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Ram Nath Kovind
Official portrait, 2017
14th President of India
In office 25 July 2017 – 25 July 2022
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
Vice President
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
M. Venkaiah Naidu
Preceded by
Pranab Mukherjee
Succeeded by
Droupadi Murmu
26th Governor of Bihar
In office 16 August 2015 – 21 June 2017
Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar
Preceded by
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Succeeded by
Keshari Nath Tripathi
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 3 April 1994 – 2 April 2006
Preceded by
Subramanian Swamy
Succeeded by
Vinay Katiyar
Constituency
Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born
(1945-10-01) 1 October 1945 (age 78) Paraunkh, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Savita Kovind
(m. 1974)
Children
2
Parents
Maikulal (father)
Kalawati (mother)
Residence(s)
12 Janpath, New Delhi, Delhi, India[1]
Alma mater
Kanpur University (B.Com., LL.B.)
Occupation
Politician
lawyer
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Ram Nath Kovind (pronunciationⓘ; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 14th president of India from 2017 to 2022. He is the first person from Uttar Pradesh to serve as President of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and also the first person from BJP to become the President of India. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 26th Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017.[2][3] He also served as a Member of Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006. Before entering politics, he was a lawyer for 16 years and practised in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India until 1993.[4]
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