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|name = Arun Kumar Singh<br />
|image = Indian Ambassador Arun Kumar Singh.jpg<br />
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|office = [[Indian Ambassador to the United States]]<br />
|term_start = 6 May 2015<br />
|term_end = August, 2016<br />
|predecessor = [[Subrahmanyam Jaishankar]]<br />
|successor = [[Navtej Sarna]]<br />
|office1 = Ambassador of India to [[France]]<br />
|term_start1 = 28 April 2013<br />
|term_end1 = 30 April 2015<br />
|predecessor1 = Rakesh Sood<br />
|successor1 = Dr. Mohan Kumar<br />
|office2 = Deputy Chief of Mission at the<br>Embassy of India [[Washington D.C.]]<br />
|term_start2 = October 2008<br />
|term_end2 = April 2013<br />
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|office3 = Ambassador of India to [[Israel]]<br />
|term_start3 = April 2005<br />
|term_end3 = September 2008<br />
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|occupation = Diplomat<br />
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'''Arun Kumar Singh''' or commonly '''Arun Singh''' is a former Indian [[diplomat]]. He was the [[Indian Ambassador to the United States]] from 2015 to 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arun K Singh profile|url=https://www.indianembassy.org/pages.php?id=121|accessdate=20 May 2015|publisher=Indian Embassy|date=20 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526111636/https://www.indianembassy.org/pages.php?id=121|archive-date=26 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is now a senior fellow with the Asia program at the [[German Marshall Fund of the United States]]. Before taking charge as ambassador in the United States, he served as Ambassador of India to [[France]] in Paris. On 8 March 2015, [[Ministry of External Affairs of India]] announced its decision to appoint Singh as the next Ambassador of India to the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Arun Kumar Singh appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United States of America|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/24886/Arun+Kumar+Singh+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+the+United+States+of+America|publisher=Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.|date=March 8, 2015}}</ref><br />
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He is a career [[Indian Foreign Service]] officer. He had previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy at [[Washington D.C.]] (2008–13), Ambassador to [[Israel]] (2005-2008) and as a Joint Secretary to the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]] [[Government of India]] at New Delhi (2000–2005).<ref name=embparis>{{cite web|title=Ambassador Shri. Arun Kumar Singh|url=http://www.ambinde.fr/the-embassy/ambassador|publisher=Embassy of India in Paris|accessdate=2 March 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414052943/http://www.ambinde.fr/the-embassy/ambassador|archivedate=14 April 2014}}</ref><br />
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Currently, he is a Senior Counsellor at [[The Cohen Group]], a consulting firm in Washington D.C. that provides advice and assistance in marketing and regulatory affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/arun-singh|website=www.cohengroup.net|access-date=2020-02-13|title=Arun Singh}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and background==<br />
Arun completed his formal education from St. Michael's High School, [[Patna]]. Singh joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1979, after completing his master's degree in Economics from [[Delhi University]], and teaching at the University for two years.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gupta|first1=Shishir|title=Arun K Singh to be India's next ambassador to the US|url=http://hindustantimes.com/india-news/arun-k-singh-to-be-india-s-next-us-ambassador/article1-1321837.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301100506/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/arun-k-singh-to-be-india-s-next-us-ambassador/article1-1321837.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 March 2015|accessdate=2 March 2015|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=2 March 2015}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Harsh Vardhan Shringla|Harsh V Shringla]]<br />
*[[Navtej Sarna]]<br />
*[[Nirupama Rao]]<br />
*[[Subrahmanyam Jaishankar|Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar]]<br />
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