Salman Khurshid

Salman Khurshid Alam Khan (born 1 January 1953) is an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the Union Minister of External Affairs under Manmohan Singh. He is a member of the Indian National Congress who was elected from Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency in the General Election of 2009 from the Farrukhabad area. Earlier he was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha (1991–1996) from the Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency. He became the Union Deputy Minister of Commerce in June 1991, and later became the Union Minister of State for External Affairs. He started his political career in 1981 as an Officer on Special Duty in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) under the prime ministership of Indira Gandhi. He was named one of the Most Influential Indian Muslims of 2024 by Muslim Mirror.