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| name = Krishnan Raghunath<br />
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| office = {{flag|India}}n<br>[[Ambassador]]<br>to {{flag|East Germany}}<br />
| term_start = {{dts|format=dmy|1979|04|23}}<br />
| term_end = {{dts|1982||}}<br />
| predecessor =[[:es:Roy Axel Khan]]<br />
| successor =[[:es:Prabhakar Menon]]<br />
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| office2 = {{flag|India}}n<br>[[Ambassador]]<br>to {{flag|Philippines}}<br />
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| term_end2 = {{dts|1990||}}<br />
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| office3 = {{flag|India}}n<br>[[High Commissioner]]<br>to {{flag|Nigeria}}<br />
| term_start3 = {{dts|1990||}}<br />
| term_end3 = {{dts|1990||}}<br />
| predecessor3 =[[:es:Deb Mukharji]]<br />
| successor3 =[[Lalit Mansingh]]<br />
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| office4 = 21st [[Foreign Secretary (India)]]<br />
| term_start4 = 1 July 1997 <br />
| term_end4 = 1 December 1999<br />
| predecessor4 =[[Salman Haidar]]<br />
| successor4 =[[Lalit Mansingh]]<br />
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| office5 = {{flag|India}}n<br>[[:de:Liste der indischen Botschafter in der Sowjetunion und Russland]]<br>to {{flag|Russia}}<br />
| term_start5 = {{dts|2001||}}<br />
| term_end5 = {{dts|2004||}}<br />
| predecessor5 =[[Satinder Kumar Lambah]]<br />
| successor5 =[[Kanwal Sibal]]<br />
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| birth_date = 13 November 1939<br />
| birth_place = [[Madras]]<br />
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| education = [[La Martiniere Lucknow|La Martiniere College]]<br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
| spouse = Sunny<ref name=iec/><br />
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'''Krishnan Raghunath''' is an Indian diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary of [[India]] in the late 1990s. He previously served as the Indian High Commissioner to [[Bangladesh]] as well as Ambassador to [[Russia]], [[Nigeria]] and the [[Philippines]].<br />
<ref>Krishnan, Raghunath ; B.Sc (Hons) ; b 13 November 1939 Madras Edn Madras Christian Coll, Madras Univ ; Secy "Students' Service" for the Blind, 1959 ; Under-Officer and Battalion Cadet Quarter Master, N.C.C 1955-59 [http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/aug/25rus.htm][https://books.google.de/books?id=fermnQunyX4C&pg=PA29&dq=Raghunath,+Krishnan&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Raghunath%2C%20Krishnan&f=false][https://books.google.de/books?id=NPeHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA297&dq=Philippines+%22K.+Raghunath%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Philippines%20%22K.%20Raghunath%22&f=false]</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
He graduated from the prestigious [[Madras Christian College]]. K. Raghunath went to school at [[La Martiniere Lucknow|La Martiniere Boys' College]]<ref name=om>[http://www.oldmartinians.com/lmcb-luc.html The Old Martinians' website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007005618/http://www.oldmartinians.com/lmcb-luc.html |date=2007-10-07 }} accessed June 2007</ref> in [[Lucknow]], India. <br />
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He joined the Indian Foreign service in 1962.<ref name=tic>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010516/spotlite.htm New ambassador to Russia. ''The Tribune'' (online edition) 16 May 2001] accessed July 2007</ref> He married, Sunny, in 1975.<br />
* In June 1967, Chinese authorities expelled Krishnan Raghunath and Vijai Padmanab two Indian diplomats on charges of espionage. India retaliated by expelling two members of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi.<br />
* From 1978 to April 1979 he was counsellor in the Indian Embassy in [[Moscow]]. <br />
He became Foreign Secretary on 1 July 1997 when he took over from Salman Haidar.<ref name=iec>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970601/15250483.html Malhotra, Jyoti. 'The world in his briefcase'. "The Indian Express" (online edition) 1 June 1997] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102909/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970601/15250483.html |date=29 September 2007 }} accessed July 2007</ref><br />
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In 2001 he became the Indian ambassador to Russia, taking over from Mr S.K. Lambah.<ref name=tic/><br />
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