Kamalesh sharma biography books

Indian diplomat (born 1941)

Kamalesh Sharma (born 30 September 1941)^[2] is an Indiandiplomat. He was the fifth Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 2008 to 2016, having previously served as the High Commissioner for India in London.^[3] He has served as the Chancellor Emeritus of Queen's University Belfast.

Early life and background

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Kamalesh Sharma is an alumnus of the Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi, St. Stephen's College in Delhi and King's College, Cambridge.^[4]

Career

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Sharma was an officer in the Indian Foreign Service from 1965 to 2001.

Kamalesh Sharma - Open Library

He served as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, from August 1997 to May 2002, before his retirement from the Indian Foreign Service.^[5]

From 2002 to 2004, he served as the UN Secretary General's special representative to East Timor. He was appointed the High Commissioner of India to Britain in 2004.

He is a Vice-Pr