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Ram Nath Kovind (pronunciation ⓘ; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 14th president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as President of India .
The presidency of Ram Nath Kovind began on 25 July 2017, when he took the oath as the fourteenth president of India administered by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar.Kovind was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee and defeated the Indian National Congress (Congress)-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nominee and former speaker of Lok Sabha, Meira ...
Ram Nath Kovind (born 1945) Uttar Pradesh: Governor of Bihar: 25 July 2017 25 July 2022 5 years Jagdish Singh Khehar [11] 2017: M. Hamid Ansari. M. Venkaiah Naidu.
Ram Nath Kovind was declared as the President-elect after the counting of votes which was held on 20 July 2017. [22] He was administered oath by the Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar, to take office as the 15th President of India on 25 July 2017 at the Central Hall located in The Parliament House, New Delhi. [23]
President Ram Nath Kovind reviewed the fleet on 21 February 2022 at Visakhapatnam. This was conducted on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of India's Independence, celebrated as 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav'. A total of 60 ships and submarines, and 55 aircraft participated in the review. [20]
The incumbent president Ram Nath Kovind did not run for reelection. The election had a turnout of 99.12%. 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.
On 31 May 2019, Narendra Modi was sworn-in as the Prime Minister for the second time by President Ram Nath Kovind along with his council of ministers. The council of ministers which was sworn-in into office on 31 May 2019 consisted of 24 ministers with cabinet rank, 9 ministers of state with independent charge, and 24 ministers of state.
Ram Nath Kovind (25 Jul. 2017 – 25 Jul. 2022) 10 years, 0 days Former diplomat. Elected as the twelfth vice president in 2007 defeating his rival candidates Najma Heptulla of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Rasheed Masood of the Samajwadi Party.