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Murmu is the second woman after Pratibha Patil to serve as president. [4] Murmu speaking before the 75th Independence Day, August 2022. Murmu addressed the nation for the first time as president on 14 August 2022, the eve of the 75th Independence Day. [35] In September 2022, she launched a government program 'Pradhanmantri TB mukht Bharat ...
Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, is the only person to have held office for two terms. [5] Seven presidents have been members of a political party before being elected. Six of these were active party members of the Indian National Congress. The Janata Party has had one member, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who later
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.
At 64, he was the youngest person to be elected President of India until Droupadi Murmu was elected President in 2022. [58] He was also the only serious presidential candidate to have contested twice – in 1969 against V V Giri and in 1977.
In 1986, Lal Krishna Advani was sworn in as the party president and has been the longest serving president over three different periods. [4] [5] As of 2022, 11 people have served as the president of the BJP, including Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah who have also served two terms. J. P. Nadda is the most recent president, having been appointed in ...
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.
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Article 58 of the Indian Constitution provides that the president and vice president of India must be citizens of India and at least 35 years old. [10] Candidates for the presidency typically seek the nomination of one of the political parties, in which case each party devises a method (such as a primary election ) to choose the candidate the ...