Ruler · 1920 – 2005

K. R. Narayanan

Lived 1920 – 2005; politician, diplomat. President of India (India), 1997 – 2002.

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Lived: 1920 – 2005; 85 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; India
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of India

India · the 12th of 17 dated reigns · 1950 – 2022

8 before

Zail Singh1982 – 1987

Ramaswamy Venkataraman1987 – 1992

Shankar Dayal Sharma1992 – 1997

K. R. Narayanan1997 – 2002

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam2002 – 2007

Pratibha Patil2007 – 2012

Pranab Mukherjee2012 – 2017

2 after

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1997 – 2002 · 5 years · came to it aged 77

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 2002; they died in 2005

Narayanan was elected to the presidency of India (17 July 1997) with 95% of the votes in the electoral college, as a result of the presidential poll on 14 July.

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