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Ram Nath Kovind

Ram Nath Kovind[2][3] (born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician.[4][5] Kovind became the 14th President of India upon winning the 2017 presidential election in July 2017. He was the second president to have been a Dalit leader[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[13][14] He was Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017.[15] He served as Member of Parliament from 1994 through 2006. Ram Nath Kovind is also prez candidate of NDA.

His Excellency

Ram Nath Kovind
राम नाथ कोविंद
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14th President of India
In office
25 July 2017 – 25 July 2022
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Vice PresidentVenkaiah Naidu
Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Preceded byPranab Mukherjee
Succeeded byDroupadi Murmu
35th Governor of Bihar
In office
16 August 2015 – 20 June 2017[1]
Preceded byKeshari Nath Tripathi
Succeeded byKeshari Nath Tripathi
Member of Parliament
In office
3 April 1994 – 2 April 2006
Personal details
Born1 October 1945 (aged 80)
Village Paraunkh, Derapur, United Provinces, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Savita Kovind (m. 1974)
ChildrenPrashant Kumar (Son)
Swati (Daughter)
ParentsMaiku Lal (Father)
Kalawati (Mother)
Alma materKanpur University
Profession

In June 2017, he won the nomination of the Bharatiya Janata Party for President of India in the 2017 Indian presidential election. After winning the nomination, he resigned from his post as Governor of Bihar, and President of India Pranab Mukherjee accepted his resignation on 20 June 2017.[16] According to polling after voting was closed on 17 July 2017, Kovind was expected to win the presidency with a voting outcome of 99%.[17] Kovind was declared as the winner after the counting of votes held on 20 July 2017.[18]

Early life

Kovind was born into a scheduled caste (Kori community), (Hindu Family), in Parakh Kanpur, Dehat District, Uttar Pradesh.

His father Maikulal Kori was a local vadiya, who operated a grocery store. His mother was Kalawati who died when he was very young.

Kovind has 4 brothers and 3 sisters and he is the youngest amongst all of them.

Kovind grew up in humble circumstances in a small agrarian village where his father farmed. After earning degrees in commerce and law from Kanpur University, he moved to Delhi in order to take the civil services examination. Although he passed, Kovind chose to begin practicing law and was admitted to the bar in 1971.

Political career

BJP member

He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1991. He was President of the BJP Dalit Morcha between 1998 and 2002 and President of the All-India Koli Samaj. He also served as national spokesperson of the party.[19] He donated his ancestral home in Derapur to the RSS. He contested from Ghatampur and Bhognipur (both in UP) assembly constituencies on the BJP ticket but lost both elections.

Rajya Sabha (1994–2006)

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Kovind in October 2016

He was elected and became a Rajya Sabha MP from the state of Uttar Pradesh in April 1994. He served a total of twelve years, two consecutive terms, until March 2006. As a member of parliament, he visited Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Germany, Switzerland, France, the United Kingdom and the United States on study tours.

Governor of Bihar (2015–2017)

On 8 August 2015, the President of India appointed Kovind as Governor of Bihar.[20] On 16 August 2015, the acting Chief Justice of Patna High Court, Iqbal Ahmad Ansari, administered the oath to Kovind as the 36th Governor of Bihar.[21]

As Governor, he was praised for constituting a judicial commission to investigate irregularities in promotion of undeserving teachers, mis-management of funds and appointment of undeserving candidates in universities.[21]

Kovind resigned as Governor on 20 June 2017 to peruse his campaign for President of India in the 2017 presidential election.[16]

Presidency (since 2017)

2017 presidential campaign

Main page: Indian presidential election, 2017

Kovind was nominated for the President of India for the Bharatiya Janata Party in June 2017 which led to his resignation as Governor of Bihar.[16] His opponent was former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar for the Indian National Congress.[22]

After voting ended on 17 July 2017.[23] Kovind was declared as the winner after the counting of votes held on 20 July 2017.[18][24]

Kovind secured roughly two-thirds of the votes from the electoral college of elected members of federal, state and union territory legislatures and was elected to a five-year term as President.[25]

Tenure

Kovind was sworn-in as President of India on 25 July 2017.[26]

Personal life

Kovind married Savita Kovind in 1974. They have a son, Prashant Kumar, and a daughter, Swati Kovind.

Ram Nath Kovind Media

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils plaques for railway bridges in Bihar.jpg

    Governor Kovind at a with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior leaders at railway flagoff ceremony in Bihar, 2016

  • Ram Nath Kovind welcoming Pranab Mukherjee at Patna.jpg

    Governor Ram Nath Kovind of Bihar welcoming President Pranab Mukherjee at Patna on 17 April 2017

  • The Chief Justice of India, Shri Justice J.S. Khehar administering the oath of the office of the President of India to Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at a swearing-in ceremony in the central hall of Parliament, in New Delhi.jpg

    J. S. Khehar, Chief Justice of India, administering the oath of the office to President-elect Kovind, at a swearing-in ceremony in the central hall of the Samvidhan Sadan, in New Delhi in 2017

  • The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind opens the annual “Udyanotsav” of the Mughal Gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on February 05, 2018. The First Lady of India, Smt. Savita Kovind is also seen (2).jpg

    President Kovind with his wife First Lady Savita Kovind

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    MDG National Order - Grand Cross 2nd Class BAR

  • Ordine dell'Indipendenza (Guinea Equatoriale).png

    Ordine dell'Indipendenza (Guinea Equatoriale)

  • Royal Order of the Crown (Swaziland)

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    Ribbon of an order of king Tomislav

  • BOL Order of Condor of the Andes - Grand Cross BAR.png

    BOL Order of Condor of the Andes - Grand Cross BAR

  • National Order of Merit - Grand Cross (Guinea).png

    National Order of Merit - Grand Cross (Guinea)

References

प्रेरणादायक जीवनी -रामनाथ कोविन्द [27]

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  3. ↑ "Who is Ram Nath Kovind?". The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ram-nath-kovind-bihar-governor-is-bjps-nominee-for-president/article19102980.ece?src=wiki. 
  4. ↑ Desk, The Hindu Net. "Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind is NDA nominee for post of President" (in en). The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ram-nath-kovind-bihar-governor-is-bjps-nominee-for-president/article19102980.ece. Retrieved 2017-06-19. 
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