List of Presidents of India by previous experience

Following is the List of Presidents of India by previous experience. This list contains details of major elective and appointive offices of the holders of the presidency prior to their appointment to the presidency.

List of Presidents of India by previous experience

Order Name Portrait Previous occupation
1 Rajendra Prasad Chairman of the Constituent Assembly
2 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Vice President
Ambassador
3 Zakir Hussain Vice President
Governor of Bihar
4 V. V. Giri Vice President
Governor of Karnataka
Governor of Kerala
Governor of Uttar Pradesh
5 Mohammad Hidayatullah Chief Justice
6 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Minister of Education
7 B. D. Jatti Vice President
Governor of Odisha
Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry
Chief Minister of Mysore
8 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
9 Zail Singh Minister of Home Affairs
Chief Minister of Punjab
10 R. Venkataraman Vice President
Minister of Home Affairs
Minister of Defence
Minister of Finance
11 Shankar Dayal Sharma Vice President
Governor of Maharashtra
Governor of Punjab
12 K. R. Narayanan Vice President
13 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Chief Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister
Secretary of the Defence Research and Development Organisation
14 Pratibha Patil Governor of Rajasthan
15 Pranab Mukherjee Minister of Finance
Minister of Defence
Minister of External Affairs
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