# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/k-p-s-menon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:17:50.827Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/k-p-s-menon"
name: "K. P. S. Menon"
slug: "k-p-s-menon"
description: "Kumara Padmanabha Sivasankara Menon Sr. CIE ICS, usually known as K. P. S. Menon, was a diplomat and diarist, a career member of the Indian Civil Service. He was appointed independent India's first Foreign Secretary, serving from 1948 to 1952."
tagline: "Indian diplomat (1898–1982)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1898-10-18"
deathDate: "1982-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.449212000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump