The Union executive consists of the President, the Vice-President and the Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister as the head to aid and advise the President. The President must be a citizen of India, not less than 35 years of age, and qualified for election as a member of the Lok Sabha. His term of office is five years and he is eligible for re-election. His removal from office is to be in accordance with procedure prescribed in Article 61 of the Constitution. The ministries/departments of the Government are created by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister under these rules.
Presidents of India –
| NAME | TENURE |
| Rajendra Prasad | 26-Jan-1950 to 13-May-1962 |
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 13-May-1962 to 13-May-1967 |
| Zakir Hussain | 13-May-1967 to 3-May-1969 |
| Varahagiri Venkata Giri (Acting) | 3-May-1969 to 20-Jul-1969 |
| Justice Muhammad Hidayatullah (Acting) | 20-July-1969 to 24-Aug-1969 |
| Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 24-August-1969 to 24- August-1974 |
| Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | 24-August-1974 to 11-Feb-1977 |
| Basappa Danappa Jatti | 11-Feb-1977 to 25-July-1977 |
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 25-July-1977 to 25-July-1982 |
| Giani Zail Singh | 25-July-1982 to 25-July-1987 |
| Ramaswamy Venkataraman | 25-July-1987 to 25-July-1992 |
| Shankar Dayal Sharma | 25-July-1992 to 25-July-1997 |
| Kocheril Raman Narayanan | 25-July-1997 to 25-July-2002 |
| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | 25-July-2002 to 25-July-2007 |
| Pratibha Patil | 25-July-2007 to 25-July-2012 |
| Pranab Mukherjee | 25-July-2012 to 25-July-2017 |
| Ram Nath Kovind | 25-July-2017 – till date |
