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Pranab Mukherjee |
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Birth Name |
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee |
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Date of Birth |
11th December 1935 |
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Place of Birth |
Mirati, West Bengal , British Raj, India |
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Nationality |
Indian |
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Religion |
Hinduism |
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Mother Tongue |
Bengali |
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Family |
Father – Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee (Freedom fighter)
Mother – Rajlakshmi Mukherjee
Sister - Annapoorna Mukherjee
Wife – Suvra Mukherjee (Singer)
Sons – Abhijit (Congress MLA, West Bengal), Indrajit
Daughter - Sharmistha Mukherjee (Dancer)
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Education |
* Masters degree in Political Science and History, Calcutta University.
* Degree of Law from Calcutta University.
* LL.B., D. Litt. (Honoris Causa), Suri Vidyasagar College, Suri (Birbhum).
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Date of Marriage |
13th July 1957 |
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Profession |
Political and Social Worker, Teacher, Journalist, Writer |
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Highest position held |
13th President of India (2012) |
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Political Affiliation |
Indian National Congress
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Inspired by |
Deng Xiaoping
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Earlier Career |
* He began his career as an upper-division clerk in the office of the Deputy Accountant-General (Post and Telegraph) in Calcutta.
* He taught political science at the Vidyanagar College (1963).
* He worked as a journalist with the 'Desher Dak' (Call of Motherland) before entering politics.
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Political Facts |
* He got involved in the politics of the Indian National Congress in 1969.
* His parliamentary career begun as a Rajya Sabha member from Congress Party in 1969.
* He was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha in 1969, 1975, 1981, 1993 and 1999.
* He was Treasurer of the All India Congress Committee (1978-79).
* He was in the board of Governors of - International Monetary Fund (1982-85), World Bank (1982-85), Asian Development Bank (1982-84) and African Development Bank (1982-85).
* Founded Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress in 1986 and in 1989 merged it with the Indian National Congress.
* He was Chairman of 'Campaign Committee of Congress' for conducting national elections to Parliament 1984, 1991, 1996 & 1998 and Group of 24 (a ministerial group attached to IMF and World Bank) in 1984 and 2009-12.
* He was the president of West Bengal state unit of Congress in 1985.
* He was the President of the State Unit of Congress Party in West Bengal 1985 and 2000-10.
* He was General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (1998-99).
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Often described as |
'Man for all seasons' during Indra Gandhi’s Government.
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Recognition |
One of the best five Finance Ministers of the World by ‘Euro Money’, a journal published from New York (1984). |
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Positions held in Government |
* Union Minister of Industrial Development (1973-74).
* Union Minister of Shipping and Transport, 1974.
* Minister of State for Finance (1974-75).
* Union Minister of Revenue and Banking (1975-77).
* Leader of the House of the Rajya Sabha (1980-85).
* Union Minister of Commerce and Steel and Mines (1980-82).
* Union Minister of Finance (1982-84).
* Union Minister of Finance (1982–84, 2009-11).
* Union Minister of Commerce and Supply, 1984.
* Chairman of the Economic Advisory Cell of the AICC (1987-89).
* Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission (1991-96).
* Union Minister of Commerce (1993-95).
* President of SAARC Council of Ministers' Conference, 1995.
* Union Minister of External Affairs (1995-96).
* Union Minister of External Affairs (1995-96, 2006-09).
* Chairman of the Central Election Coordination Committee (1999-2012).
* Union Minister of Defense (2004–06).
* Leader of the House of the Lok Sabha (2004-12).
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Other Honorable designations |
* Former Chairman of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata.
* Former Chairman and President of Rabindra Bharati University and Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan.
* Former Trustee of the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad and the Bidhan Memorial Trust.
* Member of Planning Board of the Asiatic Society.
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Books authored |
* Midterm Poll
* Beyond Survival
* Emerging dimensions of Indian Economy
* Off the Track, Saga of Struggle & Sacrifice
* Challenge before the Nation.
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Hobbies |
Reading books , listening to music , diary maintaining, gardening
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Awards |
* Best Parliamentarian Award (1997).
* Honorary Doctor of Letters degree, University of Wolverhampton (2011).
* Honorary D.Litt, Assam University (2012).
* Padma Vibhushan (2008).
* 'Finance Minister of the Year for Asia' by 'Emerging Markets' (2010).
* 'Finance Minister of the Year' by 'The Banker' (2010).
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Facts |
* He was born to a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin family.
* His father was an active member of Indian National Congress and was also a member of West Bengal Legislative Council.
* His father has spent more than 10 years in British jails.
* He is the first Bengali to assume the post of the President of India.
* His daughter is a Kathak dancer.
* He celebrates the Durga Puja at his ancestral home in Mirati village, West Bengal's Birbhum district.
* He was a pipe smoker.
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Email |
pkm@sansad.nic.in |
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Website |
http://www.pranabmukherjee.in/ |
