Mike Pompeo condoles Pranab Mukherjee's death, hails his 'visionary leadership'

Following demise of former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo took to Twitter to pay his tribute to leader. Pranab Mukherjee, who served as 13th President of nation from 2012 to 2017, passed away on August 31 after a prolonged illness. Pompeo extended his ‘deepest condolences’ and said that Pranab Mukherjee’s ‘visionary leadership’ was instrumental in bringing America and India close toger. 

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Pranab Mukherjee passes away

Former President Dr Pranab Mukherjee passed away on Monday after being put in a coma post a successful brain surgery at Army Hospital (R&R) in New Delhi. news was confirmed by his son - Abhijit Mukherjee, who thanked hospital staff and doctors for ir efforts. 84-year-old was hospitalised on August 10 to undergo brain surgery for removal of a clot and had tested positive for Coronavirus. 

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Since August 10, regular reports from Army Hospital stated that former President was in a deep coma and on ventilator support, remaining haemodynamically stable while being treated for a lung infection. While he had been operated for removal of a clot in brain, he had also developed a lung infection and had a renal dysfunction apart from being infected with COVID-19 at time of admission.

He leaves behind a rich legacy with his stint as India's finance, commerce, defence minister, India's President and veteran Congress leader. Kwn to be close to late former PM Indira Gandhi, he was elected to Rajya Sabha first in 1969 and n subsequently in 1975, 1981, 1993 and 1999. While he was a thorough Congressman serving in Congress Working Committee (CWC) for 23 years, his multiple stints as Finance minister ushered several major ecomic reforms boosting Indian ecomy.

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