GUWAHATI: Former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee passed away on Monday. Mukherjee assumed office as the 13th President of India on July 25, 2012, crowning a political career of over five decades of exemplary service to the nation in Government as well as Parliament.
Mukherjee was a man of unparalleled experience in governance with the rare distinction of having served at different times as foreign, defence, commerce and finance minister. He was elected to the Upper House of the Parliament (Rajya Sabha) five times from 1969 and twice to the Lower House of the Parliament (Lok Sabha) from 2004. He was a member of the Congress Working Committee, the highest policy making body of the Party for a period of 23 years.
Here is a brief profile on the former president of the country:
| Birth | December 11, 1935, in Mirati, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Birbhum district, West Bengal, India). |
| Age | 84 years |
| Profession | Indian Politician |
| Known for | 13th President of India |
| Political Party | Indian National Congress (1969–1986; 1989–2012) |
| Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress (1986-1989) | |
| Parents | Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee (father) |
| Rajlakshmi Mukherjee (mother) | |
| Wife | Surva Mukherjee |
| Children | Indrajit Mukherjee |
| Abhijit Mukherjee | |
| Sharmistha Mukherjee | |
| Awards | Bharat Ratna (2019) |
| Padma Vibhushan (2008) | |
