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'''Droupadi Murmu''' ({{née|'''Durgi Biranchi Tudu'''}}; born 20 June 1958) is an Indian politician serving as 15th and current [[president of India]] since 2022. She won the [[2022 Indian presidential election|2022 presidential election]] as a candidate of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<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
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" />
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