Mohan Kumar appointed new Indian Ambassador to France

New Delhi:  Senior diplomat Mohan Kumar, currently India’s top envoy to Bahrain, has been appointed the next Ambassador to France to succeed Arun Kumar. 

A 1981-batch IFS officer, Mohan Kumar is expected to take up his assignment shortly, External Affairs Ministry said in a statement. 

The official announcement for Mohan Kumar’s appointment comes six days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France. 

Arun Kumar has been appointed the country’s Ambassador to the US, replacing S Jaishankar. 

Incidentally, before becoming Ambassador to Bahrain in 2010, Mohan Kumar served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy in Paris for three years.