Pranab Kumar Mukherjee ( ; born, 11 December 1935 – 31 August 2020) was an Indian politician who served as the <!-- Do NOT add counts or ordinals, as per WP:CONSENSUS --> president of India from 2012 until 2017. He was the first person from West Bengal to hold the post of President of India. In a political career spanning five decades, Mukherjee was a senior leader in the Indian National Congress and occupied several ministerial portfolios in the Government of India. Prior to his election as President, Mukherjee was Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012. He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2019, by his successor as president, Ram Nath Kovind. Wikipedia
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