Question: The president that inaugurated the Shirdi Airport previously held what position from 2015 to 2017?
Context: David P. Samson was the President of the Miami Marlins, a Major League Baseball team located in Miami, Florida.  He held the position from 2002 until he was fired in September, 2017, by Derek Jeter, who was looking to make a statement as the new Marlins owner.  He previously held the title of Executive Vice President with the Montreal Expos from 1999 to 2002, working in both cities under team owner and former stepfather Jeffrey Loria.  Samson was also a contestant on the reality TV program "" in 2014, where he was the first person voted out. Ram Nath Kovind (born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician who is the President of India, in office since 2017.  Previously he served as Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006.  He was a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).  Kovind was nominated as a presidential candidate by the ruling NDA coalition and won the 2017 presidential election, becoming the second Dalit to be elected to the post of President.  He assumed office on 25 July 2017. Shirdi Airport (IATA: SAG, ICAO: VASD) is located at Kakadi village, about 14 km South-west of the town of Shirdi in Maharashtra, India.  The airport, spread over 400 hectares, is owned by the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) and was inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 1 October 2017.  Communication Navigation Surveillance (CNS) and Air Traffic Control (ATC) at the airport will be managed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). Mehmet Ali Talat (born 6 July 1952) is a Turkish Cypriot politician who served as the President of Northern Cyprus between 2005 and 2010.  Talat is the leader of the social democratic Republican Turkish Party (Turkish: "Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi" , CTP), having previously held this position between 1996 and 2005.  He became prime minister in 2004, and subsequently won the presidential election held on 17 April 2005.  Talat was inaugurated on 25 April 2005, succeeding retiring leader Rauf Denktaş.  He lost the presidential election of 2010 and was replaced by Derviş Eroğlu as President. José Ignacio Ceniceros González (born May 11, 1956) is a Spanish politician and member of the People's Party (PP).  Ceniceros, who previously held the position of President of the Parliament of La Rioja from 1999 to 2015, has served as the President of La Rioja since July 5, 2015.  Ceniceros' People's Party (PP) had retained a slim majority in the Riojan parliamentary election on May 24, 2015, but list five seats. A.J. Eisenberg Airport (IATA: ODW, ICAO: KOKH) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Oak Harbor, a city in Island County, Washington, United States.  It is privately owned by A.J. Eisenberg Airport LLC.  It was formerly known as Wes Lupien Airport and owned by Air International LLC.  The airport previously had scheduled passenger service provided by Kenmore Air, which ceased operations to Oak Harbor on December 31, 2008.  It was also served by Harbor Airlines, which had its hub at the airport from 1971 to 2001. United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 2002 in 36 states and two territories.  The Republicans won eight seats previously held by the Democrats, as well the seat previously held by Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura, who was elected on the Reform Party ticket but had since renounced his party affiliation.  The Democrats won 10 seats previously held by the Republicans, as well as the seat previously held by Maine governor Angus King, an independent.  Overall, the Republicans suffered a net loss of one seat while the Democrats made a net gain of three.  The Republicans managed to maintain their majority of state governorships, but it was reduced to a margin of only two seats.  The elections were notable for the sheer number of state governorships that changed parties – 20 in total, constituting more than half of the seats up for election.  The elections were also notable for the inroads that both major parties made in regions where their support had historically been low or waning. Rafael Hernández Airport (IATA: BQN, ICAO: TJBQ, FAA LID: BQN) is a joint civil-military airport located in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.  It is named after the Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernández Marín and is the second largest international airport in Puerto Rico in the region of Porta del Sol, Puerto Rico's west coast.  It is also home to Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen.  Rafael Hernandez Airport mainly serves Puerto Rican westerners living in the Eastern Region of the United States.  The airport previously served as a focus city for PAWA Dominicana. Stephen Gillett is a technology and business leader.  Currently he works with Google's "moonshot unit" called Google[x].  Gillett accepted a position as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Symantec in December 20, 2012, leaving behind his position as President Best Buy Digital and Executive Vice President Global Business Services at Best Buy in greater Minneapolis, MN.  He departed Symantec in November 2014.  Gillett is the former Chief Information Officer, Executive Vice President of Digital Ventures at Starbucks Coffee Company in Seattle, WA and was hired by Howard Schultz as part of the transformation leadership team in 2008.  Gillett previously held executive positions at Corbis, Yahoo and CNET.  He currently lives and works in the Silicon Valley. Rockhampton Airport ("Connor Park") (IATA: ROK, ICAO: YBRK) is a major Australian regional airport in West Rockhampton that services the city of Rockhampton, with direct flights to the cities of Brisbane, Townsville, Gold Coast and Mackay.  It also operates connecting flights to the cities of Townsville and Cairns.  The Airport previously operated direct flights to Sydney and Melbourne but were cancelled due to lack of passenger numbers.  The Airport runway has the capability to handle aircraft such as the A380, B747 & B777 types.
Answer: Governor of Bihar