Draupadi Murmu was born on 20 June 1958 in the Baidaposi village of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha, India.
She is an Indian politician who is the candidate of the NDA government for the 2022 Indian presidential election.
Draupadi Murmu was the ninth Governor of Jharkhand and She belongs to the Scheduled Tribe community in India.
Draupadi Murmur was married to Shyam Charan Murmu. The couple had two sons (Now deceased) and a daughter.
In 2002, Government of Odisha gave her the portfolio of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry. ( served at the post till 2004)
In 2013 she became BJP district president for the Mayurbhanj district (3rd time) (She served at the post till April 2015)
She is the first woman Governor of Jharkhand. She is the first woman and tribal leader from Odisha to be appointed a governor in an Indian state.
She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is the first governor of Jharkhand to complete the five-year term (2015-2021), since its formation in the year 2000.