Background
Puri, Hardeep Singh was born on February 15, 1952.
Puri, Hardeep Singh was born on February 15, 1952.
Puri"s father was a diplomat, and he attended boarding school in India as his father was posted in countries where there were no options for English-language education.
He pursued Bachelor"s and postgraduate study at Hindu College, University of Delhi, and worked as a Lecturer at Saint Stephen"s College, Delhi. Puri has been stationed at important diplomatic posts in Brazil, Japan, Sri Lanka, and the United Kingdom. Between 1988 and 1991, he was the Coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Multilateral Trade Negotiations Project to help Developing Countries in the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations.
He also served as the chairman of the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee from January 2011 to February 2013, and as President of the United Nations Security Council in August 2011 and November 2012.
Puri joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in January 2014, expressing an admiration for the party"s approach to national security.