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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Pranab Mukherjee
| honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]]
| office = 13th [[President of India]]
| image = File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait.jpg
| caption =
| image_size =
| nickname = Pranab Da Poltuda<ref>{{cite news|url =https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/president-pranab-mukherjee-poltu-ancestral-village-mirati-110888-2012-07-24|title =Pranab is still 'Poltuda' in his ancestral village of Mirati in West Bengal|publisher =India Today|date =24 July 2012|website =indiatoday.in|author =Partha Dasgupta|accessdate =31 August 2020|archive-date =1 September 2020|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200901040858/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/president-pranab-mukherjee-poltu-ancestral-village-mirati-110888-2012-07-24|url-status =live}}</ref>
| predecessor = [[Pratibha Patil]]
| primeminister = [[Manmohan Singh]] [[Narendra Modi]]
| successor = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| vicepresident = [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]]
| predecessor2 = [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman|R. Venkataraman]]
| primeminister2 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] {{small|(2012–2020)}}
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] {{small|(1971–1986; 1989–2012)}} [[Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress]] {{small|(1986–1989)}} [[Bangla Congress]] {{small|(1966–1971)}}
| office1 = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]
| predecessor1 = Manmohan Singh {{small|(Acting)}}
| primeminister1 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| successor1 = Manmohan Singh {{small|(Acting)}}
| successor2 = [[V. P. Singh]]
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1935|12|11}}
| df = |||
| birth_place = [[Mirati]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now [[West Bengal]], India)
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|8|31|1935|12|11}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[Delhi]], India
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Suvra Mukherjee]]|13 July 1957|18 August 2015|reason=died}}
| children = 3 including, {{ubl|[[Sharmistha Mukherjee]]|[[Abhijit Mukherjee]]}}
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]] ([[B.A.]], [[M.A.]], [[LL.B.]])
| nationality = [[Indian People|Indian]]
| awards = [[Bharat Ratna]] (2019)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/bharat-ratna-pranab-mukherjee-bhupen-hazarika-nanaji-deshmukh-ram-nath-kovind-republic-day-2019/354087 | title=Bharat Ratna for Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika | publisher=Times Now | date=25 January 2019 | accessdate=25 January 2019 | archive-date=31 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831133139/https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/bharat-ratna-pranab-mukherjee-bhupen-hazarika-nanaji-deshmukh-ram-nath-kovind-republic-day/354087 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2008)
| website = {{url|pranabmukherjee.nic.in|Official website}}
| term_start = 25 July 2012
| term_end = 25 July 2017
| term_start1 = 24 January 2009
| term_end1 = 24 July 2012
| term_start2 = 5 January 1982
| term_end2 = 31 December 1984
| office3 = [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]
| primeminister3 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start3 = 22 May 2004
| term_end3 = 26 October 2006
| predecessor3 = [[George Fernandes]]
| successor3 = [[A. K. Antony]]
| office4 = [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]]
| primeminister4 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start4 = 24 October 2006
| term_end4 = 22 May 2009
| predecessor4 = Manmohan Singh {{small|(Acting)}}
| successor4 = [[S. M. Krishna]]
| primeminister5 = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| term_start5 = 10 February 1995
| term_end5 = 16 May 1996
| predecessor5 = [[Dinesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Dinesh Singh]]
| successor5 = [[Sikander Bakht]]
| office6 = [[Leader of the House (Lok Sabha)|Leader of the Lok Sabha]]
| term_start6 = 22 May 2004
| term_end6 = 26 June 2012
| predecessor6 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| successor6 = [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| office7 = [[Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission]]
| primeminister7 = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| term_start7 = 24 June 1991
| term_end7 = 15 May 1996
| predecessor7 = [[Mohan Dharia]]
| successor7 = [[Madhu Dandavate]]
| office8 = [[Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha)|Leader of the Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start8 = January 1980
| term_end8 = 31 December 1984
| predecessor8 = [[K. C. Pant]]
| successor8 = [[V. P. Singh]]
| office9 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start9 = 10 May 2004
| term_end9 = 26 June 2012
| constituency9 = [[Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jangipur]]
| predecessor9 = [[Abul Hasnat Khan]]
| successor9 = [[Abhijit Mukherjee]]
| office10 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start10 = 1 January 1969
| term_end10 = 1 February 2002
| constituency10 = Various
}}'''Pranab Mukherjee''' (11 December 1935<ref name=bio /> – 31 August 2020) was an [[India]]n [[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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pranab Mukherjee {{!}} Biography & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pranab-Mukherjee|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> Before Mukherjee became President, he had served as [[Foreign Minister of India|Foreign]], [[Defense Minister of India|Defence]], [[Commerce Minister of India|Commerce]] and [[Finance Minister of India|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).<ref name=bio />

In 2017, Mukherjee decided not to run for [[Indian presidential election, 2017|re-election]] and to retire from politics after leaving the presidency due to "health complications relating to old age".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/columns/national-scrutiny/sharad-pawar-president-candidate-pranab-mukherjee-ncp.html |title=And the next President is... |author=Sachidananda Murthy |date=December 27, 2015 |website=english.manoramaonline.com/home.html |publisher=Mahnorama Online |access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.firstpost.com/politics/presidential-election-2017-pranab-mukherjee-retires-in-july-this-is-how-india-elects-its-president-3418668.html Presidential Election 2017: Pranab Mukherjee retires in July, this is how India elects its president]</ref><ref>[http://www.firstpost.com/india/presidential-election-2017-not-in-race-for-another-term-says-pranab-mukherjee-3480729.html Presidential Election 2017: Not in race for another term, says Pranab Mukherjee]</ref> 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]].<ref name=bio /> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pranab Mukherjee {{!}} Biography & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pranab-Mukherjee|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> 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)<ref>{{Cite news|title=President Pranab Mukherjee's wife Suvra Mukherjee dies at 74|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/president-pranab-mukherjees-wife-suvra-mukherjee-dies-at-74/articleshow/48524439.cms|access-date=2020-09-02}}</ref>.

In early August 2020, Mukherjee was hospitalized in an army hospital after falling in his shower in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ghosh|first1=Abantika|date=10 August 2020|title=Former President Pranab Mukherjee critical after brain surgery to remove clot|work=ThePrint|url=https://theprint.in/india/former-president-pranab-mukherjee-critical-after-brain-surgery-to-remove-clot/479061/|accessdate=19 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=12 August 2020|title=Pranab Mukherjee’s health remains critical, still on ventilator support|language=en|work=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pranab-mukherjee-former-india-president-critical-coronavirus-health-update-august-12-1710392-2020-08-12|accessdate=19 August 2020}}</ref> On 10 August, he was diagnosed with [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite web|date=10 August 2020|title=Former President Pranab Mukherjee Says He Has Tested Positive For COVID-19|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pranab-mukherjee-former-president-says-he-has-tested-positive-for-covid-19-coronavirus-2277058|accessdate=10 August 2020|publisher=NDTV}}</ref> He died on 31 August 2020, aged 84.<ref>{{cite news|date=31 August 2020|title=Pranab Mukherjee, ex-president and Congress veteran, dies in Delhi hospital|language=en|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pranab-mukherjee-ex-president-and-congress-veteran-dies-in-delhi-hospital/story-sKOIeIEmCyY9OcGziScT9I.html|accessdate=31 August 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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<ref name=bio>{{cite web|title=The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee|url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/profile.html|accessdate=16 February 2013}}</ref>
}}

==Other websites==
* [http://pranabmukherjee.nic.in Pranab Mukherjee] Official website
* [https://twitter.com/CitiznMukherjee Pranab Mukherjee] at [[Twitter]]
* [https://www.newsnationtv.com/india/news/former-president-of-india-pranab-mukherjee-passes-away-live-updates-156263.html Pranab Mukherjee Death Live News]

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