Meira Kumar is a former president.
 She served as the 15th Speaker of Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014, being the first woman to hold the post
Meera Kumar lost elections for 9th Lok Sabha (1989) and 10th Lok Sabha from Sasaram, but went on to win elections for the 11th (in 1996) and the 12th Lok Sabhas from Karol Bagh in Delhi

