K. R. Narayanan

His Excellency K. R. Narayanan
10th President of India
In office 25 July 1997 – 25 July 2002
Prime Minister	I. K. Gujral Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Vice President	Krishan Kant
Preceded by	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Succeeded by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
9th Vice President of India
In office 27 October 1992 – 24 July 1997
President	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao Atal Bihari Vajpayee H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral
Preceded by	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Succeeded by	Krishan Kant
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1984–1992
Preceded by	A. K. Balan
Constituency	Ottapalam
Indian Ambassador to the United States
In office 1980–1984
Preceded by	Nanabhoy Palkhivala
Indian Ambassador to China
In office 7 July 1976 – 11 November 1978
Succeeded by	Ram Sathe
Personal details
Born	(1921-02-04)4 February 1921 Perumthanam, Travancore, British India (now Uzhavoor, Kerala, India)
Died	9 November 2005(2005-11-09) (aged 84) New Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Usha Narayanan ​ (m. 1951)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Kerala (BA, MA) London School of Economics (BSc)
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Kocheril Raman Narayanan (listen (help·info); 4 February 1921 – 9 November 2005) was an Indian politician. He was born in Perumthanam, Travancore, British India. He was the tenth President of India from 1997 to 2002. Before this, he was the Vice President of India from 1992 to 1997.^[1] Narayanan was a member of the Indian National Congress.

Narayanan died of pneumonia caused by renal failure on 9 November 2006 in New Delhi at the age of 84.

1. ↑ LSE counts K. R. Narayanan among its distinguished alumni Archived 3 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine; his portrait Archived 2009-02-03 at the Wayback Machine has been unveiled and placed in a position of honour; B. R. Ambedkar is the only other Indian to have been similarly honoured. . Retrieved 24 February 2006."LSE-India past and present". Archived from the original on 3 February 2009. Retrieved 2005-09-08.