ANSARI, SHRI MOHAMMAD HAMID

Father's Name Shri Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ansari

Mother's Name Shrimati Aasiya Begum

Date of Birth 1 April 1937

Place of Birth Calcutta (West Bengal)

Marital Status Married

Spouse's Name Shrimati Salma Ansari

Children Two sons and one daughter

Educational Qualifications B.A. (Hons.); M.A. (Political Science)

Permanent Address D-55, IFS Apartments, Mayur Vihar,

Phase-I, Delhi-110091

Present Address Vice-President’s House,

6, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi-110011

Tel.: 23016422, 23016344, 23014957

Fax : 23018124

E-mail : vpindia@sansad.nic.in

Positions Held

Joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1961 and served in Indian missions in Baghdad (Iraq), Rabat (Morocco), Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and Brussels (Belgium)

Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) (1976-79)

Chief of Protocol to Government of India (1980-85)

High Commissioner to Australia (1985-89)

Ambassador to Afghanistan (1989-90)

Ambassador to Iran (1990-92)

Permanent Representative to the UN, New York (1993-95)

Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1995-99)

Visiting Professor, Centre for West Asian and African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Dec. 1999-May 2000)

Vice-Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University (2000-02)

Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi (2002-06)

Visiting Professor, Academy for Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia (2003-05)

Chairman, Advisory Committee for Oil Diplomacy, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (2004-05)

Co-Chairman, India-U.K. Round Table

(2004-06)

Member, National Security Advisory Board (2004-06)

Chairman, Working Group on ‘Confidence building measures across segments of society in the State’, established by the 2^nd Round Table Conference of the Prime Minister on Jammu and Kashmir, held at Srinagar, 24-25

May, 2006; the report of the Working Group was adopted by the 3^rd Round Table held at New Delhi, 24 April 2007

Chairman, Fifth Statutory National Commission for Minorities (March 2006-July 2007)

Elected Vice-President of India and ex officio Chairman, Rajya Sabha on 10 August 2007

Books Published Edited, Iran Today: Twenty Five Years After the Islamic Revolution, New Delhi, 2005; has written several academic papers and newspaper articles on West Asian Politics

Awards Padma Shri (1984)

Sports Golf and Cricket

Institutes/Clubs (i) India International Centre;

(ii) Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA);

(iii) United Services Institution;

(iv) Delhi Golf Club;

(v) Delhi Gymkhana Club;

(vi) Noida Golf Club

Countries Visited Visited many countries during the diplomatic and academic career