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Vice-Presidents of India
 
No. Name Took officeLeft office
1. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan May 13, 1952 May 14, 1957
2. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan May 14, 1957 May 12, 1962
3. Zakir Hussain May 13, 1962 May 12, 1967
4. Varahagiri Venkata Giri May 13, 1967 May 3, 1969
5. Gopal Swarup Pathak August 31, 1969 August 30, 1974
6. Basappa Danappa Jatti August 31, 1974 August 30, 1979
7. Muhammad Hidayat Ullah August 31, 1979 August 30, 1984
8. Ramaswamy Venkataraman August 31, 1984 July 27, 1987
9. Shankar Dayal Sharma September 3, 1987 July 24, 1992
10. Kocheril Raman Narayanan August 21, 1992 July 24, 1997
11. Krishan Kant August 21, 1997 July 27, 2002
12. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat August 19, 2002 July 21, 2007
13. Mohammad Hamid Ansari August 11, 2007 Incumbent
 
Profile :

Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari
Father's Name: Shri Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ansari
Mother's Name: Smt. Aasiya Begum
Date of Birth: 1 April 1937

Place of Birth:

 Calcutta

Marital Status:

 Married

Spouse's Name:

Smt. Salma Ansari

Children:

 Two sons and one daughter

Educational Qualifications :

 BA (Hons); MA (Political Science)
Permanent Address: D-55, IFS Apartments, Mayur Vihar, Phase-I, Delhi - 110091
Present Address:

Vice-President's House,
6, Maulana Azad Road,
New Delhi - 110 011
Telephone - 011-23016422, 23016344
E-mail: vpindia@nic.in
 

Positions Held :

  • Joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1961 and served in Indian missions in Baghdad, Rabat, Jeddah and Brussels;
  • Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (1976-1979);
  • Chief of Protocol to Govt. of India (1980-1985);
  • High Commissioner to Australia (1985-1989);
  • Ambassador to Afghanistan (1989-1990);
  • Ambassador to Iran (1990-1992);
  • Permanent Representative to the UN, New York (1993-1995);
  •  Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1995-1999);
  • Visiting Professor, Centre for West Asian and African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Dec 1999-May 2000);
  • Vice-Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (2000-2002);
  • Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi (2002-2006);
  • Visiting Professor, Academy for Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2003-2005);
  • Co - Chairman, India-U.K. Round Table (2004-2006);
  •  Member, National Security Advisory Board (2004-2006);
  •  Chairman, Advisory Committee for Oil Diplomacy, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (2004-2005);
  • Chairman, Working Group on 'Confidence building measures across segments of society in the State', established by the second Round Table Conference of the Prime Minister on Jammu and Kashmir, held at Srinagar, 24-25 May, 2006; the report of the Working Group was adopted by the 3rd Round Table held at New Delhi, 24 April 2007;
  • Chairman, Fifth Statutory National Commission for Minorities (March 2006-July 2007);
  • Vice President of India and ex officio Chairman, Rajya Sabha since 11th August 2007.
Books Published :

Edited, Iran Today: Twenty Five Years After the Islamic Revolution, New Delhi, 2005; has written several academic papers and newspaper articles on West Asian Politics.
Awards: Padma Shri (1984)
Sports: Golf and Cricket
Institutes/Clubs: India International Centre
Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA)
United Services Institution
Delhi Golf Club
Delhi Gymkhana Club
Noida Golf Club
Countries Visited: Visited many countries during the diplomatic and academic career.