Draupadi Murmu Biography : Family, Daughter, husband, education, previous offices and other details

Droupadi Murmu is an Indian politician who is the 15th president-elect of India.

Draupadi Murmu is NDA's Presidential Candidate and is the frontrunner to become the next President of India. Know about Draupadi Murmu's family, education, political career, previous offices, and other details.

Draupadi Murmu Biography: Draupadi Murmu, NDA’s Presidential Candidate is the frontrunner to become the next President of India. Murmu is contesting against Yashwant Sinha, the joint opposition’s nominee for the top constitutional job. Draupadi Murmu is a tribal leader from Rairangpur in the Mayurbhanj district in Odisha. Draupadi Murmu is a soft-spoken leader who made her way into the politics of Odisha with her sheer hard work. If Draupadi Murmu wins the Presidential elections 2022, she will become the first tribal and the second woman to hold the highest office.

Read Draupadi Murmu’s Biography and learn about her family, daughter, religion, education, family, religion, previous offices, and other details.

Name   :    Draupadi Murmu

Bron     :    June 20,  1958

Birth Place  :  Uparbeda, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India

Age   :   64 years

Parents   :   Biranchi Narayan Tudu

Political Party   :   Bharatiya Janata Party

Education   :   Bharatiya Janata Party

Previous Office   :   Governor of Jharkhand, Minister of State for Fisheries and Animal,         Minister of State for Commerce and Transport, Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly

Children   :   Itishri Murmu

Spouse   :   Shyam Charan Murmu (passed away in 2014)

Draupadi Murmu Husband, Personal Life, Education, Family

Draupadi Murmu was born on June 20, 1958, in Uparbeda village of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha in a Santali tribal family to Biranchi Narayan Tudu. Bother her father and grandfather were village heads under the Panchayati Raj Systems.

Draupadi Murmu married Shyam Charan Murmu, a banker who died in 2014. The couple had two sons, both of whom passed away, and a daughter Itishri Murmu.

Draupadi Murmu Teaching Career

Draupadi Murmu started out as a school teacher before entering state politics. Murmu worked as an assistant professor at the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education and Research Institute, Rairangpur, and as a Junior Assistant at the Irrigation department of the Government of Odisha.

Draupadi Murmu Political Career

Draupadi Murmu joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1997 and was elected as the councilor of the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat. In 2000, she became the Chairperson of Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat and also served as the National Vice-President of BJP Scheduled Tribes Morcha.

During the BJP and Biju Janata Dal coalition government in Odisha, Draupadi Murmu served in the following positions.

 Draupadi Murmu: NDA’s Presidential candidate 2022

In June 2022, Draupadi Murmu was nominated by BJPs the National Democratic Alliance’s candidate for the President of India for 2022 election. She visited various states as part of the Presidential Campaign 2022 around the country seeking support for her candidature, from BJP lawmakers and other opposition parties.

Draupadi Murmu visited NE states, BJD of Odisha, JMM Party of Jharkhand, Shiv Sena of Maharashtra, BSP of Uttar Pradesh, JDS of Karnataka and many others were some of the prominent opposition parties that extended their support to her.

Draupadi Murmu Awards & Honours

Draupadi Murmu, in 2007, received the Nilkantha Award for the best MLA ( Member of Legislative Assembly) by Odisha Legislative Assembly.