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 Sirajuddin Haqqani (First) 15 August 2021
Mullah Yaqoob (Second)
Abdul Ghani Baradar (Third)
 Angola Vice President Esperança da Costa 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
 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 10 January 2017
 Niger Vice President of the CNSP Salifou Modi 26 July 2023
 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
 Suriname Vice President Ronnie Brunswijk 16 July 2020
  Switzerland Vice President Karin Keller-Sutter 1 January 2024
 Syria Vice President Najah al-Attar 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) Aidarus al-Zoubaidi
Tareq Saleh
Sultan Ali al-Arada
Abed al-Rahman Abu Zara’a
Abdullah al-Alimi Bawazeer
Othman Hussein Megali
Faraj Salmin al-Buhsani
7 April 2022
 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) 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
 Barbados Designated Acting President (for absolute absences) Reginald Farley (President of the Senate) 10 April 2019
 Belarus Designated Acting President (ex officio) Roman Golovchenko (Prime Minister) 4 June 2020
 Cameroon Designated Acting President (for temporary absences) Joseph Ngute (Prime Minister) 4 January 2019
Designated Acting President (for absolute absences) Marcel Niat Njifenji (President of the Senate) 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) Austelino Tavares Correia (President of the National Assembly) 19 May 2021
 Central African Republic Designated Acting President (ex officio) Simplice Sarandji (President of the National Assembly) 5 May 2021
 Chile Designated Acting President (ex officio) Carolina Tohá (Minister of the Interior and Public Security) 7 September 2022
 Comoros Designated Acting President (ex officio) Mhoudine Sitti Farouata (Governor of Grande Comore) 11 November 2021
 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) 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 Markéta Pekarová Adamová (Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies)
Petr Fiala (Prime Minister)
10 November 2021
17 December 2021
 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) Maria Fernanda Lay (President of National Parliament) 22 June 2023
 Egypt Designated Acting President (for temporary absences) Mostafa Madbouly (Prime Minister) 14 June 2018
Designated Acting President (for absolute absences) Hanafy El Gebaly (Speaker of the House of Representatives) 12 January 2021
 Eritrea Designated Acting President (ex officio) Isaias Afwerki (Chairman of National Assembly) 1993
 Estonia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Lauri Hussar (Speaker of the Riigikogu) 10 April 2023
 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) Petteri Orpo (Prime Minister) 20 June 2023
 Gabon Designated Acting President Paulette Missambo (President of the Senate) 18 September 2023
 Georgia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Shalva Papuashvili (Chairperson of the Parliament) 29 December 2021
 Germany Designated Acting Head of State (ex officio) Manuela Schwesig (President of the Bundesrat and Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) 1 November 2023
 Greece Designated Acting President (ex officio) Konstantinos Tasoulas (Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament) 18 July 2019
 Guinea Designated Acting President (ex officio) Dansa Kourouma (President of the National Assembly) 5 February 2022
 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 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) Amir Ohana (Speaker of the Knesset) 29 December 2022
 Italy Designated Acting President (ex officio) Ignazio La Russa (President of the Senate) 13 October 2022
 Ivory Coast Designated Acting President Patrick Achi (Prime Minister) 8 March 2021
 Kazakhstan Designated Acting President (ex officio) Mäulen Äşimbaev (Chair of the Senate) 4 May 2020
 South Korea Designated Acting President (ex officio) Han Duck-soo (Prime Minister) 21 May 2022
 Kyrgyzstan Designated Acting President (ex officio) Nurlanbek Shakiev (Speaker of the Supreme Council) 5 October 2022
 Latvia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Edvards Smiltēns (Speaker of the Saeima) 1 November 2022
 Lithuania Designated Acting President (ex officio) Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen (Speaker of the Seimas) 14 November 2016
 Madagascar Designated Acting President (ex officio) Richard Ravalomanana (President of the Senate) 13 October 2023
 Malaysia Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong Nazrin Shah of Perak (Sultan of Perak) 13 December 2016
 Malta Designated Acting President (ex officio) Angelo Farrugia (Speaker of the House of Representatives) 6 April 2013
 Mauritania Designated Acting President (ex officio) Cheikh Ahmed Baye (President of the National Assembly) 9 October 2018
 Mexico Designated Provisional President (ex officio) Luisa María Alcalde Luján (Secretary of the Interior) 19 June 2023
 Moldova Designated Acting President (ex officio) Igor Grosu (President of the Moldovan Parliament) 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) Andrija Mandić (President of the Parliament) 30 October 2023
 Mozambique Designated Acting President (ex officio) Esperança Bias (President of the Assembly of the Republic) 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
 North Macedonia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Jovan Mitreski (President of the Assembly) 26 January 2024
 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
 Peru Designated Acting President (ex officio) Alejandro Soto Reyes (President of Congress) 26 July 2023
 Poland Designated Acting President (ex officio) Szymon Hołownia (Marshal of the Sejm) 13 November 2023
 Portugal Designated Acting President (ex officio) Augusto Santos Silva (Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic) 29 March 2022
 Romania Designated Acting President (ex officio) Nicolae Ciucă (President of the Senate) 13 June 2023
 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) 17 October 2019
 São Tomé and Príncipe Designated Acting President (ex officio) Celmira Sacramento (President of the National Assembly) 8 November 2022
 Senegal Designated Acting President (ex officio) Amadou Mame Diop (President of the National Assembly) 12 September 2022
 Serbia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Vladimir Orlić (President of the National Assembly) 2 August 2022
 Singapore Designated Acting President (ex officio) Eddie Teo (Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers) 2 January 2019
 Slovakia Presidential Commission Peter Pellegrini (Speaker of the National Council)
Robert Fico (Prime Minister)
25 October 2023
25 October 2023
 Slovenia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Urška Klakočar Zupančič (Speaker of the National Assembly) 13 May 2022
 Somalia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Aden Madobe (President of the House of the People) 10 April 2022.
 Sri Lanka Designated Acting President (ex officio) Dinesh Gunawardena (Prime Minister) 22 July 2022
 Syria Designated Acting President 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) Nigel de Freitas (President of the Senate) 18 January 2023
 Tunisia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Ahmed Hachani (Prime Minister) 2 August 2023
 Turkmenistan Designated Acting President (ex officio) Dünýägözel Gulmanowa (Speaker of the Assembly) 6 April 2023
 Ukraine Designated Acting President (ex officio) Ruslan Stefanchuk (Chairmen of the Verkhovna Rada) 8 October 2021
 Vanuatu Designated Acting President (ex officio) Seule Simeon (Speaker of the Parliament) 15 June 2021

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
 South Ossetia Designated Acting President (ex officio) Gennady Bekoyev (Prime Minister) 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
Myanmar National Unity Government of Myanmar Vice President Duwa Lashi La 16 April 2021
Yemen Supreme Political Council of Yemen Deputy Head of the Supreme Political Council (Sana'a) Qassem Labozah 14 August 2016
Syrian opposition 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


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