Pratibha Patil

Pratibha Patil
Official portrait, 2007
President of India
In office
25 July 2007 – 25 July 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Vice PresidentMohammad Hamid Ansari
Preceded byA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Succeeded byPranab Mukherjee
Governor of Rajasthan
In office
8 November 2004 – 23 June 2007
Chief MinisterVasundhara Raje
Preceded byMadan Lal Khurana
Succeeded byAkhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
Preceded bySudam Deshmukh
Succeeded byAnantrao Gudhe
ConstituencyAmravati, Maharashtra
Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha
In office
18 November 1986 – 5 November 1988
ChairmanRamaswamy Venkataraman (1986–1987)
Shankar Dayal Sharma (1987–1988)
Preceded byM. M. Jacob
Succeeded byNajma Heptulla
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
1985–1990
ConstituencyMaharashtra
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
In office
(1962-1967) (1967-1972), (1972-1978), (1978-1980), (1980 – 1985)
Preceded byHiralal Indal Kalyani
Succeeded byHaribhau Jaware
ConstituencyEdlabad
In office
(1962–1967)
Preceded bySadashiv Bhalerao
Succeeded byT. T. Salunkhe
ConstituencyJalgaon
Personal details
BornPratibha Narayanrao Patil
(1934-12-19) 19 December 1934
Nadgaon, Bombay Presidency, British India (present–day Maharashtra, India)
PartyIndian National Congress
Spouse
(m. 1965; died 2023)
Children2
Education
Websitepratibhapatil.info
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Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born 19 December 1934), also known as Pratibha Patil Shekhawat, is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the president of India from 2007 to 2012. She was the first woman to become the president of India. A member of the Indian National Congress, she also served as the Governor of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2007, and was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996.