Droupadi Murmu was sworn in as the 15th president of India on July 25th. She is the second ever female president as well as the youngest, and the first tribal leader to assume the role.
 　Murmu, 64, hails from the eastern state of Odisha and was governor of Jharkhand state from 2015-2021. She started out as a school teacher before entering politics and has been a two-time lawmaker in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party.
 　In her speech after taking oath, Murmu said her election is proof that the poor in India can make their dreams come true, adding that she will focus on the welfare of the marginalized. The president in India is the head of the state, but does not exercise executive powers.

　印度第十五屆總統慕爾穆七月二十五日宣誓就職，她是印度史上第二位女性總統，也是最年輕的一位，同時也是首位出身部落的總統。
　現年六十四歲的慕爾穆來自東部奧里薩邦，二○一五年到二○二一年間曾擔任賈坎德邦州長。踏入政界之前，是一名學校教師，隸屬總理莫迪的執政黨，擔任過兩屆議員。
　慕爾穆在總統就職宣誓過後的演說中表示，她的當選是印度窮人懷抱夢想、努力成真的實證，同時表明自己會重視邊緣化族群的福址。印度總統是虛位元首，並沒有實際的行政權力。