Pratibha Patil

Pratibha Patil
Pratibha Patil
	Official portrait, 2007
President of India
	In office; 25 July 2007 – 25 July 2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Vice President	Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Preceded by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Succeeded by	Pranab Mukherjee
Governor of Rajasthan
	In office; 8 November 2004 – 23 June 2007
Chief Minister	Vasundhara Raje
Preceded by	Madan Lal Khurana
Succeeded by	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 21 June 1991 – 16 May 2000
Preceded by	Sudam Deshmukh
Succeeded by	Anantrao Gudhe
Constituency	Amravati, Maharashtra
Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
	In office; 18 November 1986 – 5 November 1988
Chairman	Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1986–1987); Shankar Dayal Sharma (1987–1988)
Preceded by	M. M. Jacob
Succeeded by	Najma Heptulla
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 1985–1990
Constituency	Maharashtra
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1978–1985
Constituency	Edlabad
	In office; 1962–1967
Constituency	Jalgaon
Personal details
Born	Pratibha Narayan Rao Patil; 19 December 1934; Nadgaon, Bombay Presidency, British India (present–day Maharashtra, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat (m. 1965; died 2023)
Children	2
Residence(s)	57 Congress Nagar, Amravati
Education	University of Poona (BA, MA); Government Law College, Mumbai, University of Mumbai (LLB);
Website	pratibhapatil.info

Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born 19 December 1934), also known as Pratibha Patil Shekhawat,^[1]^[2] 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.

^ Ganjapure, Vaibhav; More, Vaidehi (11 February 2010). "President's kin usurped land, says court". The Economic Times. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ Phadnis, Aditi (5 February 2013). "Pratibha pitchforked into presidential race". Business Times. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

[1] Ganjapure, Vaibhav; More, Vaidehi (11 February 2010). "President's kin usurped land, says court". The Economic Times. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

[2] Phadnis, Aditi (5 February 2013). "Pratibha pitchforked into presidential race". Business Times. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

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