What is Mohammad Hamid Ansari?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Mohammad Hamid Ansari |native_name = मोहम्मद हामिद अंसारी <br> {{lang|ur|{{Nastaliq|محمد حامد انصاری}}}}<br> মহম্মদ হামিদ আনসারী |image = The Vice President Shri M. Hamid Ansari in July 2016.jpg |image_size = 200px |office = [[Vice-President of India|12th Vice President of India]] |honorific_prefix = Mr Vice President <br> <small>(Within India</small>)<br>His Excellency <br><small>(Outside India)</small> |president = [[Pratibha Patil]]<br>[[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br>[[Ram Nath Kovind]] |primeminister = [[Manmohan Singh]]<br>[[Narendra Modi]] |term_start = 11 August 2007 |term_end = 11 August 2017 |predecessor = [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] |successor = [[Venkaiah Naidu]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|4|1|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br/>(now [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]) |death_date = |death_place = |party = Independent |nationality = [[India]]n |spouse = Salma Ansari |alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]<br>[[Aligarh Muslim University]]<br>[[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 [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]. Hamid Ansari serves as the president of the [[Indian Institute of Public Administration]].<ref name=britann>{{Cite web|title = Mohammad Hamid Ansari Biography - Vice President of India|url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Mohammad-Hamid-Ansari/|website = [[Britannica.com]]|access-date =21 September 2015}}</ref> He is also the [[Chancellor]] of [[Panjab University]], [[Chandigarh]].<ref name=britann/> Hamid Ansari was born in [[Calcutta]](present [[Kolkata]]), [[West Bengal]] on 1 April 1937. He is the [[Nephew and niece|grand-nephew]] of former [[Congress]] president [[Mukthar Ahmad Ansari]]. Hamid started his career as Officer