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-{{Short description|14th Vice President of India}}
+{{Short description|12th Vice President of India (2007–2017)}}
 {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
 {{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}}
 {{Infobox officeholder
 | name                = Mohammad Hamid Ansari
-| honorific_suffix    = [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]]
+| honorific_suffix    =
 | office              = 12th [[Vice President of India]]
 | image               = Official portrait of Shri Mohammed Hamid Ansari, The Vice President of India, 2014.jpg
-| caption             = Offcial Portrait, 2014
+| caption             = Official Portrait, 2014
 | predecessor         = [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
-| primeminister = [[Manmohan Singh]]<br>[[Narendra Modi]]
+| primeminister       = [[Manmohan Singh]]<br>[[Narendra Modi]]
-| president           = [[Pratibha Patil]]<br />[[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br />[[Ram Nath Kovind]]
+| president           = [[Pratibha Patil]]<br>[[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br>[[Ram Nath Kovind]]
 | successor           = [[M. Venkaiah Naidu]]
 | office1             = [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations]]
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 | children            = 1 daughter<br />2 sons
 | alma_mater          = [[University of Calcutta]]<br />[[Aligarh Muslim University]]
-| party               = [[Indian National Congress]]
+| party               = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
 | term_start          = 11 August 2007
 | term_end            = 10 August 2017
 | nationality         = [[Indian people|Indian]]
 }}
-'''Mohammad Hamid Ansari''' ({{audio|Hamid Ansari Pronunciation.ogg|pronunciation}}; born 1 April 1937) is an Indian politician and retired [[Indian Foreign Service|Foreign service officer]] who was the 12th [[chairman of Rajya Sabha]] and 12th [[vice president of India]] from 2007 to 2017.
+'''Mohammad Hamid Ansari''' ({{audio|Hamid Ansari Pronunciation.ogg|pronunciation}}; born 1 April 1937) is an Indian politician and retired [[Indian Foreign Service|diplomat]] who was the 12th [[vice president of India]] from 2007 to 2017.
 Ansari joined the [[Indian Foreign Service|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 [[List of Vice-Chancellors of Aligarh Muslim University|Vice-Chancellor]] of the [[Aligarh Muslim University]] from 2000 to 2002.<ref name="Ansari miss VC">{{cite web|title=Ansari almost missed V-C post in AMU|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Ansari-almost-missed-V-C-post-in-AMU/Article1-852273.aspx|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=8 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512215803/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Ansari-almost-missed-V-C-post-in-AMU/Article1-852273.aspx|archive-date=12 May 2012}}</ref> Later, he was Chairman of the [[National Commission for Minorities]]<ref name="Ansari miss VC"/> from 2006 to 2007.
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 ==Personal life ==
 [[File:The Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari calling on the President of Nepal, Ms. Bidya Devi Bhandari, in New Delhi on April 18, 2017.jpg|thumb|right|The Vice President, M. Hamid Ansari calling on the President of Nepal, [[Bidya Devi Bhandari]], in New Delhi, 18 April 2017.]]
-Ansari was born on 1 April 1937 at [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Kolkata]], in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]) to Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ansari and Aasiya Begum. Though his ancestral home is in the city of [[Ghazipur]] of the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state, he spent his formative years in Kolkata. He is the grand-nephew of former [[Indian National Congress]] president and freedom fighter [[Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari]].<ref name="MHA">{{cite web|title=Who is Mohammed Hamid Ansari?|url=https://www.ndtv.com/people/who-is-mohammed-hamid-ansari-495977|publisher=NDTV|access-date=4 January 2018|date=7 August 2012}}</ref> He is also the second cousin to 3 Uttar Pradesh politicians, namely [[Afzal Ansari]], [[Sibakatullah Ansari]] and the mafia-turned politican [[Mukhtar Ansari]].<ref>{{cite web|title=3 brothers, 5 seats, jail: no getting away from the Ansaris of Poorvanchal|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/3-brothers-5-seats-jail-no-getting-away-from-the-ansaris-of-poorvanchal/|work=The Indian Express|access-date=4 January 2018|date=12 May 2014}}</ref>
+Ansari was born on 1 April 1937 at [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Kolkata]], in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]) to Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ansari and Aasiya Begum. Though his ancestral home is in the city of [[Ghazipur]] of the [[Uttar Pradesh]] state, he spent his formative years in Kolkata. He is the grand-nephew of former [[Indian National Congress]] president and freedom fighter [[Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari]].<ref name="MHA">{{cite web|title=Who is Mohammed Hamid Ansari?|url=https://www.ndtv.com/people/who-is-mohammed-hamid-ansari-495977|publisher=NDTV|access-date=4 January 2018|date=7 August 2012}}</ref> He is also the second cousin to 3 Uttar Pradesh politicians, namely [[Afzal Ansari]], [[Sibakatullah Ansari|Sibaghatullah Ansari]] and the mafia-turned politician [[Mukhtar Ansari]].<ref>{{cite web|title=3 brothers, 5 seats, jail: no getting away from the Ansaris of Poorvanchal|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/3-brothers-5-seats-jail-no-getting-away-from-the-ansaris-of-poorvanchal/|work=The Indian Express|access-date=4 January 2018|date=12 May 2014}}</ref>
 Ansari did his schooling from [[St. Edward's School, Shimla]].
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 In [[2012 Indian vice-presidential election|2012 Vice presidential election]], the Congress-led UPA re-appointed Ansari as their candidate for the post of VP. The NDA nominated [[Jaswant Singh]], former [[Finance Minister of India|Finance]], [[Minister for External Affairs|External Affairs]] and [[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence]] minister as well as former [[Leader of the Opposition (India)|Leader of Opposition]].<ref name="VP Poll: Jaswant Singh Vs Hamid Ansari">{{cite news|title=VP Poll: Jaswant Singh Vs Hamid Ansari|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=768969|access-date=7 August 2012|newspaper=Outlook India|date=16 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717022425/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=768969|archive-date=17 July 2012}}</ref> The NDA cited Ansari's conduct in the [[Rajya Sabha]] during [[The Lokpal Bill, 2011]] debate when he had abruptly adjourned the House [[Adjournment sine die|sine die]].<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-29/uproar-over-india-graft-laws-sinks-singh-vote.html|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=3 June 2012|title=Singh Caps 'Annus Horribilis' With Anti-Graft Law Stymied by Upper House|author=Andrew MacAskill and Bibhudatta Pradhan|date=30 December 2011}}</ref> Hamid Ansari was re-elected for the second term on 7 August 2012, defeating the NDA's nominee Jaswant Singh by a margin of 252 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Hamid-Ansari-retained-seat-as-Vice-President/Article1-909519.aspx|title=  Hamid Ansari retained seat as Vice President|date=  7 August 2012|url-status=  dead|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20130512072336/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Hamid-Ansari-retained-seat-as-Vice-President/Article1-909519.aspx|archive-date=  12 May 2013}}</ref> Ansari was the first person to be re-elected as Indian Vice President after [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] in [[1957 Indian vice-presidential election|1957]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Mohammad-Hamid-Ansari/|title=Mohammad Hamid Ansari Biography - Vice President of India|website=[[Britannica.com]]|access-date=21 September 2015}}</ref>
-Upon the inauguration of [[Ram Nath Kovind]] as [[President of India]] in 2017, Ansari became the first Indian Vice-President to serve during the terms of three presidents. He is the longest serving chairman of Rajya Sabha.
+Upon the inauguration of [[Ram Nath Kovind]] as [[President of India]] in 2017, Ansari became the first Indian Vice-President to serve during the terms of three presidents. He is the longest serving vice president of India.
 ==Views==
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 == See also ==
-* [[List of Vice-Presidents of India]]
+* [[List of vice presidents of India]]
 * [[Syed Akbaruddin]]