President of India
{{Infobox official post
|post = President
|body = India
|native_name =
|flag = Flag of India.svg
|flagsize = 110px
|flagcaption = Flag of India
|insignia = Emblem of India.svg
|insigniasize = 50px
|insigniacaption = State Emblem of India
|termlength = Five years
|termlength_qualified = Renewable
|residence = Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
Rashtrapati Nilayam, Hyderabad (winter)
The Retreat Building, Shimla (summer)
|appointer = Electoral College of India
|style =
- The Honourable (within India and the Commonwealth of National) * His Excellency (diplomatic, outside India) * Mr. President (informal)
|caption = The President of the Republic of India
|incumbent = Dr.Kamaljit Das
|incumbentsince = 25 July 2022
|formation = The Constitution of India
|inaugural = Rajendra Prasad (1950–1962)
|deputy = Vice President of India
|salary = ₹1,100,000 (US$14,000) (per month)<ref> The President of India is the head of state of the Republic of India. The president is the first citizen of the Republic and the commander in chief of the Indian Armed Forces. The current president, Dr.Kamaljit Das who was sworn in on 25 July 2022. He succeeded Ram Nath Kovind. The President resides in an estate known as the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Qualifications[change | change source]
The President must be:
- A citizen of India
- At least 35 years old
- A person shall not be eligible for election as President if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State or under any local or other authority subject to the control of any of the said Governments.
- The name of the candidate desiring to be the President must be proposed by at least 10 electors and seconded by another 10 of the Electoral College.
Vacancy of the place of "The President"[change | change source]
The Office of the President falls vacant in the following scenarios:
- By reason of death
- By reason of resignation
- Removal by Supreme Court
- Removal by impeachment
- On the expiry of their term
The Vice-President of India will have to discharge the duties, if the Office falls vacant due to any reason other than expiry of the term. when vacancies occur in the offices of the President and of the Vice-President simultaneously, the Chief Justice discharges the functions of the President until a newly elected President.
List of presidents[change | change source]
Living former presidents[change | change source]
There are two living former Indian presidents:
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Pratibha Patil
(2007–2012)
December 19, 1934 -
Ram Nath Kovind
(2017–2022)
October 1, 1945
