Former foreign secretary Muchkund Dubey dies

June 26, 2024 17:36

Former foreign secretary Muchkund Dubey died at a hospital in New Delhi on Wednesday due to health complications, one of his friends said. He was 90.

"He was not keeping well for the past few weeks and had been admitted at Fortis (Escorts) heart hospital in Delhi earlier this month. He had heart-related complications and also some other health issues. Prof Dubey died at the hospital today afternoon," his octogenarian friend Manoranjan Mohanty said.

Dubey is survived by his wife and two daughters, he said.

The veteran diplomat served as India's foreign secretary during 1990-91.

He was also India's high commissioner to Bangladesh and the Permanent Representative to UN Organisations in Geneva.

The funeral has been planned at Lodhi Road Crematorium here Thursday evening, Mohanty said.

After retirement from foreign service, Dubey also served as the president of New Delhi-based Council for Social Development, he said.

The former foreign secretary was also considered an expert on disarmament.

He was about to complete his fifth term as the president of CSD, so he served it for about 20 years, Mohanty said. Born in 1933 in undivided Bihar,

Dubey had a Master's degree in economics from Patna University and later studied economics in Oxford and New York universities.

He had a D. Litt degree (honoris causa) from the University of Calcutta, according to his profile shared on the website of CSD. -- PTI

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