Sibi George, presently Ambassador of India to Switzerland, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the State of Kuwait, a press release from the Ministry of External Affairs disclosed.
Sibi succeeds Ambassador Jeeva Sagar who completed a successful tenure in Kuwait and retired from his post on May 31, 2020.
Sibi George, a 1993 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, has been India’s Ambassador to Switzerland since 2017. He was first appointed as political officer at Indian High Commission in Pakistan. He also has served various Indian missions in Cairo, Doha, Tehran, Riyadh and Washington DC in various capacities prior to his appointment in Switzerland. George hails from the south Indian state of Kerala.