H.E. MR. RAJ KUMAR SINGH
Ambassador of India to Guatemala
(concurrently accredited to El Salvador & Honduras)

H.E. Mr. Raj Kumar Singh assumed charge as Ambassador of India to Guatemala, concurrently accredited to El Salvador and Honduras, in September 2025. Born on 10 December 1968, Ambassador Singh holds a Master’s degree in History and an M.Phil. in Chinese Studies.

Before his current assignment, Ambassador Singh served as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, from May 2023 to August 2025. Earlier, he was Director in the Ministry of External Affairs from June 2017 to April 2023, and had also served as Under Secretary in the PAI and East Africa Divisions between October 2000 and July 2003. He began his career in the Indian Foreign Service in 1996 as an Officer Trainee at the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

Ambassador Singh has held several important diplomatic assignments abroad. He served as Third Secretary (Language Trainee) at the Embassy of India in Tehran from 1998 to 2000; Second Secretary/First Secretary (Political, Commercial, Cultural, Consular and Administrative) at the Embassy of India in Sofia from 2003 to 2006; First Secretary/Counsellor (Political, Economic, Information and Administration) at the Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi from 2006 to 2009; Counsellor/Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of India in The Hague from 2011 to 2014; and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of India in Doha from 2014 to 2017.

Ambassador Singh is married to Mrs. Anjali Singh, and they have two sons – Mr. Ishan Singh and Mr. Sarvesh Singh.