Suresh Kumar (born February 1955) was appointed the Assistant Commerce Secretary for Trade Promotion and Director-General of the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service by President

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on 12 February 2010.

Early life and education

Suresh Kumar was born in

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, India. His father was an Army Officer and his mother a musician. He spent the early part childhood in Delhi, where he attended Delhi's St. Columba's School. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Economics from

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, an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, and is an alumnus of the Thunderbird International Consortium Program. Between 1970 and 1985 Kumar was news and sports anchor on national television in India.

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