NRI S. Paul Kapur Appointed as Assistant Secretary of State
for Asia by Trump
Los Angeles/Oct 25, 2025
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S. Paul Kapur was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs on October 22, 2025.
- He was among 107 nominees approved by the Senate and will now lead America’s diplomatic engagement with key South and Central Asian nations, including India.
- Kapur succeeds Donald Lu, who served as Assistant Secretary from September 2021 to January 2025.
- He previously served in the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, where he worked on issues related to South and Central Asia, Indo-Pacific strategy, and India-US relations between 2020 and 2021.
Earlier, during his Senate confirmation hearing in June this year, Mr Kapur said his career has come full circle as he never imagined that his career would someday return him to the place where he was born.
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