Hardeep Singh Puri MP Contact Details, Contact Address, Phone Number, Email ID, Website, Office Deta

Hardeep Singh Puri is an Indian politician and former Indian diplomat who is currently serving as the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs in the Government of India. He is a 1974 batch Indian Foreign Service officer who served as the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013.

Puri joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2014, and became a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in November, 2020. Earlier in May 2019, he had taken charge as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs and Civil Aviation and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry. Previously, Puri has served as the chairman of the United Nations Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee from January 2011 to February 2013; and joined International Peace Institute as a senior advisor in June 2013.

Name : Shri Hardeep Singh Puri

Member of Parliament : Rajya Sabha

State : Uttar Pradesh     

Party : Bharatiya Janata Party

Father's Name : Late Shri Bhagat Singh Puri

Mother's Name : Late Shrimati Kundan Puri

Date of Birth : 15 February 1952

Place of Birth : New Delhi

Marital Status : Married on 8 February 1975

Spouse's Name : Shrimati Lakshmi Puri (IFS retired)

Children : Two daughters

Educational Qualification : B.A. (Hons.) History, First in order of Merit; M.A.(History), First class Educated at University of Delhi, Delhi

Profession : Lecturer in History, St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi and Retired Diplomat

Permanent Address :  B-17, First Floor, Westend Colony,Rao Tula Ram Marg, New Delhi 110057 

Present Address : 6, Akbar Road, New Delhi 

E-mail : hardeep.spuri@sansad.nic.in

Positions Held :    
1974 : Joined the Indian Foreign Service
1976 - 78 : Second Secretary, Embassy of India, Tokyo (Japan)
1978 - 79 : Officer on Special Duty (Press Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi
1979 - 81 : Under Secretary (Foreign Service Personnel), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi
1981 - 84 : First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India to GATT, Geneva (Switzerland)
1984 - 88 : Counsellor, High Commission of India, Colombo (Sri Lanka)
1988 - 91 : Coordinator, UNDP/UNCTAD Multilateral Trade Negotiation Project to help Developing Countries in the Uruguay Round of MTNS
1991 - 92 : Director, Foreign Secretary’s Office, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi
1992 - 94 : Joint Secretary (Americas), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi
1994 - 97 : Joint Secretary, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi
1997 - 99 : Joint Secretary (Europe West), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi
1999 - 2002 : Ambassador/ Deputy High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
2002 - 2005 : Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva (Switzerland)
2006 - 2008 : Ambassador of India to Brazil
2008 - 2009 : Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi
May 2009 - March 2013 : Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations in New York (U.S.A.)
Aug. 2011 and Nov. 2012 : President, United Nations Security Council (U.S.A.)
2011 - 2012 : Chairman, United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (U.S.A.)
June - Dec. 2013 : Senior Adviser, International Peace Institute (IPI), New York (U.S.A.)
Dec. 2013 - March 2016 : Vice-President, International Peace Institute (IPI) New York (U.S.A.), Secretary-General of the Independent Commission of Multilateralism (ICM)
March - Sept. 2017 : President, Governing Body and Chairman, Governing Council of the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, New Delhi
3 Sept. 2017 - 30 May 2019 : Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Jan. 2018 : Elected to Rajya Sabha
30 May 2019 - 7 July 2021 : Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Nov. 2020 : Re-elected to Rajya Sabha (second term)
7 July 2021 onwards : Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs