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Shashi Tharoor
Indian politician, diplomat, author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shashi Tharoor (born 9 March 1956)[1] is an Indian politician. He is also a writer and retired international diplomat.[2] He has been Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He used to be Under-Secretary General of the United Nations. He also tried to become Secretary-General in 2006, but lost to Ban Ki Moon.
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