List of current vice presidents and designated acting presidents
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This is a list of vice presidential or similar positions, and the current office holders:
Member states of the United Nations
Countries with a vice president (or similar position)
Country | Position | Incumbent(s) | Since |
---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | Sirajuddin Haqqani (First)[1][3] | 15 August 2021[4] | |
Mullah Yaqoob (Second)[1][5] | |||
Abdul Ghani Baradar (Third)[1][6] | |||
Angola | Vice President | Esperança da Costa[7] | 15 September 2022 |
Argentina | Vice President | Victoria Villarruel | 10 December 2023 |
Azerbaijan | Vice President | Mehriban Aliyeva[a] | 21 February 2017 |
Benin | Vice President | Mariam Chabi Talata | 24 May 2021 |
Bolivia | Vice President | David Choquehuanca | 8 November 2020 |
Botswana | Vice President
|
Slumber Tsogwane | 4 April 2018 |
Brazil | Vice President | Geraldo Alckmin | 1 January 2023 |
Bulgaria | Vice President | Iliana Iotova | 22 January 2017 |
Burundi | Vice President
|
Prosper Bazombanza | 24 June 2020 |
Chad | Vice President | Djimadoum Tiraina | 20 April 2021 |
People's Republic of China | Vice President | Han Zheng | 10 March 2023 |
Colombia | Vice President | Francia Márquez | 7 August 2022 |
Costa Rica | Vice Presidents | Stephan Brunner (First) | 8 May 2022 |
Mary Munive (Second) | |||
Cuba | Vice President | Salvador Valdés Mesa | 10 October 2019 |
Cyprus | Vice President | Vacant | 1974 |
Dominican Republic | Vice President
|
Raquel Peña de Antuña | 16 August 2020 |
Ecuador | Vice President | Verónica Abad Rojas | 23 November 2023 |
Egypt | Vice President
|
Vacant | 23 April 2019 |
El Salvador | Vice President | Félix Ulloa | 1 June 2019 |
Equatorial Guinea | Vice President | Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue | 22 June 2016 |
Gabon | Vice President | Vacant | 30 August 2023 |
Gambia | Vice President
|
Muhammad B.S. Jallow
|
24 February 2023 |
Ghana | Vice President | Mahamudu Bawumia | 7 January 2017 |
Guatemala | Vice President | Karin Herrera | 15 January 2024 |
Guyana | Vice Presidents | Mark Phillips (First)
|
2 August 2020 |
Bharrat Jagdeo | |||
Honduras | Vice Presidents | Salvador Nasralla (First) | 27 January 2022 |
Doris Gutiérrez (Second) | |||
Renato Florentino (Third) | |||
India | Vice President
|
Jagdeep Dhankhar | 11 August 2022 |
Indonesia | Vice President | Ma'ruf Amin | 20 October 2019 |
Iran | Vice Presidents
|
Mohammad Mokhber (First Vice-President) | 8 August 2021 |
Seyyed Masoud Mirkazemi (Vice-President and Head of Plan and Budget Organisation)
|
11 August 2021 | ||
Meysam Latifi (Vice-President and Head of Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organisation) | 5 September 2021 | ||
Mohammad Dehghan (Vice-President for Legal Affairs) | 1 September 2021 | ||
Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini (Vice-President for Parliamentary Affairs) | 20 August 2021 | ||
Sorena Sattari (Vice-President for Science and Technology Affairs) | 4 October 2013 | ||
Ensieh KhazAli (Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs)
|
1 September 2021 | ||
Mohammad Eslami (Vice-President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization) | 29 August 2021 | ||
Seyyed Amir Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi (Vice-President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs)
|
12 September 2021 | ||
Ali Salajegheh (Vice-President and Head of Department of Environment) | 3 October 2021 | ||
Seyyed Solat Mortazavi (Vice-President for Executive Affairs)
|
5 September 2021 | ||
Iraq | Vice Presidents | Vacant | 2 October 2018 |
Vacant | |||
Vacant | |||
Ivory Coast | Vice President
|
Tiémoko Meyliet Koné | 19 April 2022 |
Kenya | Deputy President | Rigathi Gachagua | 13 September 2022 |
Kiribati | Vice President
|
Teuea Toatu | 19 June 2019 |
Laos | Vice Presidents | Pany Yathortou
|
22 March 2021 |
Bounthong Chitmany | |||
Liberia | Vice President | Jeremiah Koung | 22 January 2024 |
Libya | Vice-Chairmen of the Presidential Council | Abdullah al-Lafi | 15 March 2021 |
Musa Al-Koni | |||
Malawi | Vice President
|
Saulos Chilima | 3 February 2020 |
Maldives | Vice President | Hussain Mohamed Latheef | 17 November 2023 |
Mauritius | Vice President
|
Eddy Boissezon
|
2 December 2019 |
Micronesia | Vice President | Aren Palik | 13 September 2022 |
Myanmar | Vice Presidents
|
Myint Swe (First) | 30 March 2016 |
Henry Van Thio (Second) | |||
Namibia | Vice President
|
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah | 4 February 2024 |
Nauru | Minister Assisting the President | Martin Hunt | 29 August 2019 |
Nepal | Vice President | Ram Sahaya Yadav | 20 March 2023 |
Nicaragua | Vice President | Rosario Murillo[b] | 10 January 2017 |
Niger | Vice President of the CNSP | Salifou Modi | 26 July 2023[8] |
Nigeria | Vice President | Kashim Shettima | 29 May 2023 |
Palau | Vice President | Uduch Sengebau Senior | 21 January 2021 |
Panama | Vice President | Jose Gabriel Carrizo
|
1 July 2019 |
Paraguay | Vice President | Pedro Alliana | 15 August 2023 |
Peru | Vice Presidents
|
Vacant (First) | 7 December 2022 |
Vacant (Second) | 7 May 2020 | ||
Philippines | Vice President | Sara Duterte | 30 June 2022 |
Samoa | Deputy O le Ao o le Malo | Le Mamea Ropati | 2016 |
Seychelles | Vice President
|
Ahmed Afif | 26 October 2020 |
Sierra Leone | Vice President
|
Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh | 14 April 2018 |
South Africa | Deputy President | Paul Mashatile | 6 March 2023 |
South Sudan | Vice Presidents | Riek Machar (First) | 21 February 2020 |
James Wani Igga (Second) | |||
Taban Deng Gai (Third) | |||
Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior (Fourth) | |||
Hussein Abdelbagi (Fifth) | |||
Sudan | Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council
|
Malik Agar | 19 May 2023[9] |
Suriname | Vice President | Ronnie Brunswijk | 16 July 2020[10] |
Switzerland | Vice President | Karin Keller-Sutter | 1 January 2024 |
Syria | Vice President | Najah al-Attar[11] | 23 March 2006 |
Tanzania | Vice President
|
Philip Mpango | 31 March 2021 |
Turkey | Vice President | Cevdet Yılmaz | 4 June 2023 |
Uganda | Vice President | Jessica Alupo | 21 June 2021 |
United Arab Emirates | Vice Presidents | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | 11 February 2006 |
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan | 29 March 2023 | ||
United States | Vice President | Kamala Harris | 20 January 2021 |
Uruguay | Vice President | Beatriz Argimón | 1 March 2020 |
Venezuela | Vice President | Delcy Rodríguez | 14 June 2018 |
Vietnam | Vice President | Võ Thị Ánh Xuân | 6 April 2021 |
Yemen | Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (Aden) | Faraj Salmin al-Buhsani |
7 April 2022[12] |
Zambia | Vice President
|
Mutale Nalumango | 24 August 2021 |
Zimbabwe | Vice Presidents
|
Constantino Chiwenga | 28 December 2017 |
Vacant | 1 March 2021 |
Countries with a ex-officio Designated Acting Head of State
States recognised by some United Nations member states
Countries with a vice president
Country | Vice President | Since | |
---|---|---|---|
Abkhazia | Vice President | Badr Gunba | 23 April 2020 |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | Vice President | Lai Ching-te | 20 May 2020 |
Countries with a ex-officio Designated Acting Head of State
Country | Acting Head of State | Since | |
---|---|---|---|
Kosovo | Designated Acting President (ex officio)
|
Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo )
|
22 March 2021 |
Northern Cyprus | Designated Acting President (ex officio) | Önder Sennaroğlu (Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic) | 18 January 2021 |
South Ossetia | Designated Acting President (ex officio) | Gennady Bekoyev (Prime Minister)[37] | 29 August 2020 |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Designated Acting President (ex officio) | Khatri Addouh (President of the Sahrawi National Council) | 10 July 2010 |
States recognised by no United Nations member states
Countries with a vice president
Country | Vice President | Since | |
---|---|---|---|
Somaliland | Vice President
|
Abdirahman Saylici | 2010 |
Countries with a ex-officio Designated Acting Head of State
Country | Acting Head of State | Since | |
---|---|---|---|
Transnistria | Designated Acting President (ex officio) | Aleksandr Rozenberg (Prime Minister) | 30 May 2022 |
Alternative governments
Alternative governments with a vice president (or similar position)
Country | Vice President(s) (or assimilated) | Since | |
---|---|---|---|
National Unity Government of Myanmar | Vice President | Duwa Lashi La | 16 April 2021 |
Supreme Political Council of Yemen | Sana'a )
|
Qassem Labozah | 14 August 2016 |
National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces / Syrian Interim Government
|
Vice Presidents | Abdel Ahad Astifou (First) | 12 July 2021 |
Abdel Hakim Bashar (Second) | 30 June 2019 | ||
Ruba Habboush (Third) | 12 July 2020 |
See also
- List of vice presidents in 2024
- List of current heads of state and government
- List of current presidents of legislatures
- List of elected or appointed female deputy heads of state
- Lists of office-holders
Notes
- ^ Current First Lady of Azerbaijan, as the wife of President Ilham Aliyev
- ^ Currently serving as First Lady of Nicaragua
- ^ Sitti Farouata has served as Governor of Grande Comore since 23 May 2019, but only became Designated Acting President on 11 November 2021 after President Azali Assoumani had been in office for more than 900 days
- ^ Just like the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong is elected among nine Malay rulers once every five years. However, this position is not term-limited.
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This leadership structure remains in place, with Shaikh Hibatullah Akhundzada serving as supreme leader, aided by the three deputies — Mulawi Yaqoob Umari, Shaikh Sirajuddin Haqqani and Mulawi Abdul Ghani Baradar
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Gen. Salifou Modi, Bazoum's former army chief of staff and the ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, is now vice president of the junta.
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The council head is supported by seven other members: Sultan Ali al-Arada, Tariq Muhammad Salih, Abed al-Rahman Abu Zara'a, Abdullah al-Alimi Bawazeer, Othman Hussein Megali, Aidarous Qassem al-Zubaidi, and Faraj Salmin al-Bahsani. These members will share the title of 'Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership'
- ^ or Prime Minister if he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ or another member of the government if he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ or his deputy if he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ or First Vice President of the National Assembly if he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ or President of the Senate if he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ or President of the National Assembly if the President of the Senate cannot exercise his duties or Prime Minister if neither President of the Senate nor President of the National Assembly cannot exercise their duties
- ^ or his replacement if he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ if there is no Vice-President or he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ or Speaker of the Shura Council if he cannot exercise his duties or President of the Supreme Constitutional Court if Parliament is dissolved
- ^ or Vice-President of Senate if he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ or Vice-Presidents of the National Assembly in the order of the seniority if he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ if there is no Vice President
- ^ or a Deputy Speaker if the Speaker of the Knesset cannot exercise his duties
- ^ when Vice-President cannot exercise his duties
- ^ or Chair of the Mazhilis if the Chair of the Senate cannot exercise his duties or Prime Minister if neither Chair of the Senate nor Chair of the Mazhilis cannot exercise their duties
- ^ or Prime Minister if he cannot exercise their duties
- ^ or a person designated by the Prime Minister
- ^ or the President of Constitutional Council if he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ or Prime Minister if he cannot exercise their duties
- ^ or his substitute if he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ or President of the Chamber of Deputies if the President of the Senate cannot exercise his duties or Prime Minister if neither President of the Senate nor President of the Chamber of Deputies cannot exercise their duties
- ^ or his substitute if he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ or Vice Presidents of the National Assembly in the order of precedence if he cannot exercise his duties
- ^ in the case there is no Vice President
- ^ or President of Parliament of South Ossetia if he cannot exercise his duties.