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Mr Vice President (Within India) His Excellency (Outside India) Mohammad Hamid Ansari
मोहम्मद हामिद अंसारी محمد حامد انصاری‎ মহম্মদ হামিদ আনসারী
12th Vice President of India
In office 11 August 2007 – 11 August 2017
President	Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee Ram Nath Kovind
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Succeeded by	Venkaiah Naidu
Personal details
Born	(1937-04-01) 1 April 1937 (age 87) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)	Salma Ansari
Alma mater	University of Calcutta Aligarh Muslim University St. Edward's School, Shimla

Mohammad Hamid Ansari (born 1 April 1937) is an Indian politician. He was the 12th Vice-President of India from 2007 through 2017. He is the first Vice President of India to be re-elected after Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Hamid Ansari serves as the president of the Indian Institute of Public Administration.^[1] He is also the Chancellor of Panjab University, Chandigarh.^[1]

Hamid Ansari was born in Calcutta(present Kolkata), West Bengal on 1 April 1937. He is the grand-nephew of former Congress president Mukthar Ahmad Ansari. Hamid started his career as Officer in Indian Foreign Service in 1961. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1984.^[2]