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    13 : Electing the Next Vice-President of India – A Unanimous Choice

    S. Narayan, Visiting Senior Research Fellow and Head of Research at the ISAS

    23 July 2007

    The name of Hamid Ansari has been announced as the unanimous choice of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-Left combined for the post of the Vice President of India. The position becomes vacant on 10 August 2007 when the existing incumbent, Mr Bhairav Singh Shekhawat, completes his five-year tenure.