Ram Nath Kovind

His Excellency Ram Nath Kovind
Official portrait, 2017
14th President of India
In office 25 July 2017 – 25 July 2022
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Vice President	Venkaiah Naidu Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Preceded by	Pranab Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Droupadi Murmu
35th Governor of Bihar
In office 16 August 2015 – 20 June 2017[1]
Preceded by	Keshari Nath Tripathi
Succeeded by	Keshari Nath Tripathi
Member of Parliament
In office 3 April 1994 – 2 April 2006
Personal details
Born	(1945-10-01) 1 October 1945 (age 78) Village Paraunkh, Derapur, United Provinces, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Savita Kovind (m. 1974)
Children	Prashant Kumar (Son) Swati (Daughter)
Parents	Maiku Lal (Father) Kalawati (Mother)
Alma mater	Kanpur University
Profession	Advocate Politician

Ram Nath Kovind^[2][3] (born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician.^[4][5] Kovind became the 14th President of India upon winning the 2017 presidential election in July 2017. He was the second president to have been a Dalit leader^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]} and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^[13][14] He was Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017.^[15] He served as Member of Parliament from 1994 through 2006. Ram Nath Kovind is also prez candidate of NDA.

In June 2017, he won the nomination of the Bharatiya Janata Party for President of India in the 2017 Indian presidential election. After winning the nomination, he resigned from his post as Governor of Bihar, and President of India Pranab Mukherjee accepted his resignation on 20 June 2017.^[16] According to polling after voting was closed on 17 July 2017, Kovind was expected to win the presidency with a voting outcome of 99%.^[17] Kovind was declared as the winner after the counting of votes held on 20 July 2017.^[18]

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2. ↑ Rashid, Omar. "Support Ram Nath Kovind, Yogi appeals to opposition". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
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4. ↑ Desk, The Hindu Net. "Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind is NDA nominee for post of President". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
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6. ↑ CNN, Huizhong Wu (20 July 2017). "Man from India's lowest caste elected president". CNN. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
7. ↑ "Presidential election: BJP picks Dalit leader Ram Nath Kovind as nominee; Congress rules out consensus". The Indian Express. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
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9. ↑ "BJP picks Bihar governor and Dalit leader Ram Nath Kovind as presidential candidate, Modi dials Sonia". hindustantimes.com. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
10. ↑ "Bihar Governor, Dalit leader Ram Nath Kovind NDA's prez candidate: Shah". deccanchronicle.com. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
11. ↑ "Why NDA chose Bihar Governor Kovind, a Dalit leader, as President nominee". www.business-standard.com. Business Standard.
12. ↑ "Dalit leader Ram Nath Kovind's run from court to Raisina Hills". www.thestatesman.com. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
13. ↑ "BJP appoints Dalit governor eyeing backward votes as Owaisi hints at jumping into Bihar fray to woo Muslims".
14. ↑ "Raj Bhavan for man who shunned TV".
15. ↑ Ram Nath Kovind resigns as Bihar Governor (20 June 2017). "Ram Nath Kovind resigns as Bihar Governor". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
16. ↑ "Resignation as Governor of Bihar". firstpost. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
17. ↑ "Presidential Election Sees Nearly 99% Voting, Ram Nath Kovind Set For Easy Win: 10 Points". NDTV. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
18. ↑ "With 65% votes, Ram Nath Kovind is the next President of India - Rediff.com India News". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.