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Chinmaya Gharekhan (born July 4, 1934) is a former Indian diplomat.

Early life

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.)

Career

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.

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 in 1990.[1]

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.[2] From 2005 to 2009 he served as special envoy of India for the Middle East.

He was president of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.

Currently, he is the chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Delhi Kendra.

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