List of presidents of India by previous experience

Following is the List of presidents of India by previous experience. This list contains details of major elective and appointive offices of the holders of the presidency prior to their appointment to the presidency.

List
No. Name Portrait Previous occupation Start of tenure
1 Rajendra Prasad 26 January 1950
2 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 13 May 1962
3 Zakir Hussain 13 May 1967
4 V. V. Giri
  • Vice President
  • Governor of Karnataka
  • Governor of Kerala
  • Governor of Uttar Pradesh
  • High Commissioner of India to Ceylon
 3 May 1969
– Mohammad Hidayatullah 20 July 1969
5 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 24 August 1974
– B. D. Jatti 11 February 1977
6 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 25 July 1977
7 Zail Singh 25 July 1982
8 R. Venkataraman 25 July 1987
9 Shankar Dayal Sharma 25 July 1992
10 K. R. Narayanan 25 July 1997
11 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 25 July 2002
12 Pratibha Patil 25 July 2007
13 Pranab Mukherjee 25 July 2012
14 Ram Nath Kovind
  • Governor of Bihar
 25 July 2017

Analysis

6 presidents (excluding acting presidents) have previously served as Vice President of India.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam is the only President who had never held a political office prior to his presidency.

See also

References
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