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{{Short description|15th President of India since 2022}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Droupadi Murmu
| image =
| caption = Official portrait, 2022
| order = 15th
| office = President of India
| vicepresident = {{ubl|[[Venkaiah Naidu|M. Venkaiah Naidu]]|[[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]}}▼
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]
▲| vicepresident = {{ubl|[[Venkaiah Naidu|M. Venkaiah Naidu]]|[[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]}}
| term_start = 25 July 2022
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| office5 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of
| term_start5 = 5 March 2000
| term_end5 = 21 May 2009
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1958|06|20}}
| birth_place = Uparbeda, [[Mayurbhanj district|Mayurbhanj]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Shyam Charan Murmu|1980|2014|
| children = 3{{efn|Two are deceased<ref>{{Cite web |date=
| education =
| alma_mater = [[Utkal University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
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| profession = Teacher
| website = {{URL|https://presidentofindia.nic.in/|Official website}}
| residence = [[Rashtrapati Bhawan|Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi]]
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'''Droupadi Murmu''' (
▲'''Droupadi Murmu''' ({{née|'''Durgi Biranchi Tudu'''}}; born 20 June 1958) is an Indian politician who has served as the 15th [[president of India]] since 2022. She won the [[2022 Indian presidential election|2022 presidential election]] as the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BJP backs tribal politician for India's president – DW – 07/18/2022 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/india-bjp-backs-tribal-politician-draupadi-murmu-for-president-against-former-ally/a-62505626 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=dw.com |language=en |archive-date=5 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105210808/https://www.dw.com/en/india-bjp-backs-tribal-politician-draupadi-murmu-for-president-against-former-ally/a-62505626 |url-status=live }}</ref> She is the first person belonging to a [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|tribal]] community and also the second woman after [[Pratibha Patil]] to hold the office. She is also the youngest person to occupy the post (at 64) and the first president born in independent India.<ref name="Deutsche Welle" /><ref name="MSNfirst2">{{Cite web |title=Droupadi Murmu: India's Youngest President and First to be Born After Independence |url=https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/politics/droupadi-murmu-india-e2-80-99s-youngest-president-and-first-to-be-born-after-independence/ar-AAZPApk |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=MSN |language=en-IN |archive-date=21 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721171820/https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/politics/droupadi-murmu-india-e2-80-99s-youngest-president-and-first-to-be-born-after-independence/ar-AAZPApk |url-status=live }}</ref>
Previously, she served as the 8th [[List of governors of Jharkhand|governor of Jharkhand]] from 2015 to 2021, being the longest-serving governor for that state, as a member of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] from [[Rairangpur Assembly constituency]] from 2000 to 2009, and as [[minister of State (Independent Charge)]], [[Government of Odisha]] from 2000 to 2004. Before entering politics, she worked as a clerk in the State Irrigation and Power Department from 1979 to 1983, and then as a teacher in [[Rairangpur]] from 1994 until 1997.<ref name="first2" />
==Personal life==
Droupadi Murmu was born to a [[Santal people|Santali]] family on 20 June 1958, in Uparbeda village<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=
Murmu studied elementary education at the local primary school in Upar Beda. At age five, she moved to Bhubaneswar for higher studies.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=Suryagni |date=24 June 2022
She married Shyam Charan Murmu (1 April 1958 – 1 August 2014),<ref name=":0" /> a banker,<ref name=":3" /> in 1980<ref>{{Cite web |title=Draupadi Murmu: Biography, early life, marriage and the story of her dowry |url=https://www.truescoopnews.com/newsdetail/draupadi-murmu-biography-early-life-marriage-and-the-story-of-her-dowry |access-date=
Murmu is an admirer of India's first prime minister, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. She has also hailed [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="Express Profile" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/knowledge/how-much-influenced-draupadi-murmu-by-jawahar-lal-nehru-bjp-leader-appreciated-congress-leaders-many-times-au114-1349552.html | title=द्रौपदी मुर्मू जवाहरलाल नेहरू से कितनी प्रभावित रही हैं? कई मौकों पर खुले मंच से कर चुकी हैं तारीफ | date=18 July 2022 | access-date=11 March 2023 | archive-date=11 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311091946/https://www.tv9hindi.com/knowledge/how-much-influenced-draupadi-murmu-by-jawahar-lal-nehru-bjp-leader-appreciated-congress-leaders-many-times-au114-1349552.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
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In 1997, Droupadi Murmu was elected as the councillor of the [[Rairangpur]] [[Nagar Panchayat]]<ref name="Express Profile" /> as an [[Independent politician|independent candidate]] from a reserved seat for women.<ref name=":3" /> She then joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).<ref name="Profile Hindu" />
She won the [[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]] from the [[Rairangpur Assembly constituency]] and served two terms in the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] between 2000 and 2009.<ref name="Deutsche Welle">{{cite news |title=India: Tribal politician Draupadi Murmu wins presidential vote {{!}} DW {{!}} 21
In 2007, she received the Nilkanth Award for the Best MLA of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=
== Governor of Jharkhand (2015–2021)==
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In 2016–2017, the [[Raghubar Das ministry]] was seeking amendments to the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act, 1908, and the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, 1949. These two original laws had safeguarded the rights of tribal communities on their land. According to the existing laws, land transactions could only be done between tribal communities. The new amendments gave the tribals the right to allow the government to make commercial use of tribal land and to take tribal land on lease. The proposed bill amending the existing law had been approved by the [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]. The bills were sent to Murmu for approval in November 2016.<ref name="Telegraph Tribal" /><ref name="Express Pathalgadi">{{cite news |title=Explained: What is the Pathalgadi movement, and what is JMM govt's stand on it? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-what-is-pathalgadi-movement-and-what-is-the-jmm-govts-stand-on-this-7114979/ |access-date=21 July 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=23 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217055541/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-what-is-pathalgadi-movement-and-what-is-the-jmm-govts-stand-on-this-7114979/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The tribal people had strongly objected to the proposed law. During the [[Pathalgadi movement]], protests were held against the proposed amendments to the tenancy acts.<ref name="Tewary" /> In one incident, the protest turned violent and the tribals abducted the security detail of the BJP [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] [[Karia Munda]]. Police responded with a violent crack-down on tribal communities, that caused the death of a tribal man. Criminal cases were filed against more than 200 people including the tribal rights activist [[Stan Swamy]]. Murmu was
[[File:The_Governor_of_Jharkhand,_Smt._Draupadi_Murmu_calling_on_the_Vice_President,_Shri_M._Venkaiah_Naidu,_in_New_Delhi_on_August_11,_2017.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Murmu with Vice
Murmu had received total of 192 memorandums against the amendments in the bill.<ref name="Telegraph Tribal" /> Then opposition leader [[Hemant Soren]] had said that the BJP government wanted to acquire tribal land through the two amendment Bills for the benefit of corporates. Opposition parties [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]], the [[Indian National Congress]], the [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|Jharkhand Vikas Morcha]] and others had put intense pressure against the bill.<ref name="Tewary">{{cite news |last1=Tewary |first1=Amarnath |title=The Pathalgadi rebellion |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/the-pathalgadi-rebellion/article23530998.ece |access-date=21 July 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=13 April 2018 |language=en-IN |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603131803/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/the-pathalgadi-rebellion/article23530998.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> On 24 May 2017, Murmu relented and refused to give assent to the bills and returned the bill to the state government along with the memorandums she had received. The bill was later withdrawn in August 2017.<ref name="Telegraph Tribal" />
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== Presidential campaign==
{{Main|2022 Indian presidential election}}
In June 2022, the BJP nominated Murmu as the [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA)'s candidate for [[President of India]] for the [[2022 Indian presidential election|2022 election]] the following month. [[Yashwant Sinha]], was nominated as the candidate for president by the opposition parties.<ref name="first2">{{cite news |title=India: BJP backs tribal politician Draupadi Murmu for president against former ally {{!}} DW {{!}} 18
==Presidency (2022–present)==
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[[File:Chief Justice N.V. Ramana administering the oath of the office of the President of India to Droupadi Murmu.jpg|thumb|[[Chief Justice of India|Chief Justice]] [[N. V. Ramana]] administering the oath of office to President-elect Murmu]]
On 26 July 2022, Droupadi Murmu took the oath as the 15th President of India which was administered by the 48th [[Chief Justice of India]] [[N. V. Ramana]] in the presence of former presidents, the vice
She is the first person from India's designated tribal communities to be elected president.<ref>{{cite news |title=Will Droupadi Murmu Remain a BJP Electoral Ploy or Help Unseen Adivasis Be Seen at Last? |url=https://thewire.in/politics/droupadi-murmu-bjp-adivasis-president |access-date=22 July 2022 |work=The Wire |date=22 July 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308163448/https://thewire.in/politics/droupadi-murmu-bjp-adivasis-president |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Express 5 things">{{cite news |title=Explained: 5 things to know about Droupadi Murmu, President of India |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/droupadi-murmu-president-of-india-five-things-8044065/ |access-date=22 July 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=22 July 2022 |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308163443/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/droupadi-murmu-president-of-india-five-things-8044065/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She is the youngest and first individual born after India's [[Indian Independence Act 1947|independence]] in 1947 to have been elected president.<ref>{{cite news |title=In Droupadi Murmu, India gets its youngest and first president to be born after Independence |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/jul/21/in-droupadi-murmu-india-gets-its-youngest-and-first-president-to-be-born-after-independence-2479151.html |access-date=25 July 2022 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=21 July 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308163446/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/jul/21/in-droupadi-murmu-india-gets-its-youngest-and-first-president-to-be-born-after-independence-2479151.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Murmu is the second woman after [[Pratibha Patil]] to serve as president.<ref name="MSNfirst2"/>
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[[File:The President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu addressing the Nation on the eve of 76th Independence Day, in New Delhi on August 14, 2022.jpg|thumb|Murmu speaking before the 75th [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]], August 2022]]
Murmu addressed the nation for the first time as president on 14 August 2022, the eve of the 75th Independence Day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=
In September 2022, she launched a government program 'Pradhanmantri TB mukht Bharat' – an initiative to eradicate [[tuberculosis]] from the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=President of India launches Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan |url=https://pib.gov.in/pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1858024 |access-date=
In November 2022, she paid her first visit to her home state [[Odisha]] after assuming the office of the President to participate in the launch of various programmes. She visited her alma mater and later met school children along the sideways of the road and walked two
[[File:The President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu graced the opening of the Amrit Udyan at Rashtrapati Bhavan.jpg|thumb|President Murmu at the President's official residence, [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]].]]
In April 2023, she took a historic flight in a [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]] fighter jet at [[Tezpur Air Force Station|Tezpur Air Station]] in [[Assam]], the third president ever to fly in a sortie fighter jet. She flew for around 30 minutes over the Brahmaputra and Tezpur valleys also covering the Himalayan ranges. She described it afterwards as an "exhilarating experience".<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 April 2023
[[File:The President of India, Droupadi Murmu takes a historic sortie in a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station.jpg|thumb|Droupadi Murmu takes a historic sortie in a [[Sukhoi Su-30MKI]] fighter aircraft at the [[Tezpur Air Force Station]].|280x280px]]
In May 2023, a row arose when the [[New Parliament House, New Delhi|New Parliament House]], under the [[Central Vista Redevelopment Project|Central Vista Project]] was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The opposition demanded it to be inaugurated by Murmu as the constitutional head of state, and boycotted the ceremony. However later, Murmu stated "Prime Minister symbolises parliament's trust, and she was proud and deeply satisfied with the inauguration".<ref>{{Cite web |date=
She expressed her anguish and despair against the continuous crime committed against women in the country, while reacting to the [[2024 Kolkata rape and murder incident]]. She stated "Enough is Enough" and the incident has left the nation shocked; condemning all the violence and crime against women.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 August 2024
==Electoral performance ==
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| ''Grand Collar'', the highest civilian honour of Timor-Leste.
| <ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/president-droupadi-murmu-receives-timor-lestes-highest-civilian-grand-collar-of-the-order-award/articleshow/112420153.cms | title=President Murmu receives Timor Leste's highest civilian award | newspaper=The Times of India }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://theprint.in/world/after-fiji-honour-president-murmu-conferred-with-timor-lestes-highest-civilian-award/2217735/ | title=After Fiji honour, President Murmu conferred with Timor Leste's highest civilian award | website=[[ThePrint]] | date=10 August 2024 }}</ref>
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