List of presidents of India
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The president of India is the head of state of the Republic of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. The president is referred to as the first citizen of India.[1][2] Although vested with these powers by the Constitution of India, the position is largely a ceremonial one and executive powers are de facto exercised by the prime minister.[3]
The president is elected by the
There have been 15 presidents of India since the post was established when India was declared as a republic with the adoption of the
Seven presidents have been members of a political party before being elected. Six of these were active party members of the
On 25 July 2022, Droupadi Murmu took office as the 15th president of India, becoming the second woman and the first tribal person to hold the office.[7]
List
This list is numbered based on presidents elected after winning an Indian presidential election. The terms of
Indian National Congress (INC) (8)
Janata Party (JP) (1)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (2)
Independent (IND) (4)
Acting President (3)
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No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Home state | Former Office(s) | Term of office | Election | Election Map | Vice President | Political party | |||
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Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||||
Interim | Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963) |
Bihar | Minister of Agriculture | 26 January 1950 | 13 May 1952 | 12 years, 107 days | 1950 | – | Indian National Congress | |||
1 | 13 May 1952 | 13 May 1957 | 1952 | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | ||||||||
13 May 1957 | 13 May 1962 | 1957 | ||||||||||
2 | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) |
Tamil Nadu | Vice President of India | 13 May 1962 | 13 May 1967 | 5 years | 1962 | Zakir Husain
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Independent | |||
3 | Zakir Husain (1897–1969) |
Andhra Pradesh | Vice President of India | 13 May 1967 | 3 May 1969[†] | 1 year, 355 days | 1967 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri
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Acting | Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894–1980) |
Odisha | Vice President of India | 3 May 1969 | 20 July 1969 | 78 days | – | – | ||||
Acting | M. Hidayatullah (1905–1992) |
Chhattisgarh | Chief Justice of India | 20 July 1969 | 24 August 1969 | 35 days | – | – | ||||
4 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894–1980) |
Odisha | Vice President of India | 24 August 1969 | 24 August 1974 | 5 years | 1969 | Gopal Swarup Pathak | ||||
5 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905–1977) |
National Capital Territory of Delhi
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Minister of Agriculture | 24 August 1974 | 11 February 1977[†] | 2 years, 171 days | 1974 | Gopal Swarup Pathak
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Indian National Congress | |||
Acting | B.D. Jatti (1912–2002) |
Karnataka | Chief Minister of Karnataka | 11 February 1977 | 25 July 1977 | 164 days | – | – | ||||
6 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) |
Andhra Pradesh | Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | 25 July 1977 | 25 July 1982 | 5 years | 1977 | B. D. Jatti
M. Hidayatullah
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Janata Party | |||
7 | Giani Zail Singh (1916–1994) |
Punjab | Chief Minister of Punjab | 25 July 1982 | 25 July 1987 | 5 years | 1982 | M. Hidayatullah
R. Venkataraman
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Indian National Congress | |||
8 | R. Venkataraman (1910–2009) |
Tamil Nadu | Vice President of India | 25 July 1987 | 25 July 1992 | 5 years | 1987 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | ||||
9 | Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999) |
Madhya Pradesh | Vice President of India | 25 July 1992 | 25 July 1997 | 5 years | 1992 | K. R. Narayanan | ||||
10 | K. R. Narayanan (1920–2005) |
Kerala | Vice President of India | 25 July 1997 | 25 July 2002 | 5 years | 1997 | Krishan Kant | ||||
11 | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931–2015) |
Tamil Nadu | Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister | 25 July 2002 | 25 July 2007 | 5 years | 2002 | Krishan Kant
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Independent | |||
12 | Pratibha Devisingh Patil (1934–Present) |
Maharashtra | Governor of Rajasthan | 25 July 2007 | 25 July 2012 | 5 years | 2007 | M. Hamid Ansari
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Indian National Congress | |||
13 | Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) |
West Bengal | Minister of Defence | 25 July 2012 | 25 July 2017 | 5 years | 2012 | |||||
14 | Ram Nath Kovind (1945–Present) |
Uttar Pradesh | Governor of Bihar | 25 July 2017 | 25 July 2022 | 5 years | 2017 | M. Hamid Ansari
M. Venkaiah Naidu
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Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
15 | Droupadi Murmu (1958–Present) |
Odisha | Governor of Jharkhand | 25 July 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 271 days | 2022 | M. Venkaiah Naidu
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See also
- President of India
- Vice President of India
- Prime Minister of India
- List of vice presidents of India
- List of prime ministers of India
- List of heads of state and government of Indian origin
Citations
- ^ "President Ram Nath Kovind is Indias first citizen. Your chances begin only at Number 27". indiatoday.com. Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ a b "The Constitution of India". Ministry of Law and Justice of India. Archived from the original (.doc) on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ "India gets first woman president since independence". BBC News. 25 July 2007. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
- ^ "1950: India becomes a republic". BBC News. 26 January 1950. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ Harish Khare (6 December 2006). "Selecting the next Rashtrapati". The Hindu. India. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
- ^ Shekhar Iyer (25 June 2007). "Shekhawat will not resign to contest poll". Hindustan Times. India. Archived from the original on 11 January 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ "Droupadi Murmu oath taking ceremony LIVE updates: Droupadi Murmu takes oath as India's 15th President". The Times of India. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.