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Mohammad Hamid Ansari

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Mohammad Hamid Ansari

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Also known as Hamid Ansari

Vice President of India from 2007 to 2017

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Tehran
Active from
1991-05-05

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Key facts

President
Pratibha Patil , Pranab Mukherjee , Ram Nath Kovind
Prime minister
Manmohan Singh , Narendra Modi
Preceded by
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Succeeded by
Venkaiah Naidu
Born
( 1937-04-01 ) 1 April 1937 (age 89) , Calcutta , Bengal , British India , (present-day Kolkata, West Bengal , India)
Party
Independent
Spouse
Salma Ansari
Relatives
Afzal Ansari (nephew) , Sibgatullah Ansari (nephew) , Mukhtar Ansari (nephew)
Alma mater
Aligarh Muslim University
Awards
Padma Shri
Website
hamidansari .org

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Encyclopedic overview

Mohammad Hamid Ansari (pronunciation; born 1 April 1937) is a retired Indian diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service who served as the 12th Vice President of India from 2007 to 2017.

Ansari joined the IFS in 1961. In a diplomatic career spanning 38 years, he served as the Indian ambassador to Australia, Afghanistan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. He also served as the permanent representative of India to the United Nations between 1993 and 1995. He was appointed the vice-chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University from 2000 to 2002. Later, he was the chairman of the National Commission for Minorities from 2006 to 2007.

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