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Ambassador of India to Japan
Incumbent
Sibi George
since 2023
StyleHis Excellency
NominatorDroupadi Murmu
Inaugural holderK. K. Chettur
Formation7 May 1952
WebsiteEmbassy of India, Tokyo, Japan


The Indian Ambassador to Japan is the chief diplomatic representative of India to Japan.

List of Indian Ambassadors to Japan

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The chiefs of the Indian diplomatic mission to Japan are:[1]

Head of the Indian Liaison Mission in Tokyo and Political Representative of India with the Supreme Commander Allied Powers in Japan

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S. No. Name Date charge assumed Date charge relinquished Duration in post
1 Benegal Rama Rau 1947 1948 1 year
2 Birendra Narayan Chakraborty 1948 1949 1 year
3 Krishna Krishna Chettur 8 March 1950 28 April 1952 2 years, 1 month and 20 days

Ambassador of India to Japan

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S. No. Name Date charge assumed Date charge relinquished Duration in post
1 Krishna Krishna Chettur 7 May 1952[2] August 1952 3 months
2 M. A. Rauf 16 October 1952[3] May 1954 1 year, 7 months
3 Binay Ranjan Sen 17 February 1955 September 1956 1 year, 7 months
4 Chandra Shekhar Jha 4 May 1957 7 January 1959[4] 1 year, 8 months and 3 days
5 Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh 19 February 1959 1 February 1960[5] 11 months and 13 days
6 Lalji Mehrotra 19 July 1960 21 December 1964 4 years, 5 months and 2 days
7 Badruddin Tyabji 21 March 1965 4 July 1967 2 years, 3 months and 13 days
8 S. K. Banerji 11 November 1967 2 July 1970 2 years, 7 months and 21 days
9 V. H. Coelho 5 July 1970 26 November 1972[6] 2 years, 4 months and 21 days
10 S. T. Than 27 December 1972 30 June 1975 2 years, 6 months and 3 days
11 Eric Gonsalves 11 September 1975 17 June 1978 2 years, 9 months and 6 days
12 Avtar Singh 25 June 1978 31 October 1979[7] 1 year, 4 months and 6 days
13 V. K. Ahuja 29 December 1979 8 November 1980 10 months and 10 days
14 K. P. S. Menon Jr. 31 August 1981 19 January 1985 3 years, 4 months and 19 days
15 Anantanarayanan Madhavan 13 April 1985 7 May 1988 3 years and 24 days
16 Arjun G. Asrani 8 June 1988 31 July 1992 4 years, 1 month and 23 days
17 Prakash Shah 28 October 1992 31 January 1995 2 years, 3 months and 3 days
18 Kuldip Sahdev 2 March 1995 31 March 1997 2 years and 29 days
19 Siddharth Singh 4 May 1997 14 September 2000 3 years, 4 months and 10 days
20 Aftab Seth 28 September 2000 30 September 2003 3 years and 2 days
21 Mani Lal Tripathi 16 November 2003 30 April 2006 2 years, 5 months and 14 days
22 Hemant Krishan Singh 1 June 2006 31 December 2010 4 years, 6 months and 30 days
23 Alok Prasad 9 February 2011 30 June 2012 1 year, 4 months and 21 days
24 Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa 8 August 2012 30 November 2015 3 years, 3 months and 22 days
25 Sujan R. Chinoy 3 December 2015 30 November 2018 2 years, 11 months and 27 days
26 Sanjay Kumar Verma 5 May 2019 31 October 2022 3 years, 5 months and 26 days
27 Sibi George 1 November 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 11 months and 21 days

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Former Ambassadors". Embassy of India, Tokyo. Government of India. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Part I-Section 2" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 7 June 1952. p. 176.
  3. ^ "Part I-Section 2" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 13 December 1952. p. 397.
  4. ^ "Part I-Section 2" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 7 February 1959. p. 71.
  5. ^ "Part I-Section 2" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 12 March 1960. p. 151.
  6. ^ "Part I-Section 2" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 6 January 1973. p. 24.
  7. ^ "Part I-Section 2" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 2 February 1980. p. 139.
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