List of Vice-Presidents of India Filed under ( ministers name ) by DSP

List of Vice-Presidents of India (1950-2009)

The Vice-President of India is the second-highest ranking government official in the executive branch of the Government of India after the President. The Vice-President also has the legislative function of acting as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

Article 63 of the Constitution of India provides for a Vice-President: "There shall be a Vice-President of India". While the Indian Vice-President could be elected for any number of terms, the Constitution requires that the Vice-President must be a citizen of India. The qualifications for Vice-President are the same as those for President.

The Vice-President acts as President in the event of the death, resignation, or removal of the President, until a new President is chosen by the electoral college. The Vice-President may also act temporarily as President during the absence or illness of the President.

No.	Vice-President	Took office	Left office	President
1	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	13 May 1952	12 May 1962	Rajendra Prasad
2	Zakir Hussain	13 May 1962	12 May 1967	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
3	Varahagiri Venkata Giri	13 May 1967	3 May 1969	Zakir Hussain
4	Gopal Swarup Pathak	31 August 1969	30 August 1974	Varahagiri Venkata Giri
5	Basappa Danappa Jatti	31 August 1974	30 August 1979	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
6	Muhammad Hidayat Ullah	31 August 1979	30 August 1984	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
7	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	31 August 1984	27 July 1987	Giani Zail Singh
8	Shankar Dayal Sharma	3 September 1987	24 July 1992	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
9	Kocheril Raman Narayanan	21 August 1992	24 July 1997	Shankar Dayal Sharma
10	Krishan Kant	21 August 1997	27 July 2002	Kocheril Raman Narayanan
11	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	19 August 2002	21 July 2007	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
12	Mohammad Hamid Ansari	11 August 2007	Incumbent	Pratibha Patil