India elects female teacher 15th president

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July 22, 2022

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Droupadi Murmu,64 and formerly a teacher, has been elected the 15th President of India, and the second female at that.

The president-elect, from the minority Santhal tribe, was endorsed by over half of parliamentarians and state legislators.

Born in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, Murmu started her career as a teacher before joining politics.

She held ministerial positions and became Governor of Jharkhand in May 2015, the first woman to hold the position.

“As a tribal woman from remote Mayurbhanj district, I had not thought about becoming the candidate for the top post”, she said early July.

The world’s oldest democracy elected Pratibha Patil its first female president.

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