K. P. S. Menon Jr.
15th Foreign Secretary of India
In office
January 1987 - February 1989
Preceded byA. P. Venkateswaran
Succeeded byShilendra Kumar Singh
Ambassador of India to China
In office
26 March 1985-12 February 1987
Preceded byKatyayani Shankar Bajpai
Personal details
Died(2019-09-28)September 28, 2019
Thiruvananthapuram

Kizhake Palat Sankara Menon was an Indian diplomat.[1][2]

Early life and background

He was the son of K. P. S. Menon Sr.[3] Menon studied at The Doon School, and St. Stephen's College in Delhi and later at the Oxford University.

Career

He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1951.[1] He served as the Indian ambassador to China, and later as the Foreign Secretary.

Menon died in Thiruvananthapuram at the age of 90 and was cremated.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Former Foreign Secretary K.P.S. Menon passes away". The Hindu. 29 September 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Sreenivasan, T. p (30 September 2019). "The doyen of a diplomatic dynasty". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Ap (22 November 1982). "K.P.S. Menon of India Dies; Ex-Envoy to Soviet and China". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Former diplomat K P S Menon Jr cremated in Kerala". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 July 2021.


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