Pratibha Patil

Pratibha Patil
Official portrait, 2007
12th President of India
In office 25 July 2007 – 25 July 2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Vice President	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Preceded by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Succeeded by	Pranab Mukherjee
17th Governor of Rajasthan
In office 8 November 2004 – 23 June 2007
Chief Minister	Vasundhara Raje
Preceded by	Madan Lal Khurana
Succeeded by	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
Preceded by	Sudam Deshmukh
Succeeded by	Anantrao Gudhe
Constituency	Amravati, Maharashtra
9th Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
In office 18 November 1986 – 5 November 1988
Chairman	Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1986–1987) Shankar Dayal Sharma (1987–1988)
Preceded by	M. M. Jacob
Succeeded by	Najma Heptulla
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 1985–1990
Constituency	Maharashtra
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office 1978–1985
Constituency	Edlabad
In office 1962–1967
Constituency	Jalgaon
Personal details
Born	Pratibha Narayan Rao Patil (1934-12-19) 19 December 1934 (age 89) Nadgaon, Bombay Presidency, British India (present–day Maharashtra, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat ​ ​ (m. 1965; died 2023)​
Children	2
Residence	57, Congress Nagar, Amravati
Alma mater	University of Poona (BA, MA) University of Bombay (LLB)
Website	pratibhapatil.info

Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born 19 December 1934), also known as Pratibha Patil Shekhawat,^[1][2] is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th president of India from 2007 to 2012. She was the first woman to become the president of India. A member of the Indian National Congress, she also served as the Governor of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2007, and was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996.