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New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Here is a brief profile of Pranab Mukherjee, the United Progressive Alliance’s presidential candidate for the poll to be held July 19.

Name: Pranab Mukherjee

Father’s Name: Late Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee

Mother’s Name: Late Rajlakshmi Mukherjee

Date of Birth: Dec 11, 1935

Place of Birth: Mirati, Kirnahar, District Birbhum, West Bengal

Marital Status: Married on July 13, 1957

Spouse: Suvra Mukherjee

Children: Two sons and a daughter

Educational Qualifications: M.A. (History), M.A. (Political Science), L.L.B, D. Ltt.(Honoris Causa)

Educated at: Vidyasagar College, Suri Calcutta University, West Bengal

Profession: Teacher, Journalist and Author

Positions Held: * Deputy Central Minister, Industrial Development from February 1973 to January 1974.
* Deputy Central Minister, Shipping and Transport from January 1974 to October 1974.
* Minister of State for Finance from October 1974 to December 1975.
* Minister of Revenue and Banking (Independent Charge) from December 1975 to March 1977.
* Cabinet Minister of Commerce and Steel and Mines from January 1980 to January 1982.
* Cabinet Minister of Finance from January 1982 to December 1984.
* Additional charge of Ministry of Commerce and Supply from September to December 1984.
* Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission from June 1991 to May 1996.
* Cabinet Minister of Commerce from January 1993 to February 1995.
* Cabinet Minister of External Affairs from February 1995 to May 1996.
* Cabinet Minister of Defence from May 2004 to October 2006
* Cabinet Minister of External Affairs from October 2006 to May 2009
* Cabinet Minister of Finance from January 2009 to present.

In Parliament: * Elected to Rajya Sabha July, 1969.
* Re-elected to Rajya Sabha 1975, 1981, 1993 and 1999.
* Elected to 14th Lok Sabha in 2004 and Reelected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009.
* Leader of the Lok Sabha since 2004.