NEW DELHI: The Union government on Wednesday curtailed the tenure of foreign secretary Sujatha Singh with an immediate effect.
1977- batch IFS officer S Jaishankar will replace her as the new foreign secretary. He will have a tenure of 2 years.
The surprise announcement was made after a meeting of the appointments committee of the Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Singh's two-year tenure was to end in August this year.
Jaishankar played a key role during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US in September and US President Barack Obama's just concluded visit here.
A terse official statement issued here late night said the tenure of Singh, who took over as the third woman foreign secretary in August, 2013, has been "curtailed" with immediate effect. She had eight more months to serve.
Official sources indicated that Singh was not being given any other assignment by the government.
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