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Mantan Presiden India Meninggal karena Covid-19

Rehia Sebayang, CNBC Indonesia

01 September 2020 12:04

FILE- In this Tuesday, July 25, 2017, file photo, India's former President Pranab Mukherjee arrives for a joint services guard of honour before leaving Presidential palace after swearing in ceremony of new president Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi, India. Former President Pranab Mukherjee, who was a key troubleshooter in managing fractious coalitions as a member of India's long-governing Congress party died Monday evening. He was 84. Mukherjee had emergency surgery for a blood clot in his brain on August 10 at New Delhi's Army Hospital Research and Referral. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup,file) — Foto: Pranab Mukherjee (AP/Manish Swarup)

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Kabar buruk datang dari India. Mantan presiden negeri itu Pranab Mukherjee, meninggal dunia dalam usia 84 tahun, Senin (31/8/2020).

Ia meninggal di rumah sakit dengan sejumlah kegagalan organ akibat terinfeksi corona (Covid-19). Politisi asal Bengal itu merupakan anak didik Perdana Menteri (PM) Indira Gandhi dan menjabat sebagai presiden dari 2012-2017.

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Dalam ucapan belasungkawanya PM Narendra Modi mengatakan Mukherjee meninggalkan jejak yang tak terhapuskan. "Seorang negarawan yang menjulang tinggi, dia dikagumi di seluruh spektrum politik," kata Modi di Twitter.

Presiden saat ini Ram Nath Kovind menyebut Mukherjee "seorang raksasa dalam kehidupan publik". Ia, ujarnya, melayani India dengan semangat seorang bijak.