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The president of the Indian National Congress is the highest command of the Indian National Congress (INC), one of the principal political parties in India. Constitutionally, the president is elected by an electoral college composed of members drawn from the Pradesh Congress Committees and members of the All India Congress Committee. After the party's foundation in December 1885, Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee became its first president. From 1885 to 1933, the presidency had a term of one year only. From 1933 onwards, there was no such fixed term for the president. A total of 61 people have served as the president of the INC since its formation. Sonia Gandhi (pictured) is the longest-serving president of the party, having held the office for more than twenty years, from 1998 to 2017 and since 2019. (Full list...)