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Lakshmi Puri

Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri is a former Assistant Secretary General at the United Nations and the Founding Deputy Executive Director of UN Women

Prior to her 15-year stint at the United Nations, she served as an Indian diplomat for 28 years. From 1999 until 2002, she was India’s Ambassador to Hungary, while also concurrently accredited to Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is a Distinguished Fellow of Indian Association of International Studies (IAIS) and recipient of the prestigious Eleanor Roosevelt Prize for Human Rights. She is the author of the bestselling novel, Swallowing the Sun.)

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