Salman Khurshid is a designated Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India and a prominent politician. He is the son of Khurshed Alam Khan a former Union Minister of External affairs, Government of India, and maternal grandson of Zakir Hussain, the third President of India. Salman Khurshid was the Cabinet Minister for Law and Justice, and Minority Affairs in the Government of India. He was also made the Union Minister of External Affairs in the Government of India in the year 2012.