Former foreign secretary Muchkund Dubey died at a hospital here on Wednesday due to health complications. He was 90.
He was not keeping well for the past few weeks and had been admitted to hospital in Delhi earlier this month. Dubey is survived by his wife and two daughters. His funeral is planned for Thursday at Lodhi Road crematorium, it was learnt.
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.
After retirement from foreign service, Dubey also served as the president of New Delhi-based Council for Social Development (CSD), he said. The former foreign secretary was also considered an expert on disarmament.
