Droupadi Murmu: India's first tribal president takes oath
Posted 3 лет назад in Новости и политика.
Droupadi Murmu, a tribal politician, was sworn in as India's new president on Monday.
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The 64-year-old former teacher comes from Odisha (Orissa) state and has had a stint as a state governor.
Ms Murmu is the country's first tribal leader in the top post.
"My elevation as president is not just my achievement but that of everyone in the country, that they can dream of reaching this level," Ms Murmu said after taking the oath.
The president in India is the head of the state, but does not exercise executive powers.
He or she is elected by the members of both the houses of parliament and of the legislative assemblies of states and federally-administered union territories.
Ms Murmu registered a comfortable win against the opposition's candidate - veteran politician Yashwant Sinha. Mr Sinha, who was a senior minister in the BJP government led by then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the 1990s and early 2000s, is now a vocal critic of the party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Ms Murmu replaces outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind, whose term ended on 24 July.