Ramnath Kovind
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The Honourable Ram Nath Kovind |
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| 14th President of India | |
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Assumed office 25 July 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Vice President |
Mohammad Hamid Ansari Venkaiah Naidu |
| Preceded by | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Governor of Bihar | |
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In office 16 August 2015 – 20 June 2017 |
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| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
| Succeeded by | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
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| Born |
1 October 1945 Paraunkh, United Provinces, British India |
| Political party | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations |
National Democratic Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | Savita Kovind (m. 1974) |
| Residence | Rashtrapati Bhavan |
| Alma mater | Kanpur University |
Ram Nath Kovind (born 1 October 1945) is the 14th and current President of India, in office since 25 July 2017. Previously he had served as the Governor of Bihar from 2015 to 2017 and was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2006. Kovind was nominated as a presidential candidate by the ruling NDA coalition and won the 2017 presidential election, becoming the second Dalit to be elected to the post of President.
Before entering politics, he was a lawyer for 16 years and practiced in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court until 1993.
Kovind was born on 1 October 1945 in Paraukh village in the Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. His father Maikulal was a landless Kori (a Dalit weaving community) who ran a small shop to support his family. He was the youngest of five brothers and two sisters. He was born in a mud hut, which eventually collapsed. He was only five when his mother died of burns when their thatched dwelling caught fire. Kovind later donated the land to the community.
After his elementary school education, he had to walk each day to Kanpur village, 8 km away, to attend junior school, as nobody in the village had a bicycle. He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce and a LLB from DAV College (affiliated with Kanpur University).
After graduating in law from DAV College, Kanpur, Kovind went to Delhi to prepare for the civil services examination. He passed this exam on his third attempt, but he did not join because he was only scored high enough to work in an allied service rather than of IAS and thus started practicing law.
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