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Pranab Mukherjee
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13th President of India | |
In office 25 July 2012 – 25 July 2017 |
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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 |
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Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Manmohan Singh (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Manmohan Singh (Acting) |
In office 5 January 1982 – 31 December 1984 |
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Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
Preceded by | R. Venkataraman |
Succeeded by | V. P. Singh |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 22 May 2004 – 26 October 2006 |
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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 |
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Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Preceded by | Manmohan Singh (Acting) |
Succeeded by | S. M. Krishna |
In office 10 February 1995 – 16 May 1996 |
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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 |
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Preceded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Succeeded by | Sushilkumar Shinde |
Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission | |
In office 24 June 1991 – 15 May 1996 |
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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 |
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Preceded by | K. C. Pant |
Succeeded by | V. P. Singh |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 10 May 2004 – 26 June 2012 |
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Preceded by | Abul Hasnat Khan |
Succeeded by | Abhijit Mukherjee |
Constituency | Jangipur |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 1 January 1969 – 1 February 2002 |
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Constituency | Various |
Personal details | |
Born | Mirati, Bengal Presidency, British India (now West Bengal, India) |
11 December 1935
Died | 31 August 2020 New Delhi, Delhi, India |
(aged 84)
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) | |
Children | 3 including,
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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.
Images for kids
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Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee with US President George W. Bush in 2008.
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Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee with Secretary Condoleezza Rice after signing the India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement.
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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Washington, D.C. in 2011
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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
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President Mukherjee with President Barack Obama with First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice-President Mohammad Ansari.
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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi greets Pranab Mukherjee.