Shashi Tharoor (Senior Congress leader) will be conferred with France\u2019s highest civilian award Chevalier de la Legion d\u2019Honneur for his writings and speeches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2010, he had received a similar honour from the Spanish government, when the King of Spain had bestowed upon him the Encomienda de la Real Order Espanola de Carlos III.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is a two-term Lok Sabha MP (Thiruvananthapuram constituency).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Books: The Paradoxical Prime Minister; An Era of Darkness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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