Pranab Mukherjee

Pranab Kumar Mukherjee (11 December 1935 – 31 August 2020) was an Indian politician. He was the 13th President of India serving from 2012 through 2017. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.

Political career
Mukherjee became President on 25 July 2012. He succeeded Pratibha Patil (served 2007–12), India’s first woman president. Before Mukherjee became President, he had served as Foreign, Defence, Commerce and Finance Minister at different times in his political career. Mukherjee also served as a member of both Lok Sabha (twice) and Rajya Sabha (five times).

In 2017, Mukherjee decided not to run for re-election and to retire from politics after leaving the presidency due to "health complications relating to old age".Presidential Election 2017: Pranab Mukherjee retires in July, this is how India elects its presidentPresidential Election 2017: Not in race for another term, says Pranab Mukherjee He was replaced by Ram Nath Kovind on 25 July 2017.

Life
Mukherjee was born in the village of Mirati in Birbhum District of West Bengal. Mukherjee’s father, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was deeply involved in India’s struggle for independence from Great Britain in the first half of the 20th century. Pranab was educated at the Suri Vidyasagar College (then affiliated with the University of Calcutta), and he later earned an advanced degree in history and political science as well as a law degree from the university. He was married to Suvra Mukherjee from 1957 until her death in 18 August 2015(aged 74).

In early August 2020, Mukherjee was hospitalized in an army hospital after falling in his shower in New Delhi. On 10 August, he was diagnosed with COVID-19. He died on 31 August 2020 from sepsis and a lung infection caused by COVID-19, aged 84.

References

Other websites
 Pranab Mukherjee Official website
 Pranab Mukherjee at Twitter
 Pranab Mukherjee Death Live News

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