Mohammad Hamid Ansari

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Mohammad Hamid Ansari (; born 1 April 1937) is a retired Indian diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service who served as the vice president of India from 2007 to 2017.He is the first vice-president to have served under three presidents: Pratibha Patil (2007–2012), Pranab Mukherjee (2012–2017) and Ram Nath Kovind (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. He was elected as the vice-president of India on 10 August 2007 and took office on 11 August 2007. He was reelected on 7 August 2012 and was sworn in by Pranab Mukherjee, the president of India. The oath taking ceremony was conducted at Rashtrapati...

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