Droupadi Murmu, The 15th President of India

Droupadi Murmu, an Indian politician, was born on June 20, 1958, and has been the country's 15th president since July 25, 2022. She ran against Yashwant Sinha, the candidate for the top constitutional position put up by the unified opposition. She is a Bharatiya Janata Party supporter (BJP). She is the first member of the tribal people to be chosen as India's president. Only Pratibha Patil and Droupadi Murmu have held the office of President of India. She is the youngest president in history, the first person from Odisha to hold the position, and the first person born after India's independence.She held a number of positions in the cabinet of the Government of Odisha between 2000 and 2004 before being elected president. She was the ninth Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021.The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) chose Murmu as its presidential candidate for the 2022 election in June 2022.She worked as a junior assistant in the State Irrigation and Power Department from 1979 to 1983 before moving on to become a teacher at the Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Center in Rairangpur where she remained until 1997 before entering politics. On June 20, 1958, Droupadi Murmu was born to a Santali family in Rairangpur, Odisha's Baidaposi neighbourhood. Her father and grandfather served as the town council's established leaders. Murmu is a Rama Devi Women's College arts graduate.She had two sons and a daughter with the banker she married. Between 2009 and 2015, she lost her husband, two sons, mother, and one brother.She is a follower of the Brahma Kumaris spiritual movement.When Droupadi Murmu joined the BJP in Rairangpur, her political career officially began. She was chosen to serve as a Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat councillor in 1997. Between 2000 and 2009, she served two terms in the Odisha Legislative Assembly after winning the Rairangpur Assembly constituency election in 2000. She served as the Minister of State with Independent Charge for Commerce and Transportation during the BJP and BJD coalition administration in Odisha from March 6, 2000, to August 6, 2002, and for Fisheries and Animal Resources Development from August 6, 2002, to May 16, 2004. As the alliance between the BJD and BJP had broken down, she lost the 2009 Lok Sabha election in the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency.