Ram Nath Kovind | |
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![]() 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 | Village Paraunkh, Derapur, United Provinces, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India) | 1 October 1945
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 |
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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