Ram Nath Kovind (25 July 2017- 25 July 2022 )
Ram Nath Kovind is the 14th, and the present President of India. He assumed the office of the President of India on 25th July, 2017. Kovind has worked extensively in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Ram Nath Kovind was born on 1st October 1945, in Paraukh in Uttar Pradesh. His father was a landless poor man who ran a small shop to support his family.
After graduating in law from a Kanpur college, he went to Delhi to prepare for the Indian Administrative Service. He, however, did not join the administrative service, as he was selected only for the allied services. He then started practising law. He became an Advocate-on Record of the Supreme Court of India in 1978.
Ram Nath Kovind began his political career in 1994 when he was elected as a member of Rajya Sabha, from Uttar Pradesh. He focussed on education in rural areas by helping in the construction of school buildings in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Ram Nath Kovind was appointed as the Governor of Bihar on 8th August 2015, by the then president Pranab Mukherjee. Kovind held this office till he resigned after being nominated for the office of the President of India.
He won the presidential race by receiving 65.65 per cent of the valid votes.
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