List of vice presidents of India

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The vice president of India is the second highest constitutional office in the government of India after the president.

Discharge[change | change source]

Due to Article 63 of the Constitution of India, the vice president discharges the functions of the president when a contingency arises due to the resignation, removal, death, impeachment or inability.

At the upper house[change | change source]

The vice president is also the ex officio chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.[1][2]

List of vice presidents of India[change | change source]

Key

-Died in office
-Resigned

# Portrait Name Term of office[3] Election President Party
1 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 13 May 1952 12 May 1957 9 years, 364 days 1952 Rajendra Prasad Independent
13 May 1957 12 May 1962 1957
2 Zakir Hussain Zakir Husain 13 May 1962 12 May 1967 4 years, 364 days 1962 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
3 V.V. Giri V. V. Giri 13 May 1967 3 May 1969 1 year, 355 days 1967 Zakir Hussain
4 Gopal Swarup Pathak 31 August 1969 30 August 1974 4 years, 364 days 1969 V. V. Giri

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

5 B.D. Jatti B. D. Jatti 31 August 1974 30 August 1979 4 years, 364 days 1974 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Indian National Congress
6 Mohammad Hidayatullah 31 August 1979 30 August 1984 4 years, 365 days 1979 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Zail Singh

Independent
7 R Venkataraman Ramaswamy Venkataraman 31 August 1984 24 July 1987 2 years, 327 days 1984 Zail Singh Indian National Congress
8 Shankar Dayal Sharma Shankar Dayal Sharma 3 September 1987 24 July 1992 4 years, 325 days 1987 Ramaswamy Venkataraman
9 K.R. Narayanan K. R. Narayanan 21 August 1992 24 July 1997 4 years, 337 days 1992 Shankar Dayal Sharma
10 Krishan Kant 21 August 1997 27 July 2002 4 years, 340 days 1997 K. R. Narayanan

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Janata Dal
11 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 19 August 2002 21 July 2007 4 years, 336 days 2002 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Bharatiya Janata Party
12 Hamid Ansari Mohammad Hamid Ansari 11 August 2007 10 August 2012 9 years, 364 days 2007 Pratibha Patil Indian National Congress
11 August 2012 10 August 2017 2012 Pranab Mukherjee

Ram Nath Kovind

13 Venkaiah Naidu Venkaiah Naidu 11 August 2017 11 August 2022 5 years, 0 days 2017 Ram Nath Kovind

Droupadi Murmu

Bharatiya Janata Party
14 Jagdeep Dhankhar Jagdeep Dhankhar 11 August 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 240 days 2022 Droupadi Murmu Bharatiya Janata Party

References[change | change source]

  1. "Powers and responsibilities of Vice President of India". News Nation. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. Jha, Jitesh (8 August 2017). "Fact Box: Vice President of India". Dainik Jagran. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. "Former Vice Presidents | Vice President of India | Government of India". vicepresidentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 28 October 2021.