 201331 December 2016
Navdeep Singh Suri [5] 201731 August 2019
Pavan Kapoor [6] 31 October 201921 November 2021
Sunjay Sudhir [7] 26 November 2021Incumbent

See also

Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi

Ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates

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References

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