Pranab Kumar Mukherjee was an Indian politician who served as the 13th president of India from 2012 until 2017. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in the Indian National Congress and occupied several ministerial portfolios in the Government of India.
Born: 11 December 1935, Mirity
Died: 31 August 2020, New Delhi
Spouse: Suvra Mukherjee (m. 1957–2015)
Previous offices: President of India (2012–2017), Minister of Finance of India (2009–2012), Minister of External Affairs of India (2006–2009), Leader of the Lok Sabha (2004–2012), more
Awards: Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan
Children: Abhijit Mukherjee, Sharmistha Mukherjee, Indrajit Mukherjee.
His mother was Rajlakshmi Mukherjee. He had two siblings: older sister Annapurna Banarjee (1928–2020) and older brother Piyush Mukherjee (1931–2017). He was an upper-division clerk in the Office of the Deputy Accountant-General (Post and Telegraph) in Calcutta.
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