List of current vice presidents and designated acting presidents explained

This is a list of vice presidential or similar positions, and their current holders.

A vice president is a standalone office existing for deputizing or replacing a president. In other countries where the vice presidency is absent or vacant, a separate office or series of offices may instead be designated ex officio to act as head of state, for example the speaker of a legislature or a head of government.

Generally recognized sovereign states

Countries with a vice president (or similar position)

Country	Position	Incumbent(s)	width=135	Since
Afghanistan	Deputy Leader^[1] ^[2]	Sirajuddin Haqqani (First)^[3]	15 August 2021^[4]
		Mullah Yaqoob (Second)^[5]
		Abdul Ghani Baradar (Third)^[6]
Angola	Vice President	Esperança da Costa^[7]	15 September 2022
Argentina	Vice President	Victoria Villarruel	10 December 2023
Azerbaijan	Vice President	Mehriban Aliyeva	21 February 2017
Benin	Vice President	Mariam Chabi Talata	24 May 2021
	Vice President	David Choquehuanca	8 November 2020
Botswana	Vice President		4 April 2018
Brazil	Vice President	Geraldo Alckmin	1 January 2023
Bulgaria	Vice President		22 January 2017
Burundi	Vice President		24 June 2020
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	15 July 1974
Dominican Republic	Vice President		16 August 2020
Ecuador	Vice President		23 November 2023
Egypt	Vice President	Vacant	14 August 2013
El Salvador	Vice President		1 June 2019
Equatorial Guinea	Vice President		22 June 2016
Gabon	Vice President	Joseph Owondault Berre (Transitional)	11 September 2023
Gambia	Vice President	Muhammad B.S. Jallow	24 February 2023
Ghana	Vice President		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		27 January 2022
India	Vice President		11 August 2022
Indonesia	Vice President	Gibran Rakabuming Raka	20 October 2024
	Vice Presidents	Mohammad Reza Aref (First Vice-President)	28 July 2024
		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
	Vice President	Tiémoko Meyliet Koné	19 April 2022
Kenya	Deputy President		1 November 2024
Kiribati	Vice President		19 June 2019
	Prime Minister	Han Duck-soo	21 May 2022
	Vice Presidents	Pany Yathortou	22 March 2021
		Bounthong Chitmany
Liberia	Vice President	Jeremiah Koung	22 January 2024
Libya		Abdullah al-Lafi	15 March 2021
		Musa Al-Koni
Malawi	Vice-President	Michael Usi	20 June 2024
Maldives	Vice President	Hussain Mohamed Latheef	17 November 2023
Mauritius	Vice President	Eddy Boissezon	2 December 2019
	Vice President	Aren Palik	13 September 2022
Myanmar	Vice President	Myint Swe	30 March 2016
Namibia	Vice President		4 February 2024
Nauru			30 October 2023
Nepal	Vice President	Ram Sahaya Yadav	20 March 2023
Nicaragua	Vice President	Rosario Murillo	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		21 January 2021
Panama	Vice President		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		30 June 2022
Samoa	Council of Deputies	Le Mamea Ropati	6 February 2016
Seychelles	Vice President		26 October 2020
Sierra Leone	Vice President		14 April 2018
South Africa	Deputy President	Paul Mashatile	6 March 2023
	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		16 July 2020^[10]
Switzerland	Vice President	Karin Keller-Sutter	1 January 2024
	Vice President	Najah al-Attar^[11]	23 March 2006
	Vice President		31 March 2021
Turkey	Vice President		4 June 2023
Uganda	Vice President		21 June 2021
United Arab Emirates	Vice Presidents		11 February 2006
		Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan	29 March 2023
United States	Vice President	Kamala Harris	20 January 2021
Uruguay	Vice President		1 March 2020
	Vice President		14 June 2018
	Vice President		6 April 2021
Yemen	Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (Aden)		7 April 2022^[12]
Zambia	Vice President		24 August 2021
Zimbabwe<	-- The Zimbabwean Constitution of 2013, unlike its 1980 predecessor, defines the country's two Vice-President's as "first" and "second". This designation only reflects the Vice-Presidents' place on the presidential order of succession should not be removed. -->	Vice Presidents	Constantino Chiwenga	28 December 2017
	Kembo Mohadi		8 September 2023

Countries with a designated acting head of state

Country	Position(s) designated to act as head of state	Incumbent(s)	Since
Albania	Speaker of the Parliament	Elisa Spiropali	30 July 2024
Algeria	President of the Council of the Nation		10 April 2019
Armenia	President of the National Assembly	Alen Simonyan	2 August 2021
	Prime Minister (if the above cannot exercise their duties)	Nikol Pashinyan	8 May 2018
Austria	Presidium of the National Council	Wolfgang Sobotka (President) Doris Bures (Second President) Norbert Hofer (Third President)	20 December 2017 9 November 2017 20 December 2017
Barbados	President of the Senate (for absolute absences)	Reginald Farley	10 April 2019
Belarus	Prime Minister	Roman Golovchenko	4 June 2020
Cameroon	Prime Minister (for temporary absences)	Joseph Ngute	4 January 2019
	President of the Senate (for absolute absences)	Marcel Niat Njifenji	12 June 2013
Cape Verde	President of the National Assembly	Austelino Tavares Correia	19 May 2021
Central African Republic	President of the National Assembly	Simplice Sarandji	5 May 2021
Chile	Minister of the Interior and Public Security	Carolina Tohá	7 September 2022
Comoros	Governor of the island currently holding the presidency	Mhoudine Sitti Farouata (Governor of Grande Comore)	11 November 2021
	President of the Senate	Modeste Bahati Lukwebo	5 February 2021
	President of the Senate	Pierre Ngolo	25 August 2011
	President of the National Assembly (if the above cannot exercise their duties)	Isidore Mvouba	19 August 2017
	Prime Minister (if neither of the above can exercise their duties)	Anatole Collinet Makosso	12 May 2021
Croatia	Speaker of Parliament	Gordan Jandroković	5 May 2017
Cyprus		President of the House of Representatives	Annita Demetriou	10 June 2021
Czech Republic	Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Prime Minister	Markéta Pekarová Adamová Petr Fiala	10 November 2021 17 December 2021
Djibouti	Prime Minister (for temporary absences)	Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed	1 April 2013
	President of the Supreme Court (for absolute absences)	Abdourahman Cheick Mohamed
	President of National Parliament	Maria Fernanda Lay	22 June 2023
Egypt	Prime Minister (for temporary absences)	Mostafa Madbouly	14 June 2018
	Speaker of the House of Representatives (for absolute absences)	Hanafy El Gebaly	12 January 2021
Eritrea	Chairman of the National Assembly	Isaias Afwerki	1 February 1994
Estonia	Speaker of the Riigikogu	Lauri Hussar	10 April 2023
France	President of the Senate	Gérard Larcher	1 October 2014
Fiji	Chief Justice		30 January 2023
Finland	Prime Minister	Petteri Orpo	20 June 2023
Gabon	President of the Senate	Paulette Missambo	18 September 2023
Georgia	Chairperson of the Parliament	Shalva Papuashvili	29 December 2021
Germany	President of the Bundesrat	Manuela Schwesig (Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)	1 November 2023
Greece	Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament	Konstantinos Tasoulas	18 July 2019
Guinea	President of the National Assembly	Dansa Kourouma	5 February 2022
Guinea-Bissau	President of the National People's Assembly	Domingos Simões Pereira	27 July 2023
Hungary	Speaker of the National Assembly	László Kövér	6 August 2010
Iceland	Prime Minister Speaker of the Alþing President of the Supreme Court	Bjarni Benediktsson Birgir Ármannsson Benedikt Bogason	9 April 2024 1 December 2021 1 September 2020
Iraq	Speaker of the Council of Representatives	Mohamed Al-Halbousi	15 September 2018
Ireland	Presidential Commission	Donal O'Donnell (Chief Justice) Jerry Buttimer (Cathaoirleach) Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Ceann Comhairle)	11 October 2021 16 December 2022 10 March 2016
Israel	Acting President (for temporary absences)	Amir Ohana (Speaker of the Knesset)	29 December 2022
	Interim President (for absolute absences)
Italy	President of the Senate	Ignazio La Russa	13 October 2022
	Prime Minister	Robert Beugré Mambé	17 October 2023
Kazakhstan	Chairman of the Senate	Mäulen Äşimbaev	4 May 2020
Kyrgyzstan	Speaker of the Supreme Council	Nurlanbek Shakiev	5 October 2022
Latvia	Speaker of the Saeima	Daiga Mieriņa	20 September 2023
Lithuania	Speaker of the Seimas	Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen	14 November 2016
Madagascar	President of the Senate	Richard Ravalomanana	13 October 2023
	Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong	Nazrin Shah of Perak (Sultan of Perak)	13 December 2016
Malta	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Angelo Farrugia	6 April 2013
Mauritania	President of the National Assembly	Cheikh Ahmed Baye	9 October 2018
Mexico	Secretary of the Interior	Rosa Icela Rodríguez	1 October 2024
	President of the Parliament	Igor Grosu	29 July 2021
	Prime Minister (if the above cannot exercise their duties)	Dorin Recean	16 February 2023
Mongolia	Chairman of the State Great Khural	Gombojavyn Zandanshatar	1 February 2019
Montenegro	President of the Parliament	Andrija Mandić	30 October 2023
Mozambique	President of the Assembly of the Republic	Esperança Bias	13 January 2020
New Zealand	Administrator of the Government	Helen Winkelmann (Chief Justice of New Zealand)	14 March 2019
	President of the Assembly	Afrim Gashi	28 May 2024
Pakistan	Chairman of the Senate	Yusuf Raza Gilani	9 April 2024
	Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council	Aziz Dweik	29 March 2006
Peru	President of Congress	Eduardo Salhuana	26 July 2024
Poland	Marshal of the Sejm	Szymon Hołownia	13 November 2023
Portugal	President of the Assembly of the Republic	José Pedro Aguiar-Branco	29 March 2022
Romania	President of the Senate	Nicolae Ciucă	13 June 2023
	Prime Minister	Mikhail Mishustin	16 January 2020
Rwanda	President of the Senate	François-Xavier Kalinda	9 January 2023
	President of the Chamber of Deputies (if the above cannot exercise their duties)	Donatille Mukabalisa	3 October 2013
	Prime Minister (if neither of the above can exercise their duties)	Édouard Ngirente	30 August 2017
	President of the National Assembly	Celmira Sacramento	8 November 2022
Senegal	President of the National Assembly	Amadou Mame Diop	12 September 2022
Serbia	President of the National Assembly	Ana Brnabić	20 March 2024
Singapore	Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers	Eddie Teo	2 January 2019
	Speaker of the Parliament (if the above cannot exercise their duties)	Seah Kian Peng	2 August 2023
Slovakia	Speaker of the National Council Prime Minister	Peter Žiga Robert Fico	7 April 2024 25 October 2023
Slovenia	Speaker of the National Assembly	Urška Klakočar Zupančič	13 May 2022
Somalia	President of the House of the People	Aden Madobe	10 April 2022
Sri Lanka	Prime Minister	Harini Amarasuriya	24 September 2024
	Prime Minister	Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali	14 September 2024
Tajikistan	Chairman of the National Assembly	Rustam Emomali	17 April 2020
Togo	President of the National Assembly	Yawa Djigbodi Tségan	24 January 2019
Trinidad and Tobago	President of the Senate	Nigel de Freitas	18 January 2023
Tunisia	Prime Minister	Kamel Madouri	7 August 2024
Turkmenistan	Speaker of the Assembly	Dünýägözel Gulmanowa	6 April 2023
Ukraine	Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada	Ruslan Stefanchuk	8 October 2021
Vanuatu	Speaker of the Parliament	Seule Simeon	15 June 2021

States recognized by some United Nations member states

Countries with a vice president

Country	Position	Incumbent	Since
	Vice President		23 April 2020
	Vice President	Hsiao Bi-khim	20 May 2024

Countries with a designated acting head of state

Country	Position(s) designated to act as head of state	Incumbent	Since
	Chairman of the Assembly	Glauk Konjufca	22 March 2021
	Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic	Önder Sennaroğlu	18 January 2021
	Prime Minister	Konstantin Dzhussoev	20 June 2022
	Speaker of the Parliament (if the above cannot exercise their duties)	Alan Margiev	24 June 2024
	President of the Sahrawi National Council	Hamma Salama	16 March 2020

States recognized by no United Nations member states

Countries with a designated acting head of state

Alternative governments

Alternative governments with a vice president (or similar position)

Government	Position	Incumbent(s)	Since
National Unity Government of Myanmar	Vice President		16 April 2021
Supreme Political Council of Yemen	Deputy Head of the Supreme Political Council (Sana'a)		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
• 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 and References

1. Jones . Seth G. . Afghanistan's Future Emirate? The Taliban and the Struggle for Afghanistan . CTC Sentinel . December 2020 . 13 . 11 . 22 April 2022 . . 11 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220211092128/https://ctc.usma.edu/afghanistans-future-emirate-the-taliban-and-the-struggle-for-afghanistan/ . dead .
2. News: Sayed . Abdul . Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized? . 22 April 2022 . . 8 September 2021 . 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. CNN International PR . CNN International . cnnipr . 1526231860866580483 . 16 May 2022 . In an exclusive interview CNN's chief international anchor @amanpour spoke with one of the Taliban's top leaders Sirajuddin Haqqani . . . 19 May 2022.
4. News: Sieff . Kevin . The Taliban has retaken control of Afghanistan. Here's what that looked like last time. . 22 April 2022 . . 15 August 2021.
5. News: Taliban in Afghanistan: who is in charge? . 22 April 2022 . . 18 August 2021.
6. News: Abdul Qadir Sediqi . Jibran Ahmad . Taliban appoints new political leader to join U.S.-Taliban peace talks . 22 April 2022 . . 24 January 2019.
7. https://rna.ao/rna.ao/2022/09/15/investidura-do-presidente-da-republica/ Investidura do Presidente da República
8. News: Sidonie Aurore Bonny . Niger junta appoints civilians to Cabinet, member of military as vice president . 6 August 2023 . . 3 August 2023 . . 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..
9. Web site: Sudan's Burhan dismisses Hemedti of his position . 19 May 2023 . Al Bawaba . en.
10. News: Live blog: Verkiezing president en vicepresident Suriname. De Ware Tijd. 13 July 2020. nl. 15 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210115220444/http://dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2020/07/13/live-blog-verkiezing-president-en-vicepresident-suriname/. dead.
11. Web site: Al-Assad renews the appointment of Najah Al-Attar as Vice President of the Republic .
12. News: Narayanan . Ayush . A look at Yemen's new presidential leadership council and its powers . 13 February 2023 . . 7 April 2022 . 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’.