Maleeha Lodhi is a Pakistani diplomat,political scientist,and a former Pakistan's Representative to the United Nations. She was the first woman to hold the position. Previously,she served as Pakistan's envoy to the Court of St James' and twice as its ambassador to the United States.
Peter Richard Woolcott is an Australian public servant,diplomat and the former Australian Public Service Commissioner. He was previously the Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Woolcott has served as the Australia's High Commissioner to New Zealand,the Australian Ambassador for the Environment,the Australian Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva,the Australian Ambassador to Italy,the Deputy Head of Mission in Jakarta,and the Consul-General in Honolulu.
In the Commonwealth of Nations,a high commissioner is the senior diplomat,generally ranking as an ambassador,in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another. Instead of an embassy,the diplomatic mission is generally called a high commission.
Lalit Mansingh is a former Indian diplomat. He was the Foreign Secretary of India from 1999 to 2000,and Indian Ambassador to the United States from 2001 to 2004. Prior to this,he was Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1998 to 99. Lalit Mansingh is the son of Odia poet and educationist Mayadhar Mansingh.
Rakesh Sood is a former Indian diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service cadre,columnist,and writer. He was appointed then Prime Minister's special envoy for disarmament and non-proliferation in September,2013. He did his secondary schooling at Ramjas Higher Secondary School -5,New Delhi. He studied physics at St. Stephen's College,Delhi and went on to join the Indian Foreign Service in July 1976.
Fergus Cochrane-Dyet is a British diplomat who served as High Commissioner to Zambia from April 2016 until August 2019,being succeeded by Nicholas Woolley. In 2011,while serving as High Commissioner to Malawi,he was declared persona non grata and expelled from the country because of controversial comments he made in a leaked diplomatic cable.
Lt-Col Sir William Kerr Fraser-Tytler KBE CMG MC was a British soldier and diplomat. He was Envoy to Afghanistan from 1935 to 1941.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian diplomat and politician serving as the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 30 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018. He became the second ever diplomat to be appointed as India's External Affairs minister,after Natwar Singh.
Jalil Abbas Jilani is a retired Pakistani diplomat who served in Grade 22 as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan. He is currently serving as the Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs,in office since 17 August 2023. He was born on February 3,1955,in Multan to a family known for high-profile bureaucrats. He served as the 22nd Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States from December 2013 to February 2017,and previously served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from March 2012 to December 2013. He currently serves as a Senior Director at the Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies (CASS).
William John Farmer is a retired senior Australian public servant and policymaker,best known for his time as Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and for his career in the Australian diplomatic service.
Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye was a Nigerian historian and diplomat.
Deepak Vohra is a 21st-century Indian diplomat.
Pankaj Saran is a former Indian civil servant of the Indian Foreign Service cadre. He was the Deputy National Security Adviser of India.
T. S. Tirumurti is a retired Indian civil servant (Ambassador) of the Indian Foreign Service cadre. He served as the Secretary to Government of India and later as Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in New York when India became a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the 8th time.
Harsh Vardhan Shringla is Chief Coordinator for India’s G20 Presidency in 2023. He has previously served as Foreign Secretary of India and India's Ambassador to the United States,High Commissioner to Bangladesh,and Ambassador to Thailand.
Samar Sen was an Indian diplomat who served as the 1st permanent representative of India to the United Nations,Geneva,8th in New York and the 2nd high commissioner of India to Bangladesh from June 1974 to November 1976.
Clement Philip Ricardo Allicock is a Jamaican career diplomat who served as Jamaican envoy to Japan,Australia,India,Indonesia,Korea,Malaysia,New Zealand and the Philippines.
Satinder Kumar Lambah,also known as Sati Lambah,was an Indian civil servant of 1964 batch of Indian Foreign Service cadre who served as the Prime Minister of India's Special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan between 2005 and 2014. He is also known for building a Strategic partnership agreement with Russia when he was an envoy in Moscow between 1998 and 2001.
