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| name = Chinmaya R. Gharekhan<br />
| office = [[ Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations ]]<br />
| term_start = October 1986<br />
| term_end = December 1992<br />
| predecessor = [[ Natarajan Krishnan ]]<br />
| successor = [[ Mohammad Hamid Ansari ]]<br />
| office2 = [[President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1990<br />
| term_end2 = 1992<br />
| office3 = [[ President of the United Nations Security Council ]]<br />
| term3 = October 1991 — November 1991 <br> December 1992 — January 1993<br />
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'''Chinmaya R. Gharekhan''' (born July 4, 1934) is a former [[India]]n diplomat. He has been longest serving [[Permanent representative of India to the United Nations]] and President of [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |title='Americans will need the United Nations' |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/may/01inter.htm |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UN Economic and Social Council |url=https://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/president/former_presidents.shtml |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=www.un.org |language=EN}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chinmaya Gharekhan was born on July 4, 1934, in [[Dabhoi]], a village in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]]. He was one of four children born in a well-off family. His father, Dr. Rajaninath Gharekhan, was a civil surgeon to the former state of Baroda (now Vadodara).<br />
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==Career==<br />
He served as chairman of International Control Commission in [[Laos]] from 1973 to 1975, Indian ambassador to [[Vietnam]] from 1975 to 1976, Indian ambassador to the [[United Nations]] in Geneva from 1977 to 1980, advisor on foreign affairs to the [[prime minister of India]] from 1981 to 1986.<br />
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He served as India's permanent representative to the [[United Nations]], and was elected to be the [[president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council|president]] of the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/president/former_presidents.shtml|title=UN Economic and Social Council|website=www.un.org|language=EN|access-date=2019-02-28}}</ref><br />
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In January 1993 was appointed by the [[UN Secretary General]] as a [[special envoy]] to the [[Middle East peace process]] in the capacity of [[Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations]], a position he held until 1999.<ref>[https://uniteapps.un.org/dpa/dpr/unispal.nsf/9a798adbf322aff38525617b006d88d7/fea5ecfaabd6dd27052567f300510f16?OpenDocument Kofi Annan to Pres. of the Security Council]</ref> From 2005 to 2009 he served as [[special envoy]] of India for the [[Middle East]].<br />
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He was president of the [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.pearsoned.co.in/web/authors/2274/Chinmaya-R_Gharekhan.aspx A brief bio of Gharekhan]<br />
* [http://www.iman-worldwide.org/about-us/advisory-board/ambassador-chinmaya-gharekhan-retd-india another biography]<br />
* [http://vimeo.com/16106585 Chinmaya Gharekhan at the World Affairs Council of Northern California]<br />
* [https://www.csmonitor.com/1993/0106/06011.html UN Envoy Seeks to Break Impasse Over Israel's Expulsion of Muslims]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMdrZewQPOo Indira Loved Brits, Wanted The Nobel, Treated Ambassadors With Contempt, Filed Her Nails At Meetings]<br />
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