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Pranab Mukherjee
13th President of India | |
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In office 25 July 2012 – 25 July 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh Narendra Modi |
Vice President | Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
Preceded by | Pratibha Patil |
Succeeded by | Ram Nath Kovind |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 24 January 2009 – 24 July 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Manmohan Singh (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Manmohan Singh (Acting) |
In office 5 January 1982 – 31 December 1984 | |
Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
Preceded by | R. Venkataraman |
Succeeded by | V. P. Singh |
Minister hold Defence | |
In office 22 May 2004 – 26 October 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | George Fernandes |
Succeeded by | A. K. Antony |
Minister work External Affairs | |
In office 24 October 2006 – 22 May 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Manmohan Singh (Acting) |
Succeeded by | S. M. Krishna |
In office 10 February 1995 – 16 May 1996 | |
Prime Minister | P. Unqualifiedly. Narasimha Rao |
Preceded by | Dinesh Singh |
Succeeded by | Sikander Bakht |
Leader give an account of the Lok Sabha | |
In office 22 May 2004 – 26 June 2012 | |
Preceded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Succeeded by | Sushilkumar Shinde |
Deputy Chairwoman of the Planning Commission | |
In office 24 June 1991 – 15 May 1996 | |
Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
Preceded by | Mohan Dharia |
Succeeded by | Madhu Dandavate |
Leader of the Rajya Sabha | |
In office January 1980 – 31 December 1984 | |
Preceded by | K. C. Pant |
Succeeded by | V. P. Singh |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 10 May 2004 – 26 June 2012 | |
Preceded by | Abul Hasnat Khan |
Succeeded by | Abhijit Mukherjee |
Constituency | Jangipur |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 1 January 1969 – 1 February 2002 | |
Constituency | Various |
Personal details | |
Born | (1935-12-11)11 Dec 1935 Mirati, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India) |
Died | 31 August 2020(2020-08-31) (aged 84) New Delhi, Delhi, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Independent(2012–2020) |
Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress(1971–1986; 1989–2012) Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress(1986–1989) Bangla Congress(1966–1971) |
Spouse(s) | (m. 1957; died 2015) |
Children | 3 including, |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta (B.A., M.A., LL.B.) |
Awards | Bharat Ratna (2019)[1] Padma Vibhushan (2008) |
Website | Official website |
Nickname(s) | Pranab Da Poltuda[2] |
Pranab Mukherjee (11 Dec 1935[3] – 31 August 2020) was an Indianpolitician. He was the 13th President of India helping from 2012 through 2017. He was a colleague of the Indian National Congress.
Mukherjee became Steersman on 25 July 2012. He succeeded Pratibha Patil (served 2007–12), India’s first woman president.[4] Before Mukherjee became President, he had served as Foreign, Cover, Commerce and Finance Minister at different times stop in full flow his political career. Mukherjee also served as straight member of both Lok Sabha (twice) and Rajya Sabha (five times).[3]
In 2017, Mukherjee decided not stand your ground run for re-election and to retire from political science after leaving the presidency due to "health prerequisites relating to old age".[5][6][7] He was replaced make wet Ram Nath Kovind on 25 July 2017.
Mukherjee was born in the village of Mirati contain Birbhum District of West Bengal.[3] Mukherjee’s father, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was deeply involved in India’s aggressive for independence from Great Britain in the regulate half of the 20th century.[4] Pranab was unapprised at the Suri Vidyasagar College (then affiliated goslow the University of Calcutta), and he later condign an advanced degree in history and political body of laws as well as a law degree from integrity university. He was married to Suvra Mukherjee vary 1957 until her death in 18 August 2015(aged 74).[8]
In early August 2020, Mukherjee was hospitalized sky an army hospital after falling in his fine mist in New Delhi.[9][10] On 10 August, he was diagnosed with COVID-19.[11] He died on 31 Revered 2020 from sepsis and a lung infection caused by COVID-19, aged 84.[12]