Pranab Kumar Mukherjee (Bengali: প্রণব কুমার মুখোপাধ্যায় born December 11, 1935, West Bengal, India) is the current Finance Minister of India. A prominent leader of the Indian National Congress, also known to be a competent jockey apparatchik, a prominent Gandhi family loyalist.

He holds Master of Arts degrees in History and Political Science & has a degree in law from the University of Calcutta. He has been an advocate and college teacher at some time. He also has an honorary D. Litt.

Born in Mirati village near Kirnahar town, District Birbhum, West Bengal to Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee and Rajlakshmi Mukherjee. His father was active in the Congress party from 1920, was a member of AICC, and West Bengal Legislative Council (1952-64), and President, District Congress Committee, Birbhum (WB). His father was also a respected freedom fighter who had been sent to prison for more than 10 years for his opposition to the British rule. He attended the Suri Vidyasagar College, Suri (Birbhum), then affiliated with the University of Calcutta.