| Salman Haidar | |
|---|---|
 Ambassador Haider is lighting the lamp | |
| 20th Indian Foreign Secretary | |
| In office 1 March 1995 – 30 June 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Krishnan Srinivasan |
| Succeeded by | K. Raghunath |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1937 Madras, India |
| Spouse | Kusum |
| Relations | Sheikh Abdullah (grandfather) Ismat Chughtai (aunt) Rashid Jahan (aunt) Begum Khurshid Mirza (aunt) Zohra Sehgal (aunt) Uzra Butt (aunt) Kiran Segal (cousin) Khawar Mumtaz (grand-aunt) Samiya Mumtaz (grand-cousin) Ayesha Raza Mishra (cousin) Subramanian Swamy (co father in law) |
| Children | Nadeem Haidar and Navina Najat Haidar |
| Occupation | Diplomat and scholar |
Salman Haidar is a former Indian diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary of India. His tenure was from 1 March 1995 to 30 June 1997. He also served as high commissioner of India to the United Kingdom from January to July, 1998.
Personal life
Haidar graduated from Sherwood College, Nainital, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and Cambridge University.
He is married to Kusum Haider, a threatre and movie artist. He has a son, Nadeem Haidar (SOAS alumnus) and a daughter, Navina Najat Haidar, author and art curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Nadeem's wife Sushasini is the younger daughter of politician Subramanian Swamy.
References
- "salman-haider".
- Sethi, Sunil. "Lunch with BS: Navina Najat Haidar, Museum curator".
- "Navina Najat Haidar – TEDxMet Icons, 2015 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art".
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