List of current vice presidents and designated acting presidents

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 chairperson of a legislature, a head of government or a dormant commission.

Generally recognized sovereign states

Countries with a vice president (or similar position)

Country Position Incumbent(s) Since
Afghanistan Deputy Leader[1][2][3] Sirajuddin Haqqani (First)[1][3] 15 August 2021[4]
Mullah Yaqoob (Second)[1][5]
Abdul Ghani Baradar (Third)[1][6]
Angola Vice President Esperança da Costa[7] 15 September 2022
Argentina Vice President Victoria Villarruel 10 December 2023
Azerbaijan Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva[a] 21 February 2017
Benin Vice President Mariam Chabi Talata 24 May 2021
Bolivia Vice President Edmand Lara 8 November 2025
Botswana Vice-President Ndaba Gaolathe 7 November 2024
Brazil Vice President Geraldo Alckmin 1 January 2023
Bulgaria Vice President Iliana Iotova 22 January 2017
Burundi Vice President Prosper Bazombanza 24 June 2020
China Vice President Han Zheng 10 March 2023
Colombia Vice President Francia Márquez 7 August 2022
Costa Rica Vice Presidents Mary Munive (First) 31 July 2025
Vacant (Second)
Cuba Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa 10 October 2019
Cyprus Vice President Vacant 15 July 1974[b]
Dominican Republic Vice President Raquel Peña de Antuña 16 August 2020
Ecuador Vice President María José Pinto 24 May 2025
Egypt Vice President Vacant 14 August 2013
El Salvador Vice President Félix Ulloa 1 June 2019
Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue 22 June 2016
Gabon Vice President Séraphin Moundounga 5 May 2025
Gambia Vice President Muhammad B.S. Jallow 24 February 2023
Ghana Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang 7 January 2025
Guatemala Vice President Karin Herrera 15 January 2024
Guyana Vice Presidents Mark Phillips (First) 2 August 2020
Bharrat Jagdeo (Second)
Honduras Vice Presidents Doris Gutiérrez 27 January 2022
Renato Florentino
India Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan 12 September 2025
Indonesia Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka 20 October 2024
Iran Vice Presidents Mohammad Reza Aref (First Vice-President) 28 July 2024
Aladdin Rafizadeh (Vice-President and Head of Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organisation) 17 September 2024
Majid Ansari (Vice-President for Legal Affairs) 22 August 2024
Mohsen Esmaeili (Vice-President for Parliamentary Affairs) 15 April 2025
Hossein Afshin (Vice-President for Science and Technology Affairs) 10 August 2024
Zahra Behrouz Azar (Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs) 10 August 2024
Mohammad Eslami (Vice-President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization) 29 August 2021
Saeed Ohadi (Vice-President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs) 10 August 2024
Shina Ansari (Vice-President and Head of Department of Environment) 22 August 2024
Mohammad Ja'far Ghaempanah (Vice-President for Executive Affairs) 1 August 2024
Iraq Vice Presidents Vacant 2 October 2018
Vacant
Vacant
Ivory Coast Vice President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné 19 April 2022
Kenya Deputy President Kithure Kindiki 1 November 2024
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 Jane Ansah 4 October 2025
Maldives Vice President Hussain Mohamed Latheef 17 November 2023
Mauritius Vice President Robert Hungley 7 December 2024
Micronesia Vice President Aren Palik 13 September 2022
Myanmar Vice President Vacant 7 August 2025
Namibia Vice President Lucia Witbooi 22 March 2025
Nauru Minister Assisting the President Lionel Aingimea 30 October 2023
  Nepal Vice President Ram Sahaya Yadav 20 March 2023
Nicaragua Vice President Vacant 30 January 2025
Niger Vice President of the CNSP Salifou Modi 26 July 2023[8]
Nigeria Vice President Kashim Shettima 29 May 2023
Palau Vice President Raynold Oilouch 16 January 2025
Palestine Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh 26 April 2025
Panama Vice President Vacant 1 July 2024
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 Council of Deputies Malietoa Mōli II 7 January 2025
Tiatia Laulu Mapusua
Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi
Seychelles Vice President Sebastien Pillay 28 October 2025
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
Benjamin Bol Mel (Second) 10 February 2025
Taban Deng Gai (Third) 21 February 2020
Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior (Fourth)
Josephine Joseph Lagu (Fifth) 10 February 2025
Sudan Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council Malik Agar 19 May 2023[9]
Suriname Vice President Gregory Rusland 16 July 2025
 Switzerland Vice President Guy Parmelin 1 January 2025
Syria Vice President Vacant 8 December 2024
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 JD Vance 20 January 2025
Uruguay Vice President Carolina Cosse 1 March 2025
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[10]
Zambia Vice President Mutale Nalumango 24 August 2021
Zimbabwe Vice Presidents Constantino Chiwenga (First) 28 December 2017
Kembo Mohadi (Second) 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 Niko Peleshi 12 September 2025
Algeria President of the Council of the Nation Azouz Nasri 19 May 2025
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 Walter Rosenkranz (President)
Peter Haubner (Second President)
Doris Bures (Third President) 		24 October 2024
24 October 2024
24 October 2024
Barbados President of the Senate (for presidential vacancies) Reginald Farley 15 September 2020
Belarus Prime Minister Alexander Turchin 10 March 2025
Cameroon Prime Minister (for temporary absences) Joseph Ngute 4 January 2019
President of the Senate (for presidential vacancies) 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 Álvaro Elizalde 4 March 2025
Comoros Governor of the island currently holding the presidency[c] Mhoudine Sitti Farouata (Governor of Grande Comore) 11 November 2021
Congo, Democratic Republic of the President of the Senate Sama Lukonde 12 August 2024
Congo, Republic of the 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[d] Annita Demetriou 10 June 2021
Czech Republic Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies
Prime Minister 		Tomio Okamura
Petr Fiala 		5 November 2025
17 December 2021
Djibouti Prime Minister (for temporary absences) Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed 1 April 2013
President of the Supreme Court (for presidential vacancies) Abdourahman Cheick Mohamed
East Timor President of National Parliament Maria Fernanda Lay 22 June 2023
Egypt Prime Minister (for temporary absences)[d] Mostafa Madbouly 14 June 2018
Speaker of the House of Representatives (for presidential vacancies)[e] Hanafy El Gebaly 12 January 2021
Eritrea Chairman of the National Assembly Isaias Afwerki[f] 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 Salesi Temo (Acting) 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 Andreas Bovenschulte 1 November 2025
Greece President of the Hellenic Parliament Nikitas Kaklamanis 22 January 2025
Guinea President of the National Assembly Dansa Kourouma 5 February 2022
Guinea-Bissau President of the National People's Assembly Vacant 4 December 2023
Hungary Speaker of the National Assembly László Kövér 6 August 2010
Iceland
  • 21 December 2024
  • 4 February 2025
  • 1 September 2020
Iraq Speaker of the Council of Representatives[d] Mahmoud al-Mashhadani 31 October 2024
Ireland Presidential Commission
  • 11 October 2021
  • 12 February 2025
  • 18 December 2024
Israel Acting President (for temporary absences) Amir Ohana (Speaker of the Knesset) 29 December 2022
Interim President (for presidential vacancies)
Italy President of the Senate Ignazio La Russa 13 October 2022
Ivory Coast Prime Minister[g] 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 Juozas Olekas 10 September 2025
Madagascar President of the Senate Vacant 14 October 2025
Malaysia Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong Nazrin Shah of Perak (Sultan of Perak)[h] 13 December 2016
Malta Speaker of the House of Representatives[i] Angelo Farrugia 6 April 2013
Mauritania President of the National Assembly Mohamed Ould Meguett 19 June 2023
Mexico Secretary of the Interior[j] Rosa Icela Rodríguez 1 October 2024
President of the Senate[k] Laura Itzel Castillo 1 September 2025
President of the Chamber of Deputies[l] Kenia López Rabadán 2 September 2025
Moldova 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 Khürelbaataryn Bulgantuya (Acting) 17 October 2025
Montenegro President of the Parliament Andrija Mandić 30 October 2023
Mozambique President of the Assembly of the Republic Margarida Talapa 13 January 2025
North Macedonia President of the Assembly Afrim Gashi 28 May 2024
Pakistan Chairman of the Senate Yusuf Raza Gilani 9 April 2024
Peru President of Congress Fernando Rospigliosi (Acting) 10 October 2025
Poland Marshal of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia 13 November 2023
Portugal President of the Assembly of the Republic José Pedro Aguiar-Branco 27 March 2024
Romania President of the Senate Ilie Bolojan 23 June 2025
Russia 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) Gertrude Kazarwa 14 August 2024
Prime Minister (if neither of the above can exercise their duties) Justin Nsengiyumva 25 July 2025
São Tomé and Príncipe President of the National Assembly Celmira Sacramento 8 November 2022
Senegal President of the National Assembly Malick Ndiaye 2 December 2024
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 		Richard Raši
Robert Fico 		26 March 2025
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
Tajikistan Chairman of the National Assembly Rustam Emomali 17 April 2020
Togo President of the National Assembly Kodjo Adedze 14 June 2024
Trinidad and Tobago President of the Senate Wade Mark 23 May 2025
Tunisia Prime Minister Sara Zaafarani 21 March 2025
Turkmenistan Speaker of the Assembly Dünýägözel Gulmanowa 6 April 2023
Ukraine Chairperson of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk 8 October 2021
Vatican City[m] Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church Kevin Farrell 14 February 2019
Vanuatu Speaker of the Parliament Stephen Dorrick Felix 11 February 2025

States recognized by some United Nations member states

Countries with a vice president

Country Position Incumbent Since
Abkhazia Vice President Beslan Bigvava 2 April 2025
Republic of China (Taiwan) 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
Kosovo Chairman of the Assembly Dimal Basha 26 August 2025
Northern Cyprus Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic Ziya Öztürkler 21 October 2024
South Ossetia Prime Minister Konstantin Dzhussoev 20 June 2022
Speaker of the Parliament (if the above cannot exercise their duties) Alan Margiev 24 June 2024
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic President of the Sahrawi National Council Hamma Salama 16 March 2020

States recognized by no United Nations member states

Countries with a vice president

Country Position Incumbent Since
Somaliland Vice President Mohamed Aw-Ali Abdi 12 December 2024

Countries with a designated acting head of state

Country Position(s) designated to act as head of state Incumbent Since
Transnistria Prime Minister Aleksandr Rozenberg 30 May 2022

Alternative governments

Alternative governments with a vice president (or similar position)

Government Position Incumbent(s) Since
National Unity Government of Myanmar Vice President Duwa Lashi La 16 April 2021
Supreme Political Council of Yemen Deputy Head of the Supreme Political Council (Sana'a) Qassem Labozah 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

Notes

  1. ^ Current First Lady of Azerbaijan, as the wife of President Ilham Aliyev
  2. ^ The position of Vice President of Cyprus, reserved for a Turkish Cypriot by the constitution, has been vacant since the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état and remains unfilled due to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
  3. ^ Only eligible if the incumbent president has remained in office for more than nine hundred days.
  4. ^ a b c Only eligible if there is no vice president or the office is vacant.
  5. ^ If parliament has been dissolved, this role is instead delegated to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court.
  6. ^ Isaias Afwerki is also the President of Eritrea.
  7. ^ Only eligible if the vice president is unable to exercise their duties.
  8. ^ Just like the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong is elected among nine Malay rulers once every five years. However, this position is not term-limited.
  9. ^ An alternative acting president may be designated by the Prime Minister of Malta.
  10. ^ The Secretary of the Interior may only serve as acting head of state until an Interim or Substitute President is elected by Congress. If the President voluntarily requests a temporary absence and it is accepted by the Congress of the Union, the Secretary of the Interior may assume executive powers for a period of up to 60 days.
  11. ^ Only eligible if the absence occurs due to a president having failed to take office before the end of a sexenio. May only serve as acting head of state until an Interim President is elected by Congress.
  12. ^ Only eligible if the absence occurs due to a recall election. May only serve as acting head of state until a Substitute President is elected by Congress.
  13. ^ By terms of the apostolic constitution Universi Dominici gregis, the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church is charged with "safeguarding and administering the goods and temporal rights of the Holy See" during a sede vacante (period of vacancy after a pope's death or resignation), making him the de facto designated acting sovereign.[11][12]

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  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. ^ a b CNN International PR [@cnnipr] (16 May 2022). "In an exclusive interview CNN's chief international anchor @amanpour spoke with one of the Taliban's top leaders Sirajuddin Haqqani" (Tweet). Retweeted by Christiane Amanpour. Kabul. Retrieved 19 May 2022 – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
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  5. ^ "Taliban in Afghanistan: who is in charge?". The National. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Investidura do Presidente da República. Rádio Nacional de Angola. 15 September 2022.
  8. ^ Sidonie Aurore Bonny (3 August 2023). "Niger junta appoints civilians to Cabinet, member of military as vice president". Anadolu Agency. Douala, Cameroon. Retrieved 6 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. ^ "Sudan's Burhan dismisses Hemedti of his position". Al Bawaba. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  10. ^ Narayanan, Ayush (7 April 2022). "A look at Yemen's new presidential leadership council and its powers". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 13 February 2023. 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'
  11. ^ "Who is Cardinal Kevin Farrell, the acting head of the Vatican?". BBC News. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  12. ^ de Guzman, Chad (22 April 2025). "Who Leads the Catholic Church Between Popes?". TIME. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
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