Draupadi Murmu has been serving as the 15th President of India since July 25, 2022. The politician is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Draupadi Murmu is the 15th and current President of India. She is also the former cabinet minister of Odisha and governor of Jharkhand. She was born into a humble family based in the remote village of Mayurbhanj, a tribal district of Odisha. She had worked as an assistant teacher and a junior assistant in the Odisha state irrigation department.
Murmu started her political journey with the BJP in 1997 and worked as a councilor in Rairangpur. She has also worked as the president of the Scheduled Tribe Morcha of the BJP Odisha unit before being elected twice to Odisha state legislative assembly on the BJP ticket and also served as a cabinet minister during 2002-2004 in Naveen Patnaik led BJD-BJP coalition government where she was felicitated with the best legislative member award.
Though her personal life remained full of struggle and tragedy, Murmu touched the pinnacle of public life and achieved monumental records in politics and social services. She lost her husband and two grown-up sons, but she stood strong on all occasions. Murmu created history as she became the first women governor of Jharkhand, the first tribal governor of a tribal state, and the first Odisha-born woman to be a governor. In her family, she is accompanied by her only daughter, Itishree Murmu, who is a bank employee, and her son-in-law, Ganesh Hembram, who is a rugby player.
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