Ambassador of India to the United Arab Emirates | |
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since 26 November 2021 | |
Nominator | Ram Nath Kovind |
Inaugural holder | S. E. H. Rizvi |
Formation | 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.
List of Indian Ambassadors to UAE [1]
Name | Entered office | Left office |
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S. E. H. Rizvi | 28 June 1973 | 31 May 1976 |
Mohammad Hamid Ansari | 6 June 1976 | 24 January 1980 |
Lalit Mansingh | 29 January 1980 | 17 January 1983 |
Ishrat Aziz | 14 February 1983 | 11 December 1986 |
O.P Goel | 21 December 1986 | 5 November 1993 |
M.P.M. Menon | 21 July 1994 | 16 December 1998 |
Krishan Chander Singh | 18 March 1999 | 23 August 2003 |
Sudhir Vyas | 24 August 2003 | 12 June 2005 |
C. M. Bhandari | 25 June 2005 | 1 July 2007 |
Talmiz Ahmad [2] | 7 August 2007 | 23 January 2010 |
M. K. Lokesh [3] | 11 April 2010 | 17 December 2013 |
T. P. Seetharam [4] | 29 December 2013 | 31 December 2016 |
Navdeep Singh Suri [5] | 2017 | 31 August 2019 |
Pavan Kapoor [6] | 31 October 2019 | 21 November 2021 |
Sunjay Sudhir [7] | 26 November 2021 | Incumbent |
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