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Droupadi Murmu (born 20 June 1958) is an Indian politician who is the 15th President of India since 2022. She was the 8th Governor of Jharkhand from May 2015 to July 2021. She is the first governor of Jharkhand to finish the 5-year term. She was elected president after winning the 2022 election in a landslide victory. She is the youngest and first individual born after India's independence in 1947 to have been elected president.[2]
Droupadi Murmu | |
|---|---|
द्रौपदी मुर्मू | |
 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| 15th President of India | |
| Assumed office 25 July 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Vice President | |
| Preceded by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 8th Governor of Jharkhand | |
| In office 18 May 2015 – 12 July 2021 | |
| Chief Ministers | Raghubar Das Hemant Soren |
| Preceded by | Syed Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Ramesh Bais |
| Minister of State of Odisha | |
Independent Charge | |
| In office 6 August 2002 – 16 May 2004 | |
| Chief Minister | Naveen Patnaik |
| Ministry | Fisheries and Animal Resources Development |
| In office 6 March 2000 – 6 August 2002 | |
| Chief Minister | Naveen Patnaik |
| Ministry | Commerce and Transport |
| Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 5 March 2000 – 21 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Laxman Majhi |
| Succeeded by | Shyam Charan Hansdah |
| Constituency | Rairangpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Durgi Biranchi Tudu 20 June 1958 Uparbeda, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) |
Shyam Charan Murmu
(m. 1980; died 2014) |
| Children | 3[lower-alpha 1] |
| Residence | Rashtrapati Bhawan (primary) |
| Alma mater | Utkal University (BA) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Teacher |
| Website | Official website |
Droupadi Murmu was married to Shyam Charan Murmu. The couple had two sons and a daughter. Her husband and her two sons died.
During the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Biju Janata Dal coalition government in Odisha, She was the Minister of State with independent charge for Commerce and Transport from March 6, 2000 to August 6, 2002 and Fisheries and Animal Resources Development from August 6, 2002 to May 16, 2004.[3] She was former Odisha Minister and an MLA from Rairangpur assembly constituency in the years 2000 and 2004.[4]
She is the first woman Governor of Jharkhand.[5][6] She is the first woman and tribal leader Archived 2022-06-22 at the Wayback Machine from Odisha to be appointed a governor in an Indian state.[7][8]
In June 2022, the BJP picked Murmu as the National Democratic Alliance's candidate for President of India in the 2022 election.[9]
On 21 July 2022, Murmu was announced as the winner of the election, having won in a landslide victory.[10] She is the first adivasi politician to be elected president and the country's second female president.[10]
Murmu spoke to the nation for the first time as president on 14 August 2022, the eve of the 75th Independence Day.[11]
In September 2022, she launched a government program 'Pradhanmantri TB mukht Bharat' – an initiative to eradicate tuberculosis from the country.[12] She became the first President of India to inaugurate the 'Mysuru Dasara', a ten-day state festival in Karnataka.[13]
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