Pranab Mukherjee
Personal Profile
Pranab Mukherjee
Birth Name:
Pranab Kumar MukherjeeDate of Birth:
December 11, 1935Zodiac Sign:
SagittariusPlace of Birth:
Birbhum, British RajSex:
MaleHair Color:
WhiteEye Color:
BrownNationality:
IndianReligion:
HinduismEducation:
Suri Vidyasagar College
University of Calcutta
Address:
Kolkata, India
Family
Pranab Mukherjee
Father:
Kamada Kinkar MukherjeeMother:
Rajlakshmi MukherjeeSpouse:
Suvra Mukherjee
Career
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Trivia
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- Pranab Mukherjee was also awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honor in 2007.
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- On 24 October 2006, he was appointed as the External Affairs Minister of India.
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- He has also held the position of Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission from 1991 to 1996.
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- In 1984, he chaired the Group of 24 attached to the IMF and World Bank. Between May and November 1995, he presided over the SAARC Council of Ministers Conference.
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- Pranab Mukherjee has been a member of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund, of the World Bank, of the Asian Development Bank, and of the African Development Bank.
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Biography
Pranab Mukherjee
Last Updated: Monday, February 04, 2002
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee is the Minister for External Affairs of India in the Manmohan Singh-led Government of India. A prominent leader of the Indian National Congress in the 14th Lok Sabha, he is known to be a competent party apparatchik, "a prominent Gandhi family loyalist who did not win a popular election until 2004". He has a degree in law from the University of Calcutta and has been an advocate and college teacher at some time. He also holds Masters degree in both History and Political Science, and an honorary D. Litt.
Pranab Mukherjee rose through a series of cabinet posts to become the Finance Minister of India from 1982 to 1984. In 1984, he was rated as the best Finance Minister of the World according to a survey of Euromoney magazine. Sources suggests that Pranab was having hesitation to take over as Finance Minister at 2004 in the cabinet of Dr.Manmohan Singh, who served under him a couple of decades ago. - Have you voted in the poll Pranab Mukherjee ? - As he did not fully endorse the summary installment of Rajiv Gandhi as the caretaker Prime Minister after Indira Gandhi's assassination, he was not included in Rajiv's cabinet.
Pranab Mukherjee left the Congress party for a brief period but re-entered in 1989. His political career revived when P. V. Narasimha Rao chose to appoint him as deputy chairman of the planning commission and subsequently as a union cabinet minister. He served as External Affairs Minister for the first time from 1995 to 1996 in Rao's cabinet. In 1997 he was voted Outstanding Parliamentarian.He was also president of West Bengal state unit of Congress in 1985.
Pranab Mukherjee has been a member of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund, of the World Bank, of the Asian Development Bank, and of the African Development Bank. In 1900, he chaired the Group of 24 attached to the IMF and World Bank. Between May and November 1995, he presided over the SAARC Council of Ministers Conference. - Has changed the detail your opinion on Pranab Mukherjee ? - On 24 October 2006, he was appointed as the External Affairs Minister of India. His replacement in the Defence Ministry is A.K. Antony, a senior Congress Party politician and