List of current vice presidents and designated acting presidents

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 Deputy Leader[1][2] Sirajuddin Haqqani (first)[1] 15 August 2021[3]
Mullah Yaqoob (second)[1][4]
Abdul Ghani Baradar (third)[1][5]
 Angola Vice President Bornito de Sousa 26 September 2017
 Argentina Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner[lower-alpha 1] 10 December 2019
 Azerbaijan Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva[lower-alpha 2] 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 Hamilton Mourão 1 January 2019
 Bulgaria Vice President Iliana Iotova 22 January 2017
 Burkina Faso Vice-presidents of Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration vacant 31 January 2022
vacant
 Burundi Vice President Prosper Bazombanza 24 June 2020
 Chad Vice-chairmen of Transitional Military Council Djimadoum Tiraina 20 April 2021
 People's Republic of China Vice President Wang Qishan 17 March 2018
 Colombia Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez 1 August 2018
 Costa Rica Vice Presidents Epsy Campbell Barr (First) 8 May 2018
Marvin Rodríguez Cordero (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 Alfredo Borrero 24 May 2021
 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 21 May 2019
 Gambia Vice President Isatou Touray 15 March 2019
 Ghana Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia 7 January 2017
 Guatemala Vice President Guillermo Castillo 14 January 2020
 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 Venkaiah Naidu 11 August 2017
 Indonesia Vice President Ma'ruf Amin 20 October 2019
 Iran Vice Presidents Mohammad Mokhber (First Vice-President) 8 August 2021
Mohsen Rezaei Mirghaed (Vice-President for Economic Affairs) 25 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 vacant 8 July 2020
 Kenya Deputy President William Ruto 9 April 2013
 Kiribati Vice President Teuea Toatu 19 June 2019
 North Korea Vice Presidents of State Affairs Commission
(vice presidents de facto)
Choe Ryong-hae (first vice president) 11 April 2019
Kim Tok Hun 30 September 2021
Vice Chairmen of the Standing Committee of Supreme People's Assembly (vice presidents de jure) Pak Yong-il 29 August 2019
Kang Yun Sok 30 September 2021
 Laos Vice Presidents Pany Yathortou 22 March 2021
Bounthong Chitmany
 Liberia Vice President Jewel Taylor 22 January 2018
 Libya Vice-Chairmen of the Presidential Council Abdullah al-Lafi 10 March 2021
Musa Al-Koni
 Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima 3 February 2020
 Maldives Vice President Faisal Naseem 18 November 2018
 Mali Vice President Vacant 25 May 2021
 Mauritius Vice President Eddy Boissezon 2 December 2019
 Micronesia Vice President Yosiwo P. George 11 May 2015
 Myanmar Vice Presidents vacant (First) 1 February 2021
Henry Van Thio (Second) 30 March 2016
vacant (Third) 30 March 2018
 Namibia Vice President Nangolo Mbumba 12 February 2018
   Nepal Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun October 2015
 Nicaragua Vice President Rosario Murillo[lower-alpha 3] 10 January 2017
 Nigeria Vice President Yemi Osinbajo 29 May 2015
 Palau Vice President Uduch Sengebau Senior 21 January 2021
 Panama Vice President Jose Gabriel Carrizo 1 July 2019
 Paraguay Vice President Hugo Velázquez Moreno 15 August 2018
 Peru Vice Presidents Dina Boluarte (First) 28 July 2021
vacant (Second) 23 March 2018
 Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo 30 June 2016
 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 David Mabuza 26 February 2018
 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 Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 11 November 2021
 Suriname Vice President Ronnie Brunswijk 16 July 2020[6]
  Switzerland Vice President Alain Berset 1 January 2022
 Syria Vice Presidents Najah al-Attar 23 March 2006
Farouk al-Sharaa 21 February 2006
 Tanzania Vice President Philip Mpango 31 March 2021
 Turkey Vice President Fuat Oktay 10 July 2018
 Uganda Vice President Jessica Alupo 21 June 2021
 United Arab Emirates Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 11 February 2006
 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 Vice President (Aden)Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar4 April 2016
 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

Country Acting Head of State Since
 Albania Designated Acting President (ex officio) Lindita Nikolla (Speaker of the Parliament) 10 September 2021
 Algeria Designated Acting President (ex officio) Salah Goudjil (President of the Council of the Nation) 10 April 2019
 Armenia Designated Acting President Alen Simonyan (President of the National Assembly of Armenia)[7] 2 August 2021
 Australia Designated Acting Governor-General (ex officio) Linda Dessau (Administrator of the Commonwealth and Governor of Victoria) 1 November 2021
 Austria Presidential College Wolfgang Sobotka (First President of the National Council)
Doris Bures (Second President of the National Council)
Norbert Hofer (Third President of the National Council)
20 December 2017
9 November 2017
20 December 2017
 Bangladesh Designated Acting President (ex officio) Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad) 30 April 2013
 Belarus Designated Acting President (ex officio) Roman Golovchenko (Prime Minister) 4 June 2020
 Cameroon Designated Acting President (for temporary absences) Joseph Ngute (Prime Minister)[8] 4 January 2019
Designated Acting President (for absolute absences) Marcel Niat Njifenji (President of the Senate)[9] 12 June 2013
 Canada Designated Acting Governor-General (ex officio) Richard Wagner (Administrator of the Government of Canada and Chief Justice of Canada) 18 December 2017
 Cape Verde Designated Acting President (ex officio) Jorge Pedro Maurício dos Santos (President of the National Assembly)[10] 21 April 2016
 Central African Republic Designated Acting President (ex officio) Simplice Sarandji (President of the National Assembly)[11] 5 May 2021
 Chile Designated Acting President (ex officio) Izkia Siches (Minister of the Interior and Public Security) 11 March 2022
 Comoros Designated Acting President (ex officio) Mhoudine Sitti Farouata (Governor of Grande Comore) 11 November 2021[lower-alpha 4]
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the Designated Acting President (ex officio) Modeste Bahati Lukwebo (President of the Senate) 5 February 2021
 Congo, Republic of the Designated Acting President (ex officio) Pierre Ngolo (President of the Senate)[12] 25 August 2011
 Croatia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Gordan Jandroković (Speaker of Parliament) 5 May 2017
 Cyprus Designated Acting President (de facto) Annita Demetriou (President of the House of Representatives) 10 June 2021
 Czech Republic Presidential Commission Radek Vondráček (Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies)
Andrej Babiš (Prime Minister)
22 November 2017
6 December 2017
 Djibouti Designated Acting President (for temporary absences) Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed (Prime Minister) 1 April 2013
Designated Acting President (for absolute absences) Abdourahman Cheick Mohamed (President of the Supreme Court)
 East Timor Designated Acting President (ex officio) Aniceto Guterres Lopes (President of National Parliament)[13] 19 May 2020
 Egypt Designated Acting President (for temporary absences)[14] Mostafa Madbouly (Prime Minister) 14 June 2018
Designated Acting President (for absolute absences) Hanafy El Gebaly (Speaker of the House of Representatives)[15] 12 January 2021
 Eritrea Designated Acting President (ex officio) Isaias Afwerki (Chairman of National Assembly) 1993
 Estonia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Jüri Ratas (Speaker of the Riigikogu) 18 March 2021
 France Designated Acting President (ex officio) Gérard Larcher (President of the Senate) 2014
 Fiji Designated Acting President (ex officio) Kamal Kumar (Chief Justice) 2019
 Finland Designated Acting President (ex officio) Sanna Marin (Prime Minister) 10 December 2019
 Gabon Designated Acting President Lucie Milebou Aubusson (President of the Senate)[16] 27 February 2015
 Georgia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Shalva Papuashvili (Chairperson of the Parliament) 29 December 2021
 Germany Designated Acting Head of State (ex officio) Bodo Ramelow (President of the Bundesrat and Minister President of Thuringia) 1 November 2021
 Greece Designated Acting President (ex officio) Konstantinos Tasoulas (Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament) 18 July 2019
 Guinea Designated Acting President (ex officio) Amadou Damaro Camara (President of the National Assembly)[17] 22 April 2020
 Guinea-Bissau Designated Acting President (ex officio) Cipriano Cassamá (President of the National People's Assembly) 16 June 2014
 Haiti Designated Acting President (ex officio) Ariel Henry (Prime Minister) 20 July 2021
 Hungary Designated Acting President (ex officio) László Kövér (Speaker of the National Assembly) 6 August 2010
 Iceland Presidential Commission Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Prime Minister)
Birgir Ármannsson (Speaker of the Alþing)
Benedikt Bogason (President of the Supreme Court)
30 November 2017
1 December 2021
1 September 2020
 Iraq Designated Acting President[18] Mohamed Al-Halbousi (Speaker of the Council of Representatives) 15 September 2018
 Ireland Presidential Commission Frank Clarke (Chief Justice)
Mark Daly (Cathaoirleach)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Ceann Comhairle)
2011
2016
2016
 Israel Designated Interim and Acting President (ex officio) Mickey Levy (Speaker of the Knesset)[19] 13 June 2021
 Italy Designated Acting President (ex officio) Elisabetta Casellati (President of the Senate) 2018
 Ivory Coast Designated Acting President[20] Patrick Achi (Prime Minister) 8 March 2021
 Kazakhstan Designated Acting President (ex officio) Mäulen Äşimbaev (Chair of the Senate)[21] 4 May 2020
 South Korea Designated Acting President (ex officio) Chung Sye-kyun (Prime Minister) 14 January 2020
 Kyrgyzstan Designated Acting President (ex officio) Talant Mamytov (Speaker of the Supreme Council)[22] 4 November 2020
 Latvia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Ināra Mūrniece (Speaker of the Saeima) 4 November 2014
 Lithuania Designated Acting President (ex officio) Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (Speaker of the Seimas) 14 November 2016
 Madagascar Designated Acting President (ex officio) Rivo Rakotovao (President of the Senate) 12 November 2017
 Malaysia Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong Nazrin Shah of Perak 13 December 2016
 Malta Designated Acting President (ex officio) Angelo Farrugia (Speaker of the House of Representatives)[23] 6 April 2013
 Mauritania Designated Acting President (ex officio) Cheikh Ahmed Baye (President of the National Assembly)[24] 9 October 2018
 Mexico Designated Provisional President (ex officio) Adán Augusto López Hernández (Secretary of the Interior) 26 August 2021
 Moldova Designated Acting President (ex officio) Igor Grosu (President of the Moldovan Parliament)[25] 29 July 2021
 Mongolia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Gombojavyn Zandanshatar (Chairman of the State Great Khural) 1 February 2019
 Montenegro Designated Acting President (ex officio) Aleksa Bečić (President of the Parliament) 23 September 2020
 Mozambique Designated Acting President (ex officio) Esperança Bias (President of the Assembly of the Republic)[26] 13 January 2020
 New Zealand Designated Acting Governor-General (ex officio) Helen Winkelmann (Administrator of the government and Chief Justice of New Zealand) 14 March 2019
 Niger Designated Acting President (ex officio) Ousseini Tinni (President of the National Assembly) 25 March 2016
 North Macedonia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Talat Xhaferi (President of the Assembly) 27 April 2017
 Pakistan Designated Acting President (ex officio) Sadiq Sanjrani (Chairman of the Senate) 12 March 2018
 Palestine Designated Acting President (ex officio) Aziz Dweik (Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council) 29 March 2006
 Poland Designated Acting President (ex officio) Elżbieta Witek (Marshal of the Sejm) 6 August 2019
 Portugal Designated Acting President (ex officio) Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues (Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic) 23 October 2015
 Romania Designated Acting President (ex officio) Florin Cîțu (President of the Senate) 23 November 2021
 Russia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Mikhail Mishustin (Prime Minister) 16 January 2020
 Rwanda Designated Acting President (ex officio) Augustin Iyamuremye (President of the Senate)[27] 17 October 2019
 São Tomé and Príncipe Designated Acting President (ex officio) Delfim Neves (President of the National Assembly)[28] 22 November 2018
 Senegal Designated Acting President (ex officio) Moustapha Niasse (President of the National Assembly)[29] 17 October 2019
 Serbia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Ivica Dačić (President of the National Assembly) 22 October 2020
 Singapore Designated Acting President (ex officio) Eddie Teo (Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers) 2 January 2019
 Slovakia Presidential Commission Boris Kollár (Speaker of the National Council)
Eduard Heger (Prime Minister)
20 March 2020
1 April 2021
 Slovenia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Dejan Židan (Speaker of the National Assembly) 23 August 2018
 Somalia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman (President of the House of the People) 30 April 2018.
 Sri Lanka Designated Acting President (ex officio) Mahinda Rajapaksa (Prime Minister) 21 November 2019
 Syria Designated Acting President[30] Hussein Arnous (Prime Minister) 17 July 2021
 Tajikistan Designated Acting President (ex officio) Rustam Emomali (Chairman of the National Assembly) 17 April 2020
 Togo Designated Acting President (ex officio) Yawa Djigbodi Tségan (President of the National Assembly) 24 January 2019
 Trinidad and Tobago Designated Acting President (ex officio) Christine Kangaloo (President of the Senate) 23 September 2015
 Tunisia Designated Acting President (for temporary absences) Najla Bouden (Prime Minister) 11 October 2021
Designated Acting President (for absolute absences) Rached Ghannouchi (Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People) 13 November 2019
 Turkmenistan Designated Acting President (ex officio) Gülşat Mämmedowa (Speaker of the Assembly) 30 March 2018
 Ukraine Designated Acting President (ex officio) Ruslan Stefanchuk (Chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada) 8 October 2021
 Vanuatu Designated Acting President (ex officio) Gracia Shadrack (Speaker of the Parliament) 20 April 2020

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) Glauk Konjufca (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
 Donetsk People's Republic Designated Acting Head (ex officio) Alexander Ananchenko (Prime Minister) 1 December 2018
 Luhansk People's Republic Designated Acting Head (ex officio) Sergey Kozlov (Prime Minister) 1 December 2018
 South Ossetia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Gennady Bekoyev (Prime Minister)[31] 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
 Artsakh Designated Acting President (ex officio) Arthur Tovmasyan (President of the National Assembly of Artsakh) 21 May 2020
 Transnistria Designated Acting President (ex officio) Aleksandr Martynov (Prime Minister) 17 December 2016

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 La16 April 2021
Supreme Political Council of Yemen Deputy Head of the Supreme Political Council (Sana'a) Qassem Labozah14 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

Notes

  1. Previously served as President of Argentina from 2007 to 2015
  2. Current First Lady of Azerbaijan, as the wife of President Ilham Aliyev
  3. Currently serving as First Lady of Nicaragua
  4. 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

References

  1. Jones, Seth G. (December 2020). "Afghanistan's Future Emirate? The Taliban and the Struggle for Afghanistan". CTC Sentinel. Combating Terrorism Center. 13 (11). Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  2. Sayed, Abdul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Retrieved 22 April 2022. 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
  3. Sieff, Kevin (15 August 2021). "The Taliban has retaken control of Afghanistan. Here's what that looked like last time". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. "Taliban in Afghanistan: who is in charge?". The National. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. Abdul Qadir Sediqi; Jibran Ahmad (24 January 2019). "Taliban appoints new political leader to join U.S.-Taliban peace talks". Reuters. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  6. "Live blog: Verkiezing president en vicepresident Suriname". De Ware Tijd (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. or Prime Minister if he cannot exercise his duties
  8. or another member of the government if he cannot exercise his duties
  9. or his deputy if he cannot exercise his duties
  10. or First Vice President of the National Assembly if he cannot exercise his duties
  11. or President of the Senate if he cannot exercise his duties
  12. 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
  13. or his replacement if he cannot exercise his duties
  14. if there is no Vice-President or he cannot exercise his duties
  15. or Speaker of the Shura Council if he cannot exercise his duties or President of the Supreme Constitutional Court if Parliament is dissolved
  16. or Vice-President of Senate if he cannot exercise his duties
  17. or Vice-Presidents of the National Assembly in the order of the seniority if he cannot exercise his duties
  18. if there is no Vice President
  19. or a Deputy Speaker if the Speaker of the Knesset cannot exercise his duties
  20. when Vice-President cannot exercise his duties
  21. 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
  22. or Prime Minister if he cannot exercise their duties
  23. or a person designated by the Prime Minister
  24. or the President of Constitutional Council if he cannot exercise his duties
  25. or Prime Minister if he cannot exercise their duties
  26. or his substitute if he cannot exercise his duties
  27. 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
  28. or his substitute if he cannot exercise his duties
  29. or Vice Presidents of the National Assembly in the order of precedence if he cannot exercise his duties
  30. in the case there is no Vice President
  31. or President of Parliament of South Ossetia if he cannot exercise his duties.
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