List of presidents of India

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The president of India is the head of state of the Republic of India and the supreme commander of the Indian Armed Forces. The president is referred to as the first citizen of India.[1][2] Although vested with these powers by the Constitution of India, the position is largely a ceremonial one and executive powers are de facto exercised by the prime minister.[3]

The president is elected by the Electoral College composed of elected members of the parliament houses, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, and also members of the Saasana Sabha or Vidhan Sabha, the state legislative assemblies.[2] Presidents may remain in office for a tenure of five years, as stated by article 56, part V, of the Constitution of India. In the case where a president's term of office is terminated early or during the absence of the president, the vice president assumes office. By article 70 of part V, the parliament may decide how to discharge the functions of the president where this is not possible, or in any other unexpected contingency.

There have been 15 presidents of India since the post was established when India was declared as a republic with the adoption of the Indian constitution in 1950.[4] Apart from these fifteen, three acting presidents have also been in office for short periods of time. V. V. Giri became the acting president in 1969 after Zakir Husain died in office. Giri was elected president a few months later. He remains the only person to have held office both as a president and acting president. Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, is the only person to have held office for two terms.[5]

Seven presidents have been members of a political party before being elected. Six of these were active party members of the Indian National Congress. The Janata Party has had one member, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who later became president. Two presidents, Zakir Husain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, have died in office. Their vice presidents served as acting presidents until a new president was elected. Following Zakir Husain's death, two acting presidents held office until the new president, V. V. Giri, was elected. When Giri resigned to take part in the presidential elections, he was succeeded by Mohammad Hidayatullah as acting president.[6] Pratibha Patil is the first woman to hold the office, elected in 2007.

On 25 July 2022, Droupadi Murmu took office as the president of India, becoming the second woman and the first tribal person to hold the office.[7]

List

This list is numbered based on presidents elected after winning an Indian presidential election. The terms of V. V. Giri, Mohammad Hidayatullah and B. D. Jatti, who served as acting president are therefore not numbered or counted as actual terms in office. The president of India does not represent any political party. The colors used in the table indicate the following:


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Portrait Name

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Home state Former Office(s) Term of office Oath administered by

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Election Election Map Prime Minister Political party
Assumed office Left office Time in office
File:Rajendra Prasad (Indian President), signed image for Walter Nash (NZ Prime Minister), 1958 (16017609534).jpg Rajendra Prasad
(1884–1963)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Bihar Minister of Agriculture Template:Dts Template:Dts 12 years, 107 days H. J. Kania 1950 - Jawaharlal Nehru Indian National Congress rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
Template:Dts Template:Dts M. Patanjali Sastri 1952 File:1952 Indian Presidential Election.svg
Template:Dts Template:Dts Sudhi Ranjan Das 1957 File:1957 Indian Presidential Election.svg
File:Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(1888–1975)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Tamil Nadu Vice President of India Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 1962 File:1962 Indian Presidential Election Map.svg Jawaharlal Nehru (1962- 1964)

Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964- 1966)

Indira Gandhi (1966- 1967)

Independent rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
File:Zakir Husain, 2nd Vice President of India.jpg Zakir Husain
(1897–1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Andhra Pradesh Vice President of India

Governor of Bihar

Template:Dts Template:Dts<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] Template:Ayd Kailas Nath Wanchoo 1967 File:1967 Indian Presidential Election Map.svg Indira Gandhi
File:Varahagiri Venkata Giri, 3rd Vice President of India.jpg V. V. Giri
(1894–1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Odisha Vice President of India Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Endash Template:Endash
File:Mohammad Hidayatullah, 6th Vice President of India.jpg Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1905–1992)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Chhattisgarh Chief Justice of India Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Endash Template:Endash
File:Varahagiri Venkata Giri, 3rd Vice President of India.jpg V. V. Giri
(1894–1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Odisha Vice President of India

Governor of Kerala

Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Mohammad Hidayatullah 1969 File:1969 Indian Presidential Election.svg Indira Gandhi
File:President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.jpg Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(1905–1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		National Capital Territory of Delhi Minister of Agriculture Template:Dts Template:Dts<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] Template:Ayd A. N. Ray[8] 1974 File:1974 Indian Presidential Election.svg Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
File:Basappa Danappa Jatti, 5th Vice President of India.jpg B. D. Jatti
(1912–2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Karnataka Chief Minister of Karnataka Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Template:Endash Template:Endash
File:Neelam Sanjiva Reddy.jpg Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(1913–1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Mirza Hameedullah Beg 1977 File:1979 Indian Presidential Election Map.svg Morarji Desai (1977- 1979)

Charan Singh (1979- 1980)

Indira Gandhi (1980- 1982)

Janata Party style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
File:Giani Zail Singh.jpg Zail Singh
(1916–1994)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Punjab Chief Minister of Punjab Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Y. V. Chandrachud 1982 File:1982 Indian Presidential Election.svg Indira Gandhi (1982- 1984)

Rajiv Gandhi (1984- 1987)

Indian National Congress rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
File:Ramaswamy Venkataraman (2012 stamp of India) (cropped).jpg Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910–2009)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Tamil Nadu Vice President of India

Minister of Defence

Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Raghunandan Swarup Pathak 1987 File:Indian presidential election, 1987.svg Rajiv Gandhi (1987- 1989)

V. P. Singh (1989- 1990)

Chandra Shekhar (1990- 1991)

P. V. Narasimha Rao (1991- 1992)

File:Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma.jpg Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1918–1999)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Madhya Pradesh Vice President of India

Governor of Maharashtra

Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd M. H. Kania 1992 File:1992 Indian Presidential Election.svg P. V. Narasimha Rao (1992- 1996)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996)

H. D. Deve Gowda (1996- 1997)

Inder Kumar Gujral (1997)

File:The official portrait of Shri Kocheril Raman Narayanan, 10th President of the Republic of India.png K. R. Narayanan
(1920–2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Kerala Vice President of India Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd J. S. Verma 1997 File:Indian presidential election, 1997.svg Inder Kumar Gujral (1997- 1998)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1998- 2002)

File:A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.jpg A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(1931–2015)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Tamil Nadu Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of India Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 2002 File:Indian presidential election, 2002.svg Atal Bihari Vajpayee (2002- 2004)

Manmohan Singh (2004- 2007)

Independent style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
File:The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil.jpg Pratibha Patil
(born 1934)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Maharashtra Governor of Rajasthan Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd K. G. Balakrishnan[9] 2007 File:2007 Indian Presidential Election.svg Manmohan Singh (2004- 2007) Indian National Congress rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		West Bengal Minister of Defence

Minister of Finance

Minister of External Affairs

Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd S. H. Kapadia[10] 2012 File:Indian presidential election 2012.svg Manmohan Singh (2007- 2014)

Narendra Modi (2014- 2017)

File:The official portrait of Shri Ram Nath Kovind, 14th President of the Republic of India.jpg Ram Nath Kovind
(born 1945)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Uttar Pradesh Governor of Bihar Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd Jagdish Singh Khehar[11] 2017 File:Indian presidential election, 2017.svg Narendra Modi (2017- 2022) Bharatiya Janata Party rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
File:President of India Droupadi Murmu official portrait (cropped).jpg Droupadi Murmu
(born 1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Odisha Governor of Jharkhand Template:Dts Incumbent Template:Ayd N. V. Ramana[12] 2022 File:2022 Indian Presidential Election.svg Narendra Modi

Statistics

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Timeline

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from: 26/01/1950 till: 13/05/1962 color:INC text:"Prasad" fontsize:10
from: 13/05/1962 till: 13/05/1967 color:IND text:"Radhakrishnan"  fontsize:10
from: 13/05/1967 till: 03/05/1969 color:IND text:"Husain" fontsize:10
from: 03/05/1969 till: 20/07/1969 color:IND text:"Giri (acting)" fontsize:10
from: 20/07/1969 till: 24/08/1969 color:IND text:"Hidayatullah (acting)" fontsize:10
from: 24/08/1969 till: 24/08/1974 color:IND text:"Giri" fontsize:10
from: 24/08/1974 till: 11/02/1977 color:INC text:"Ahmed" fontsize:10
from: 11/02/1977 till: 25/07/1977 color:INC text:"Jatti (acting)" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/1977 till: 25/07/1982 color:JP text:"Reddy" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/1982 till: 25/07/1987 color:INC text:"Singh" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/1987 till: 25/07/1992 color:INC text:"Venkataraman" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/1992 till: 25/07/1997 color:INC text:"Sharma" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/1997 till: 25/07/2002 color:INC text:"Narayanan" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/2002 till: 25/07/2007 color:IND text:"Kalam" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/2007 till: 25/07/2012 color:INC text:"Patil" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/2012 till: 25/07/2017 color:INC text:"Mukherjee" fontsize:10
from: 25/07/2017 till: 25/07/2022 color:BJP text:"Kovind" fontsize:10
from: 26/07/2022 till:end color:BJP text:"Murmu" fontsize:10

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See also

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