Modi Promotes Indian Envoy to U.S., China in Post-Obama Shakeup
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A day after President Barack Obama left town, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government removed the foreign ministry’s top bureaucrat and replaced her with the nation’s ambassador to the U.S.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who also served as India’s envoy to China from 2009 to 2013, was appointed as foreign secretary, according to a government statement on Wednesday. He succeeds Sujatha Singh, who becomes the first person in the post to be removed before her term expired since 1987.