K. Raghunath

{{Short description|Indian diplomat (born 1939)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Krishnan Raghunath

| image =

| office = {{flag|India}}n
Ambassador
to {{flag|East Germany}}

| term_start = {{dts|format=dmy|1979|04|23}}

| term_end = {{dts|1982||}}

| predecessor =:es:Roy Axel Khan

| successor =Prabhakar Menon

| office2 = {{flag|India}}n
Ambassador
to {{flag|Philippines}}

| term_start2 = {{dts|1987||}}

| term_end2 = {{dts|1990||}}

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 =

| office3 = {{flag|India}}n
High Commissioner
to {{flag|Nigeria}}

| term_start3 = {{dts|1990||}}

| term_end3 = {{dts|1990||}}

| predecessor3 =:es:Deb Mukharji

| successor3 =Lalit Mansingh

| office4 = 21st Foreign Secretary (India)

| term_start4 = 1 July 1997

| term_end4 = 1 December 1999

| predecessor4 =Salman Haidar

| successor4 =Lalit Mansingh

| office5 = {{flag|India}}n
:de:Liste der indischen Botschafter in der Sowjetunion und Russland
to {{flag|Russia}}

| term_start5 = {{dts|2001||}}

| term_end5 = {{dts|2004||}}

| predecessor5 =Satinder Kumar Lambah

| successor5 =Kanwal Sibal

| image_size =

| caption =

| birth_date = 13 November 1939

| birth_place = Madras

| death_date =

| death_place =

| education = La Martiniere College

| occupation = Politician

| spouse = Sunny

| parents =

| children =

}}

Krishnan Raghunath is an Indian diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary of India in the late 1990s. He previously served as the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh as well as Ambassador to Russia, Nigeria and the Philippines.

Krishnan, Raghunath; B.Sc (Hons); b 13 November 1939 Madras Edn Madras Christian Coll, Madras Univ; Secy "Students' Service" for the Blind, 1959; Under-Officer and Battalion Cadet Quarter Master, N.C.C 1955-59 [http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/aug/25rus.htm][https://books.google.com/books?id=fermnQunyX4C&dq=Raghunath%2C+Krishnan&pg=PA29][https://books.google.com/books?id=NPeHAwAAQBAJ&dq=Philippines+%22K.+Raghunath%22&pg=PA297]