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    Born9 March 1956 · London, United Kingdom
    SpousesTilottama Mukherji · (m. 1981, divorced) · Christa Giles · (m. 2007; div. 2010) · Sunanda Pushkar · (m. 2010; died 2014)
    Early life and education

    Shashi Tharoor was born on 9 March 1956 in London, United Kingdom to Chandra Shekharan Nair "chandran" Tharoor and Sulekha Menon, a Malayali couple from Palakkad, Kerala. Tharoor has two younger sisters, Sh… See more

    Diplomatic career

    Tharoor's career in the United Nations began in 1978 as a staff member of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva. From 1981 until 1984 he was head of the UNHCR office in Singapore, during the … See more

    Post-UN career

    In February 2007, amidst speculation about his post-UN future, the Indian press reported that Tharoor might be inducted into Council of Ministers of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as Minister of State for External Aff… See more

    Political career in India

    Tharoor once said that when he began his political career he was approached by the Congress, the Communists, and the BJP. He chose Congress because he felt ideologically comfortable with it. In March 2009, Thar… See more

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