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 of Presidents of India by previous experience

Order

Name

Portrait

Previous occupation

1

Rajendra Prasad

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Chariman of the Constituent Assembly

2

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

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Vice President
Ambassador

3

Zakir Hussain

Vice President
Governor of Bihar

4

V. V. Giri

Vice President
Governor of Karnataka
Governor of Kerala
Governor of Uttar Pradesh

5

Mohammad Hidayatullah

Chief Justice

6

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Minister of Education

7

B. D. Jatti

Vice President
Governor of Odisha
Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
Chief Minister of Mysore

8

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

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Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

9

Zail Singh

Minister of Home Affairs
Chief Minister of Punjab

10

R. Venkataraman

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Vice President
Minister of Home Affairs
Minister of DeFence
Minister of Finance

11

Shankar Dayal Sharma

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Vice President
Governor of Maharashtra
Governor of Punjab

12

K. R. Narayanan

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Vice President

13

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister
Secretary of the Defence Research and Development Organisation

14

Pratibha Patil

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Governor of Rajasthan

15

Pranab Mukherjee

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Minister of Finance
Minister of Defence
Minister of External Affairs