Presidents of India

S.	Name	Tenure
1.	Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)	16Jan, 1950-13 May , 1962
2.	Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (1888-1975)	13 may, 1962-13 May, 1967
3.	Dr. Zakir Hussain (1897-1969)	13 May, 1967-3 May, 1969
4.	Sri. V. V. Giri (1894-1980)	24 Aug, 1969-24 Aug,1974
5.	Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-1977)	24 Aug , 1974-11 Feb , 1977
6.	Sri N. Sanjeeva Reddy (1913-1996)	25 July, 1977-25  July, 1982
7.	Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994)	25 July, 1982-25 July, 1987
8.	Sri R. venkataraman (1910-2009)	25 July, 1987-25 July, 1992
9.	Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999)	25 July, 1992-25 July 1997
10.	Sri K.R.Narayanan (1920-2005)	25 July, 1997-25 July, 2002
11.	Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (b. 1931)	25 July, 2002-25  July, 2007
12.	Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil (b.1934)	25July, 2007-25 July, 2012
13.	Sri Pranab Mukherjee	25 July, 2012---

Powers of President Administrative Power

The president is the formal head of the administration. All executive actions of the Union are expressed to be taken in the name of the President. {Ref: Art. 77}

All officers of the Union are the President’s subordinates and he or she has a right to be informed of the affairs of the union {Art. 78, 53(1)}.

The president shall have the power to appoint and remove high dignitaries including:

·         The prime Minister of India

·         Other Ministers of the Union

·         The Attorney-General for India

·         The comptroller and Auditor General of India

·         The Judges of the Supreme Court

·         The Judges of the High Courts of the states

·         The Governors of states

·         The chief /election Commissioner

Can be removed from office through special constitutional provisions (by impeachment)