| Salman Haidar | |
| Office: | 20th Indian Foreign Secretary |
| Term Start: | 1 March 1995 |
| Term End: | 30 June 1997 |
| Predecessor: | Krishnan Srinivasan |
| Successor: | K. Raghunath |
| Birth Date: | 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Madras, India |
| Spouse: | Kusum |
| Relations: | Sheikh Abdullah (grandfather) Ismat Chughtai (aunt) Rashid Jahan (aunt) Begum Khurshid Mirza (aunt) Zohra Sehgal (aunt) Uzra Butt (aunt) Kiran Segal (cousin) Khawar Mumtaz (grand-aunt) Samiya Mumtaz (grand-cousin) Ayesha Raza Mishra (cousin) Subramanian Swamy (co father in law) |
| Children: | Nadeem Haidar and Navina Najat Haidar |
| Occupation: | Diplomat and scholar |
Salman Haidar is a former Indian diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary of India.[1] His tenure was from 1 March 1995 to 30 June 1997. He also served as high commissioner of India to the United Kingdom from January to July, 1998.
Haidar graduated from Sherwood College, Nainital, St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and Cambridge University.
He is married to Kusum Haider, a threatre and movie artist. He has a son, Nadeem Haidar (SOAS alumnus) and a daughter, Navina Najat Haidar, author and art curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.[2] [3] Nadeem's wife Sushasini is a daughter of politician Subramanian Swamy.