Salman Haidar is a former

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diplomat who served as the

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. 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.

Personal life

Haidar graduated from

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, Nainital,

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and Cambridge University. He is married to Kusum Haider, a threatre and movie artist. He has a son, Nadeem Haidar (

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alumnus) and a daughter, Navina Najat Haidar, author and art curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Nadeem's wife Sushasini is the younger daughter of politician

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