25 Facts About Hamid Ansari

Mohammad Hamid Ansari is an Indian politician and retired Indian Foreign Service officer who was the 12th vice president of India from 2007 to 2017.

Hamid Ansari served as the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations between 1993 and 1995.

Hamid Ansari was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University from 2000 to 2002.

Hamid Ansari was elected as the Vice-President of India on 10 August 2007 and took office on 11 August 2007.

Hamid Ansari was reelected on 7 August 2012 and was sworn-in by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India.

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Hamid Ansari is the grand-nephew of former Indian National Congress president and freedom fighter Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari.

Hamid Ansari is the second cousin to 3 Uttar Pradesh politicians, namely Afzal Ansari, Sibaghatullah Ansari and the mafia-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari.

Hamid Ansari did his early education from St Edward's School, Shimla.

Hamid Ansari pursued BA in Political science from St Xavier's College, Calcutta, affiliated with the University of Calcutta, followed by a MA in Political science from the Aligarh Muslim University.

Hamid Ansari is married to Salma Ansari, fathering two sons and one daughter.

Mohan Jashanmal, the Chairman of Indian Business and Professionals Group said that "Hamid Ansari was instrumental to get land for the Indian School from His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan".

Hamid Ansari has served as the Indian ambassador to Australia, Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia.

Hamid Ansari served as the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations from 1993 to 1995.

Hamid Ansari wrote that appointing Ansari for this post at a time when "Pakistan went all out to bring Kashmir to the centre of international attention after the end of the Cold War" showed India's secular credentials.

Hamid Ansari became the chairman of India's National Commission for Minorities on 6 March 2006.

Hamid Ansari resigned as NCM chairman soon after his nomination for the post of India's vice-president.

On 20 July 2007, Hamid Ansari was named by the UPA-Left, the ruling coalition in India, as its candidate for the post of Vice-President for the upcoming election.

Hamid Ansari refused to say more when asked about his prospects in the August 2007 Vice-Presidential election.

Hamid Ansari secured 455 votes, and won the election by a margin of 233 votes against his nearest rival Najma Heptullah.

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.

Hamid Ansari was the first person to be re-elected as Indian Vice President after Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan in 1957.

Hamid Ansari is a West Asia scholar and has written on the Palestinian issue and taken positions inconvenient to the Indian official line on Iraq and Iran.

Hamid Ansari questioned India's vote in the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran's nuclear programme where India voted against Iran.

Hamid Ansari said that though the Indian Government claimed to have acted on "its own judgement, " this was not borne out by facts.

Hamid Ansari was the chairman of a working group on "Confidence building measures across segments of society in the State, " established by the Second Round Table Conference of the Prime Minister on Jammu and Kashmir in 2006.

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