2017 Indian vice presidential election
The elections to the next vice president of India, were held on 5 August 2017. The announcement was made by the Election Commission of India.
Image: Venkaiah Naidu official portrait
Image: Gopalkrishna Gandhi Chatham House 2010 (cropped)
Outgoing Vice President Hamid Ansari
Image: Venkaiah Naidu 2 (cropped)
Mohammad Hamid Ansari is an Indian politician and retired Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer who was the 12th vice president of India from 2007 to 2017.
Ansari in 2016
The Vice President, M. Hamid Ansari calling on the President of Nepal, Bidya Devi Bhandari, in New Delhi, 18 April 2017.
Vice President, Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari with the former Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal
Vice President Ansari with then CM of Gujarat, the Governor of Gujarat and some Supreme court judges at the Gujarat National Law University