List of President of India (1947-2020)

The President : There shall be a president of India (Article. 52), the executive power of the Union vested in him, exercised by him directly or through officials subordinate to him in accordance with the Constitution of India (Article. 53).


Position : He is the constitutional head of parliamentary system of government. He represents the nation but does not rule it. The real power vests with the council of ministers. The president is the supreme commander of the armed forces. He is liable to act on the advice of ministers who are responsible to the legislature (parliament).

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Tenure : Elected for five years but is eligible for immediate re-election and can serve any number of terms.

Power : He is the Chief Executive head of the Indian union and Supreme Commander of the armed forces.

Here is a full list of all the presidents of India–

No.	Name	Elected	Tenure
1.	Rajendra Prasad	1952-1957	26 January, 1950 – 12 May, 1962
2.	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	1962	13 May, 1962 – 13 May, 1967
3.	Zakir Husain	1967	13 May, 1967 – 3 May, 1969
4.	Varahagiri Venkata Giri (Acting)	–	3 May, 1969 – 20 July, 1969
5.	Mohammad Hidayatullah*	–	20 July, 1969 – 24 August, 1969
6.	Varahagiri Venkata Giri	1969	24 August 1969 – 24 August, 1974
7.	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	1974	24 August, 1974 – 11 February, 1977
8.	Basappa Danappa Jatti (Acting)	–	11 February, 1977 – 25 July, 1977
9.	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	1977	25 July, 1977 – 25 July, 1982
10.	Giani Zail Singh	1982	25 July, 1982 – 25 July, 1987
11.	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	1987	25 July, 1987 – 25 July, 1992
12.	Shankar Dayal Sharma	1992	25 July, 1992 – 25 July, 1997
13.	Kocheril Raman Narayanan	1997	25 July, 1997 – 25 July, 2002
14.	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	2002	25 July, 2002 – 25 July, 2007
15.	Pratibha Patil	2007	25 July, 2007 – 25 July, 2012
16.	Pranab Mukherjee	2012	25 July, 2012 – 25 July, 2017
17.	Ram Nath Kovind	2017	25 July, 2017 – Incumbent