Droupadi Murmu

Droupadi Murmu
Official portrait, 2022
15th President of India
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 July 2022
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Vice President
Preceded byRam Nath Kovind
8th Governor of Jharkhand
In office
18 May 2015 – 12 July 2021
Chief MinistersRaghubar Das
Hemant Soren
Preceded bySyed Ahmed
Succeeded byRamesh Bais
Minister of State of Odisha
Independent Charge
In office
6 August 2002 – 16 May 2004
Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik
MinistryFisheries and Animal Resources Development
In office
6 March 2000 – 6 August 2002
Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik
MinistryCommerce and Transport
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office
5 March 2000 – 21 May 2009
Preceded byLaxman Majhi
Succeeded byShyam Charan Hansdah
ConstituencyRairangpur
Personal details
Born
Durgi Biranchi Tudu

(1958-06-20) 20 June 1958 (age 66)
Uparbeda, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Shyam Charan Murmu
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(m. 1980; died 2014)​
Children3[a]
ResidenceRashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
Alma materUtkal University (BA)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTeacher
WebsiteOfficial website

Droupadi Murmu (born Durgi Biranchi Tudu; born 20 June 1958) is an Indian politician who has served as the 15th president of India since 2022. She won the 2022 presidential election as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.[2] She is the first person belonging to a tribal community and also the second woman after Pratibha Patil to hold the office. She is also the youngest person to occupy the post (at 64) and the first president born in independent India.[3][4]

Previously, she served as the eighth governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021, being the longest-serving governor for that state, as a member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Rairangpur Assembly constituency from 2000 to 2009, and as minister of State (Independent Charge), Government of Odisha from 2000 to 2004. Before entering politics, she worked as a clerk in the State Irrigation and Power Department from 1979 to 1983, and then as a teacher in Rairangpur from 1994 until 1997.[5]

  1. ^ "When Droupadi Murmu lost her husband, 2 sons | 5 things to know about her family". Hindustan Times. 29 August 2022. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "BJP backs tribal politician for India's president – DW – 07/18/2022". dw.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Deutsche Welle was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Droupadi Murmu: India's Youngest President and First to be Born After Independence". MSN. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference first2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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