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The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest ranking office in the executive branch [8] [9] of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the president of the Senate.
Harris being sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on January 20, 2021. Harris was sworn in as vice president on 11:40 a.m. on January 20, 2021, by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. [185] She is the United States' first woman vice president, first African-American vice president, and first Asian-American vice president.
The vice president-elect is JD Vance, who will assume office as the 50th vice president on January 20, 2025. [4] [5] There have been 49 U.S. vice presidents since the office was created in 1789. Originally, the vice president was the person who received the second-most votes for president in the Electoral College.
As vice president, Kamala Harris also represented the U.S. abroad on over a dozen trips to more than 19 foreign countries. There, she strengthened America’s relationship with over 150 leaders ...
The next vice president of the United States will be a senator from Ohio. Former president Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance edged out Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in the ...
Vice President: Esperança da Costa [7] 15 September 2022 Argentina: Vice President: Victoria Villarruel: 10 December 2023 Azerbaijan: Vice President: Mehriban Aliyeva [a] 21 February 2017 Benin: Vice President: Mariam Chabi Talata: 24 May 2021 Bolivia: Vice President: David Choquehuanca: 8 November 2020 Botswana: Vice President: Slumber ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's weekend decision to drop his reelection bid and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic candidate leaves Harris with ...
The length of a full four-year vice-presidential term of office amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). If counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. Since 1789, there have been 49 people sworn into office as Vice President of the United States. Of these, nine ...