Pranab Mukherjee facts for kids

Pranab Mukherjee
Quick facts for kids His Excellency ; Pranab Mukherjee
13th President of India
	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 of Defence
	In office; 22 May 2004 – 26 October 2006
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	George Fernandes
Succeeded by	A. K. Antony
Minister of 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. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Dinesh Singh
Succeeded by	Sikander Bakht
Leader of the Lok Sabha
	In office; 22 May 2004 – 26 June 2012
Preceded by	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded by	Sushilkumar Shinde
Deputy Chairman 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	11 December 1935; Mirati, Bengal Presidency, British India; (now West Bengal, India)
Died	31 August 2020 (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)	Suvra Mukherjee; (m. 1957; died 2015)
Children	3 including, Sharmistha Mukherjee; Abhijit Mukherjee;
Alma mater	University of Calcutta (B.A., M.A., LL.B.)
Awards	Bharat Ratna (2019); Padma Vibhushan (2008)
Nickname(s)	Pranab Da; Poltuda

Pranab Mukherjee (11 December 1935 – 31 August 2020) was an Indian politician. He was the 13th President of India serving from 2012 through 2017. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.

Political career

Mukherjee became President on 25 July 2012. He succeeded Pratibha Patil (served 2007–12), India’s first woman president. Before Mukherjee became President, he had served as Foreign, Defence, Commerce and Finance Minister at different times in his political career. Mukherjee also served as a member of both Lok Sabha (twice) and Rajya Sabha (five times).

In 2017, Mukherjee decided not to run for re-election and to retire from politics after leaving the presidency due to "health complications relating to old age". He was replaced by Ram Nath Kovind on 25 July 2017.

Life

Mukherjee was born in the village of Mirati in Birbhum District of West Bengal. Mukherjee’s father, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was deeply involved in India’s struggle for independence from Great Britain in the first half of the 20th century. Pranab was educated at the Suri Vidyasagar College (then affiliated with the University of Calcutta), and he later earned an advanced degree in history and political science as well as a law degree from the university. He was married to Suvra Mukherjee from 1957 until her death in 18 August 2015(aged 74).

In early August 2020, Mukherjee was hospitalized in an army hospital after falling in his shower in New Delhi. On 10 August, he was diagnosed with COVID-19. He died on 31 August 2020, aged 84.

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Pranab Mukherjee addressing delegates of 42nd Regional Conference of SIRC of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Defence Minister Mukherjee escorts Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld as he arrives at the South Block building in New Delhi, 2004.
Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee with US President George W. Bush in 2008.
Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee with Secretary Condoleezza Rice after signing the India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Washington, D.C. in 2011
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee during the India Economic Summit 2009 in New Delhi
Finance Minister of India Pranab Mukherjee with President of the World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim at Ministry of Finance HQ at New Delhi in 2012
President Mukherjee with President Barack Obama with First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice-President Mohammad Ansari.
Mukherjee with leaders of Russia, China, South Africa, Vietnam, Egypt during the Moscow Victory Day Parade, 9 May 2015.
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi greets Pranab Mukherjee.