Vice-President
Key Highlights:
According to Art.63, there shall be a Vice-President of India.
Election: The Vice-President is elected by both the Houses of Parliament, by secret ballot with the system of proportional
representation by means of the single transferable vote. Joint meeting of two Houses is not necessary (llth Amendment).
Qualification : To contest, he must be a Citizen of India, above 35 years and must have the qualification to contest for Rajya Sabha. He should not hold any office of profit under Government or local authority. On election, he should take Oath, before entering office.
Tenure : Art 67The tenure is 5 years. He may resign, by giving notice to the President. He may be removed (after giving 14 days' notice) by a resolution of the Rajya Sabha agreed to by the Lok Sabha.
Functions : He is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.Art -64 He acts as the President, where there is a vacancy due to death, resignation or impeachment or otherwise of the President. Also in such circumstances as illness, absence etc. of the President, he acts as President. He in such cases entitled to such allowances and privileges etc. as are due to the
President.
List of Vice-Presidents of India and their term of office (1952-2022)
S. No. | Vice-President | Tenure (From) | Tenure (To) | President |
1 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 13 May 1952 | 12 May 1962 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
2 | Dr. Zakir Hussain | 13 May 1962 | 12 May 1967 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
3 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 13 May 1967 | 20 July 1969 | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
4 | Gopal Swarup Pathak | | | V. V. Giri |
5 | Basappa Danappa Jatti | | | Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
6 | Justice Muhammad Hidayatullah | | | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
7 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | | | Giani Zail Singh |
8 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | | | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
9 | Kocheril Raman Narayanan | | | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
10 | Krishan Kant | | | Kocheril Raman Narayanan |
11 | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | | | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
12 | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | 11 August 2007 | 10 August 2017 | Pratibha PatilPranab MukherjeeRam Nath Kovind |
13 | M Venkaiah Naidu | 11 August 2017 | Incumbent | Ram Nath Kovind |
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