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Giri was elected president a few months later. He remains the only person to have held office both as a president and acting president. 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.
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.
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.
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. [37] In September 2022, she launched a government program 'Pradhanmantri TB mukht Bharat ...
Droupadi Murmu (born 1958) is an Indian politician who is the current President of India belongs to Murmu clan of Santal. Anthony Murmu , (27 October 1930 – 19 April 1985) an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Rajmahal , Bihar as a member of the Janata Party .
In 1962, after serving 12 years as president, he announced his decision to retire. After relinquishing the office of the President of India in May 1962, he returned to Patna on 14 May 1962 and stayed on the campus of Bihar Vidyapeeth. [23] His wife died on 9 September 1962, a month before Indo-China War.
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.
He is the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as the president. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also the first person from the party to become the president. Prior to his presidency, he served as the Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017. [2] [3] He also served as a Member of Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006.