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	David Choquehuanca	8 November 2020
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	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 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	Anke Rehlinger	1 November 2024
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	Prime Minister Speaker of the Alþing President of the Supreme Court	Kristrún Frostadóttir Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir Benedikt Bogason	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	Donal O'Donnell (Chief Justice) Mark Daly (Cathaoirleach) Verona Murphy (Ceann Comhairle)	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
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 [k]	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

• List of current heads of state and government
• List of current presidents of legislatures
• List of current prime ministers by date of assumption of office
• List of elected or appointed female deputy heads of state
• Lists of office-holders

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. 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 President is appointed by Congress.
11. 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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