Droupadi Murmu second women president

Draupadi Murmu, 64, the BJP-led NDA's presidential nominee, was chosen as India's first tribal and 15th president. Draupadi Murmu makes history by becoming the first tribal woman to serve as president of India. Following the third round of counting, Yashwant Sinha, the presidential candidate for the Opposition, admitted defeat, and Draupadi Murmu won the election to become India's first tribal and 15th president.

Draupadi Murmu's Initial Phase and personal Life

On June 20, 1958, Draupadi Murmu was born into a Santali tribal family in the hamlet of Uparbeda in the Indian state of Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. Puti Tudu was the name her family gave her. Her instructor at school changed her name to Droupadi. Her father and grandfather served as the town council's established leaders. Murmu is a Rama Devi Women's College arts graduate. In 1980, she married a banker, with whom she had two sons and a daughter.

Early Career

Before entering state politics, she worked as a school teacher. She also had positions as a junior assistant at the Odisha government's irrigation department and assistant professor at the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education and Research Institute.

Draupadi Murmu's Political Career

When Draupadi Murmu joined the BJP in 1997, she was chosen to serve as a councillor for the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat. In 2000, she was appointed chair of the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat. In the BJP and BJD partnership in Odisha from 2000 to 2004, she held the positions of MoS with Independent Charge for Commerce and Transportation and then MoS for Fisheries and Animal Resources Development. The first female governor of Jharkhand and the first tribal leader from Odisha to be appointed as governor of an Indian state, Draupadi Murmu took the oath of office on May 18, 2015. Draupadi Murmu was selected as the NDA's presidential candidate for the presidential elections in 2022, and she won, becoming the 15th President of India. With this election triumph, Draupadi Murmu succeeds Pratibha Patil as the only other woman to hold the office of President of India. Patil was the country's 12th President.As the 15th President of India, the first Tribal President of India, and the first Tribal Woman President of India, Draupadi Murmu succeeds Ram Nath Kovind. the Indian president.