Politics · 1935–2020
Born: 11 December 1935 · Died: 31 August 2020 · Age at death: 84
Pranab Mukherjee died aged 84. He was born on 11 December 1935 and died on 31 August 2020.
Senior politician who served as the thirteenth President of India
Did you know?Over a career spanning five decades, he held almost every major ministerial post including finance, defence, and foreign affairs.
Pranab Mukherjee was the great troubleshooter of Indian politics. He served as finance, defence and external affairs minister under several prime ministers. His mastery of procedure made him the man parties turned to in a crisis. He never became Prime Minister himself, which he felt keenly. As President he brought deep experience to a largely ceremonial post. He was respected across party lines. His diaries and books shed light on decades of Indian government.
Pranab Mukherjee (Bengali: Praṇaba Kumāra Mukhārjī, pronounced; 11 December 1935 – 31 August 2020) was an Indian politician who served as the president of India from 2012 until 2017. He was the first person from West Bengal to hold the office.
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Profile
Indian president, born 1935
Pranab Mukherjee was born in Mirati on 11 December 1935.
He was President of India from 2012 to 2017.
He was a senior Congress Party minister for decades.
He received the Bharat Ratna in 2019.
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Did you know?He was known for an extraordinary memory for detail.
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