<P> Neelam Sanjiva Reddy pronunciation ( help info ) ( 19 May 1913 -- 1 June 1996 ) was the sixth President of India , serving from 1977 to 1982 . Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress party in the Indian independence movement , he went on to hold several key offices in independent India -- as the first Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh , a two - time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a Union Minister -- before becoming the youngest - ever Indian president . </P>
who has been the only lok sabha speaker to have become the president of india
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy