Who is Pratibha Patil? The new President Of India!

Pratibha Patil H.E. is Governor of Rajasthan state in India.She is a leader of Indian National Congress party.She is 16 th governor of the state. Earlier she was deputy chair person of Rajya Sabha.She is Rajasthan's first female governor. She is also currently the only woman state governor in india.

She hails from Maharashtra and was President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.

She was Table Tennis Champion in her college days . She holds MA in Arts and a Law Degree. Beside her political career she also manages her own educational institutes for poor and industries.

Positions held

• Governor of Rajasthan 8 November, 2004
• Chairman, House Committee, Lok Sabha 1991
• Member, Business Advisory Committee, Rajya Sabha
• Chairman, Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha 1986-88
• Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha 18-11-1986 to 05-11-1988
• Cabinet Minister, Civil Supplies and Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra 1983-85
• Cabinet Minister, Urban Development and Housing, Government of Maharashtra 1982-85
• Leader of Opposition, CDP (I), Maharashtra Legislative Assembly July, 1979 to February, 1980
• Cabinet Minister, Education, Government of Maharashtra 1977-78
• Cabinet Minister, Prohibition, Rehabilitation and Cultural Affairs, Government of Maharashtra 1975-76
• Cabinet Minister, Public Health & Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra 1974-75
• Cabinet Minister, Social Welfare, Government of Maharashtra 1972-74
• Deputy Minister, Public Health, Prohibition, Tourism, Housing & Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Maharashtra 1967-72

Other Positions Held

• President, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) 1988-90
• Director of National Federation of Urban Co-operative Banks & Credit Societies
• Member of Governing Council, National Co-operative, Union of India.

Presidential Nominee

On 14th June, United Progressive Alliance(UPA), the ruling alliance of political parties in India and the Indian left nominated her as their candidate for the Presidential Election to be held in July 2007.[3] This could make her the first female President of India. UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi described her nomination as a "historic occasion" in India'a 60th year of independence. she is credited with establishing hostels for 'working women' in Mumbai and New Delhi.

It was clear that Pratibha Patil's choice was also related to the fact that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was going to prop up Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, a veteran politician who has served as chief minister of Rajasthan, for the presidential elections due July 19. Pratibha Patil, a Rajput, is married to a Maratha, Devisingh Ranisingh Shekhawat.