Arun Kumar Singh

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Arun Kumar Singh

|image = Indian Ambassador Arun Kumar Singh.jpg

|birth_date =

|birth_place =

|office = Indian Ambassador to the United States

|term_start = 6 May 2015

|term_end = August 2016

|predecessor = Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

|successor = Navtej Sarna

|office1 = Ambassador of India to France

|term_start1 = 28 April 2013

|term_end1 = 30 April 2015

|predecessor1 = Rakesh Sood

|successor1 = Dr. Mohan Kumar

|office2 = Deputy Chief of Mission at the
Embassy of India Washington D.C.

|term_start2 = October 2008

|term_end2 = April 2013

|predecessor2 =

|successor2 =

|office3 = Ambassador of India to Israel

|term_start3 = April 2005

|term_end3 = September 2008

|predecessor3 =

|successor3 =

|occupation = Diplomat

}}

Arun Kumar Singh or commonly Arun Singh is a former Indian diplomat. He was the Indian Ambassador to the United States from 2015 to 2016.{{cite news|title=Arun K Singh profile|url=https://www.indianembassy.org/pages.php?id=121|access-date=20 May 2015|publisher=Indian Embassy|date=20 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526111636/https://www.indianembassy.org/pages.php?id=121|archive-date=26 May 2015|url-status=dead}} He is now a senior fellow with the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Before taking charge as ambassador in the United States, he served as Ambassador of India to France in Paris. On 8 March 2015, Ministry of External Affairs of India announced its decision to appoint Singh as the next Ambassador of India to the United States.{{cite news|title=Arun Kumar Singh appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United States of America|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/24886/Arun+Kumar+Singh+appointed+as+the+next+Ambassador+of+India+to+the+United+States+of+America|publisher=Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.|date=March 8, 2015}}

He is a career Indian Foreign Service officer. He had previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy at Washington D.C. (2008–13), Ambassador to Israel (2005-2008) and as a Joint Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs Government of India at New Delhi (2000–2005).{{cite web|title=Ambassador Shri. Arun Kumar Singh|url=http://www.ambinde.fr/the-embassy/ambassador|publisher=Embassy of India in Paris|access-date=2 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414052943/http://www.ambinde.fr/the-embassy/ambassador|archive-date=14 April 2014}}

Currently, he is a Senior Counsellor at The Cohen Group, a consulting firm in Washington D.C. that provides advice and assistance in marketing and regulatory affairs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cohengroup.net/our-people/arun-singh|website=www.cohengroup.net|access-date=2020-02-13|title=Arun Singh}}