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About Pranab Mukherjee

Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the thirteenth and present President of India, holding the position since July An octogenarian and a member of the Indian National Congress, Pranab Mukherjee is a seasoned Indian politician with a political career span of about six decades.

His tenure in Indian politics has seen him serving several ministerial portfolios with élan. He was considered the top troubleshooter of the Indian National Congress Party over the last couple of decades. He remained the Union Finance Minister of India till , before becoming the President of India.

Pranab Mukherjee’s entry into the Parliament was in , helped by the then Prime Minister of India Mrs.

Indira Gandhi, when he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha or the Upper House of the Parliament. Eventually by he rose as a minister in the cabinet and emerged as one of the most trustworthy lieutenants of Smt. Indira Gandhi. His first stint in the capacity of a minister was from to as the Finance Minister. From to he held the key role of the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha.

After the assassination of Smt. Indira Gandhi in , Pranab Mukherjee lost out in a subsequent power struggle with Shri Rajiv Gandhi, who he considered inexperienced in Indian politics while viewing himself as the rightful successor.

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This resulted in Pranab Mukherjee forming a new party called the Rashtriya Samajwadi Party, which later merged with the Indian National Congress in after the two men came to a compromise.

Personal background of Pranab Mukherjee

Pranab Mukherjee was born on 11 December in a village called Mirati located in the Birbhum District of West Bengal (Bengal Province of the British Raj).

He was the son of Shri Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee and Smt. Rajlakshmi Mukherjee. His father was a freedom fighter and later became a representative of Indian National Congress and a member of All India Congress Committee. From to Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee was a West Bengal Legislative Council member. Pranab Mukherjee studied in Suri Vidyasagar College in the Birbhum District of West Bengal.

He completed his M.A. in History and Political Science and thereafter an LL.B degree from the University of Calcutta.

On 13 July Pranab Mukherjee got married to Suvra Mukherjee, who was from Narail in Bangladesh, and migrated at the age of 10 years to Kolkata. They have a daughter and two sons. His daughter is a Kathak dancer.

Abhijit Mukherjee, his elder son, contested from the Jangipur in West Bengal in the by-elections and became a Congress MP when his father vacated the seat of Jangipur. Prior to this, Abhijit Mukherjee remained an MLA from a place called Nalhati in the Birbhum District.

Every year Pranab Mukherjee makes it a point to celebrate the Durga Puja with his family and natives at his ancestral place in the village of Mirati.

His hobbies include music, reading and gardening.

Professional background before entering politics

Pranab Mukherjee’s career began at Calcutta in the office of the Deputy Accountant-General (Post and Telegraph) as an upper-division clerk. He served as a teacher of Political Science during in the Vidyanagar College situated in South 24 Parganas.

He was also a journalist for some time with Desher Dak (Call of the Motherland).

How did Pranab Mukherjee enter politics?

Mukherjee’s first step in politics saw him actively campaigning for Shri V.K. Krishna Menon, an independent candidate during the Midnapore by-elections.

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Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, recognized his potential and inducted him as a member of the Indian National Congress party. He was made a member of the Rajya Sabha in July

Political Journey of Pranab Mukherjee

• In July he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha.

• From February to January he was the Union Deputy Minister for Industrial Development.
• From January to October he was the Union Deputy Minister for Shipping & Transport.
• From October to December he was the Union Minister of state for Finance.

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• In July he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha for the second time.
• From December to March he was the Union Minister of State for Revenue and Banking (Independent Charge).
• From to he represented the Congress party as the Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha.
• From 27 January to 18 January , and again from 10 August to 25 June , he remained a member of the Congress Working Committee.

• From to he was the Treasurer of the All India Congress Committee and also Treasurer of Congress (I) in the Parliament.
• From to he was the Central Parliamentary Board’s member of the AICC.
• From January to January he was the Union Minister of Steel & Mines and Commerce
• From to he was:
  • Leader of the House of the Rajya Sabha
  • Member of Committee on Privileges in the Rajya Sabha
  • Business Advisory Committee Member
  • Member of the Committee on Rules in the Rajya Sabha
• In August he was elected as member of Rajya Sabha for the third time.

• From January to December he was in additional charge of the Commerce & Supply Ministry.
• During , , , and he was the Chairman of the Campaign Committee of the AICC for administering National Elections to Parliament.


• In and during August to June he was the President of Pradesh Congress Committee in West Bengal.

• From to he was the Chairman of AICC’s Economic Advisory Cell.

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• From June to May he was the Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission.
• From to February he was the Union Cabinet Minister of Commerce.
• In he was elected to the Rajya Sabha for the fourth time.
• From February to May he was the Union Cabinet Minister of External Affairs.
• From to he was the Chief Whip of the Indian National Congress in the Rajya Sabha.
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• From to he was the Member of the Consultative Committee on External Affairs.
• In he was the Departmentally related Parliamentary Standing Committee’s Chairman on Environment & Forest and on Science & Technology.
• In he was re-elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha for the fifth term.
• On 28 June he was the Chairman of AICC’s Central Election Coordination Committee.

• From to he was the General Secretary of the AICC.
• From June to May he was the Departmentally related Parliamentary Standing Committee’s Chairman on Home Affairs.
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• From 12 December to 25 June he was the Central Election Committee’s member.
• On 13 May he was elected as a member of the 14th Lok Sabha.
• From 23 May to 24 October , he was the Union Cabinet Minister of Defense.
• From June to June , he was the Leader of the House of the Lok Sabha.
• From 25 October to 23 May , he was the Union Cabinet Minister of External Affairs.
• From 24 January to May he was the Union Cabinet Minister of Finance.
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• On 20 May he was elected as a member of the 15th Lok Sabha for the second time.
• From to 26 June he was the Union Cabinet Minister of Finance.
• On 25 June he resigned from the Indian National Congress party, before contesting for the office of the President of India.

Memberships Held in International Organizations
Board of Governors of:

• The International Monetary Fund from to and from to
• The World Bank from to and from to
• The Asian Development Bank from to and from to
• The African Development Bank from to and from to 

Chairman of:

• Group of 24 nations in IMF and World Bank in and from to
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation in May and in November

Presided over SAARC, Council of Ministers Conference thrice in May , November and also in April

Leader of Indian delegations abroad:

1.

Colombo Plan Finance Ministers' Conferences held in Singapore in and in Colombo in the year
2. The Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Conferences held in the years , and
3. AGMs of the World Bank and IMF for the years to and from to
4. AGMs of Asian Development Bank from to and from to
5. Ministerial Conference of the WTO in Marrakesh for the year
6.

UN General Assembly in the years , , and
7. The Social Summit, Copenhagen in the year
8. The 40th Anniversary of the Afro-Asian Conference held in Bandung in the year
9. Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference in Cartagana in the year
Conference of Commonwealth Heads of Governments at Auckland in the year

Association with Social and Cultural Activities

• He was the President of the Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan from to and from to June and also of the Rabindra Bharati Society.

• He served as Chairman of:
  • Council of Indian Statistical Institute from   to 20 June
  • Planning Board of the Asiatic Society in Kolkata from to , from to and from to
• He was the Trustee of:
  • Bangiya Sahitya Parishad from to
  • Bidhan Memorial Trust at Kolkata from to June

Awards and Honours received by Pranab Mukherjee

• Rated as Best Finance Minister of the World in by the Euromoney magazine.

• In he was honoured with the Best Parliamentarian Award.
• In he was honoured with second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, by the Government of India.
• Emerging Markets, the London-based news daily of record for the IMF and the World Bank awarded him in as Finance Minister of the Year for Asia.



• The Banker in mentioned him as the Finance Minister of the Year.
• In the University of Wolverhampton honoured him with Doctor of Letters degree.
• In March the Visvesvaraya Technological University and the Assam University conferred him with honorary award.
• On 4 March at the University of Dhaka, he received the  honorary doctorate of law by Mohammad Zillur Rahman, the President of Bangladesh and also the DU Chancellor.
• On 5 March , he received the second highest award of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Muktijuddho Sanmanona (Liberation War Award).
• On 13 March , the University of Mauritius bestowed on him the Doctor of Civil Law Honoris Causa.

Books written by Pranab Mukherjee

• Mid-Term Poll in the year
• Beyond Survival - Emerging Dimensions of Indian Economy in the year
• Off the Track in the year
• Challenges Before the Nation in the year
• Saga of Struggle and Sacrifice in the year

Last Updated on July 13,