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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Retired Indian diplomat}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| office = [[High Commissioner of India|Indian High Commissioner to Australia]]<br />
| term_start = 25 April 2021<br />
| term_end = 31 December 2023<br />
| office2 = [[Mexico|Ambassador of India to Mexico]]<br />
| term_end2 = 21 March 2021<br />
| term_start2 = 7 July 2019<br />
| predecessor2 = Muktesh Pardeshi<br />
| successor2 = <br />
| office3 = [[Afghanistan|Ambassador of India to Afghanistan]]<br />
| predecessor3 = <br />
| successor3 = [[Vinay Kumar (diplomat)|Vinay Kumar]]<br />
| predecessor = [[A. Gitesh Sarma]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1963|12|28}}<br />
| alma_mater = [[Panjab University]]<br />
| successor = [[Gopal Baglay]]<br />
| image = Manpreet_Vohra_(cropped).jpg<br />
}}<br />
[[File:Visita_protocolar_del_embajador_de_la_india_(6881246056).jpg|thumb|Manpreet Vohra (left) with Rogelio Canches Guzmán]]<br />
'''Manpreet Vohra''' (born 28 December 1963) is a [[retired]] [[Indian people|Indian]] [[diplomat]] of the [[Indian Foreign Service]] who served as the [[High Commissioner of India|Indian High Commissioner to Australia]] from 2021 to 2023 and previously served as the [[Mexico|Indian Ambassador to Mexico]] and [[Afghanistan|Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2021-03-01 |title=Manpreet Vohra appointed India’s High Commissioner to Australia |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/manpreet-vohra-appointed-indias-high-commissioner-to-australia/article33962037.ece |access-date=2023-10-08 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
He graduated with a BA in economics, and later obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma in International Trade, both from [[Panjab University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=High Commissioner Profile |url=https://www.hcicanberra.gov.in/page/amb-profile/#:~:text=Mr.&text=Ambassador%20Manpreet%20Vohra%20arrived%20in,Indian%20Foreign%20Service%20in%201988. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321170843/https://www.hcicanberra.gov.in/page/amb-profile/ |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=[[High Commission of India, Canberra]]}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
He joined the [[Indian Foreign Service]] in 1988. After serving in various capacities at the Indian diplomatic missions in Hong Kong, China, Mongolia and United Kingdom, he was appointed as the Deputy High Commissioner to Kenya in 2005. In 2007, he was appointed the Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan, where he served till 2009.<br />
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Between 2009 and 2011, he served in the project office to establish the [[South Asian University]].<br />
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He served as the Indian Ambassador to Peru and Bolivia between 2011 and 2015. In 2015, he was appointed the Indian envoy to Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-11-02 |title=Manpreet Vohra appointed India's new envoy to Afghanistan |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/manpreet-vohra-appointed-indias-new-envoy-to-afghanistan/articleshow/49631455.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-10-08 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><br />
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Between 2019 and 2021, he served as the Indian ambassador to Mexico, concurrently serving as the High Commissioner to Belize.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Neha |date=2019-06-08 |title=Manpreet Vohra concurrently accredited as India's next High Commissioner to Belize |url=https://www.siasat.com/manpreet-vohra-concurrently-accredited-indias-next-high-commissioner-belize-1504702/ |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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In 2021, he was appointed the Indian High Commissioner to Australia and served there till December 2023. He was succeeded by [[Gopal Baglay]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian envoy to EU tipped for Sri Lanka as Gopal Baglay goes to Canberra |url=https://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=92932 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=www.adaderana.lk |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
He is married to Naseem Vohra. They have two children, a daughter and a son.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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[[Category:Indian Foreign Service officers]]<br />
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Afghanistan]]<br />
[[Category:High commissioners of India to Australia]]<br />
[[Category:High commissioners of India to Belize]]<br />
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Mexico]]<br />
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Peru]]<br />
[[Category:Ambassadors of India to Bolivia]]<br />
[[Category:Panjab University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:1963 births]]<br />
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