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The presidency of Droupadi Murmu began on 25 July 2022, after she took the oath as the 15th President of India, administered by Chief Justice N. V. Ramana.She was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee and defeated the United Opposition nominee and former Minister of Finance, Yashwant Sinha.
Droupadi Murmu was born to a Santali family on 20 June 1958, in Uparbeda village [6] in the Baidaposi area of Rairangpur, Odisha. [7] Her father Biranchi Narayan Tudu was a farmer. [ 8 ] Her father and grandfather were traditional heads (designated Sarpanch ) of the village council ( Gram Panchayat ). [ 6 ]
The 12th president, Pratibha Patil, is the first woman to hold the office, elected in 2007. On 25 July 2022, Droupadi Murmu took office as the 15th president of India, becoming the second woman and the first tribal person to hold the office. [7]
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The incumbent president Ram Nath Kovind did not run for reelection. The election had a turnout of 99.12%. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Droupadi Murmu won the election by a margin of 296,626 votes against Yashwant Sinha, the United Opposition candidate.
The current head of state of India is Droupadi Murmu, elected in 2022 after being nominated by the National Democratic Alliance. From 1947 to 1950, the head of state under the Indian Independence Act 1947 was King of India, [1] [2] who was also the monarch of the United Kingdom and of the other Dominions of the British Commonwealth.
The president of India (ISO: Bhārata kē Rāṣṭrapati) is the head of state of the Republic of India. The president is the nominal head of the executive, [a] the first citizen of the country, as well as the supreme commander of the Indian Armed Forces. Droupadi Murmu is the 15th and current president, having taken office from 25 July 2022.
The decisions involving pardoning and other rights by the president are independent of the opinion of the prime minister or the Lok Sabha majority. In most other cases, however, the president exercises his or her executive powers on the advice of the prime minister. [31] Presently, the Ppesident of India is Droupadi Murmu.