Wikispooks wikispooks https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.33.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikispooks Wikispooks talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Property Property talk Form Form talk Concept Concept talk Document Document talk Wikipedia Wikipedia talk Test Test talk Widget Widget talk Campaign Campaign talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk Hardeep Singh Puri 0 16484 259706 250316 2023-02-20T20:06:47Z Robin 120 Text replacement - "who served as" to "who was" wikitext text/x-wiki {{person |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardeep_Singh_Puri |spouses=Lakshmi Singh Puri |image=Shri Hardeep Singh Puri on October 02, 2020.jpg |alma_mater=University of Delhi |constitutes=Civil servant,diplomat |nationality=Indian |birth_date=1952-02-15 |birth_place=Amritsar, Punjab, India |religion=Sikhism |political_parties=Bharatiya Janata |description=Indian diplomat with a belief in Western good intentions |employment={{job |title=President of the United Nations Security Council |start=1 November 2012 |end=30 November 2012 }}{{job |title=President of the United Nations Security Council |start=1 August 2011 |end=31 August 2011 }}{{job |title=Chairman of the UNSC's Counter-Terrorism Committee |start=January 2011 |end=February 2013 }}{{job |title=Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations |start=4 May 2009 |end=27 February 2013 }} }} '''Hardeep Singh Puri''' is an Indian politician, former diplomat who is the current [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Civil Aviation Minister of India]] and [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs]] in [[India]]. He is a 1974 batch [[Indian Foreign Service]] [[Civil Services of India|officer]] who was the [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations]] from 2009 to 2013.<ref>http://www.ianslive.in/index.php?param=news/Hardeep_Puri_bids_farewell_to_foreign_service-393303/NATION/1</ref><ref>http://news.oneindia.in/2009/04/17/hardeeppuri-to-be-next-permanent-representative-of-indiato.html</ref> He formerly served as [[President of the United Nations Security Council]] and as Chairman of [[United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee]], Vice President of [[International Peace Institute]] and Secretary-General of [[Independent Commission on Multilateralism]] in New York. ==Early life and education== Hardeep Singh Puri was born in [[Delhi]]. His father was a diplomat, and he attended boarding school in India as his father was posted in countries where there were no options for English-language education. He earned [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history and [[Master of Arts]] in history from [[Hindu College, University of Delhi]]. He worked as a lecturer in history at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]].<ref>http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-23/delhi/30550359_1_hindu-college-shashi-tharoor-brand-india</ref> ==Career== ===Civil service=== Hardeep has been [[Joint secretary to the Government of India]] in [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] from 1994 to 1997 and from 1999 to 2002. He has was also [[Joint secretary to the Government of India]] in [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] from 1997 to 1999. He later served as [[Secretary to the Government of India]] (Economic Relations) in [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] from 2009 to 2013. Puri has been stationed at important diplomatic posts in [[Brazil]], [[Japan]], [[Sri Lanka]], and the [[United Kingdom]]. Between 1988 and 1991, he was the Coordinator of the [[UNDP]]/[[UNCTAD]] Multilateral Trade Negotiations Project to help Developing Countries in the [[Uruguay Round]] of Multilateral Trade Negotiations.<ref>http://www.unece.org/forums/forum03/speakers/CV_puri.doc|title=UNECE Homepage</ref> He was also the chairman of the [[United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee]] from January 2011 to February 2013, and as [[President of the United Nations Security Council]] in August 2011 and November 2012.<ref>https://archive.is/20140131221706/https://www.un.org/en/sc/ctc/bio_puri.html</ref><ref>https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/sc10353.doc.htm</ref> ===Politics=== Ambassador Puri joined [[International Peace Institute]] as a senior advisor in June 2013.<ref>https://www.ipinst.org/by/hardeep-singh-puri</ref> Puri joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in January 2014, expressing an admiration for the party's approach to [[national security]].<ref>http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/politics/exun-envoy-hardeep-singh-puri-joins-bjp/article5530038.ece</ref><ref>http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/i-admire-the-bjp-s-approach-towards-national-security-hardeep-singh-puri-114011100766_1.html</ref> In May 2019, Puri became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|Housing and Urban Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Civil Aviation]] and Minister of State for [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Commerce and Industry]].<ref>https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html </ref> ==Personal life== Hardeep Singh Puri is married to [[Lakshmi Puri]], who is the former [[Assistant Secretary-General]] at [[United Nations]]. They have two daughters. His brother, Pradeep Puri, is a 1979 batch retired [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer who played an instrumental role in the construction of [[DND Flyway]]. ==Article on Libya== In 2016, he published an article, "Libya: Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice and the Ghost of Rwanda" <ref>https://www.theglobalist.com/libya-the-ghost-of-rwanda-west-united-states/</ref>, where he put a most benign interpretation for why [[Libya]] was attacked in [[2011]]. While critiquing the results, he believes it was ultimately well intentioned, where Western policymakers were "haunted by that past inaction in Africa" and intervened to "salve hurt Western souls", an extraordinary naiveté or blindness from someone so high in the international system. ==Books, research papers and journals== Hardeep is a published author of several books, research papers and journals, including: * ''Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos'' (Publisher: [[HarperCollins]], 2016; {{ISBN|978-9351777595}}), where he from his time as Indian UN ambassador describes "whimsical decision making and the ill-thought-out itch to intervene on the part of some of its permanent members."<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31448865-perilous-interventions</ref>, carefully avoiding the possibility of more malign intentions. * ''Delusional Politics: Back To The Future'' (Publisher: [[Viking Press|Penguin Viking]], 2018; {{ISBN|978-0670090259}}) {{SMWDocs}} ==References== {{reflist}} pgferyturwnab2chwbuh8ws0ozl99q0