Droupadi Murmu
President of India since 2022 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Droupadi Murmu (born 20 June 1958) is an Indian politician who is the 15th President of India since 2022. She was the 8th Governor of Jharkhand from May 2015 to July 2021. She is the first governor of Jharkhand to finish the 5-year term. She was elected president after winning the 2022 election in a landslide victory. She is the youngest and first individual born after India's independence in 1947 to have been elected president.[2]
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Droupadi Murmu | |
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15th President of India | |
Assumed office 25 July 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Vice President | Venkaiah Naidu Jagdeep Dhankhar |
Preceded by | Ram Nath Kovind |
8th Governor of Jharkhand | |
In office 18 May 2015 – 12 July 2021 | |
Chief Minister | Raghubar Das Hemant Soren |
Preceded by | Syed Ahmed |
Succeeded by | Ramesh Bais |
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
In office 5 March 2000 – 21 May 2009 | |
Preceded by | Laxman Majhi |
Succeeded by | Shyam Charan Hansdah |
Constituency | Rairangpur |
Personal details | |
Born | (1958-06-20) 20 June 1958 (age 65) Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse(s) | Shyam Charan Murmu [1](m. 1978; his death 2014) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Rama Devi Women’s College, Bhubaneswar |
Profession | Politician |
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