List of deputy heads of state of Vishwamitra

The article lists the deputy heads of state of Vishwamitra since the foundation of the nation in 2007 as Children's Group.

History

The office of the Vice President was established on 15 April 2007 following the foundation of the nation alongside the other offices. At the time of the creation, the vice president served as the constitutional deputy to the President and served as the acting President in the case of vacancy of the presidential office. The vice president was elected by the parliament and later on by the executive council. Tanishkaa Patranabish was the first vice president who served from 15 April 2007 until 31 December 2009 when she was elected as the President.

The office of the vice president has once been filled temporarily by Bishnu Chetry between 27 November 2016 and 27 January 2017. He was appointed vice president by the president upon government and parliamentary approval after then vice president Arnab Sil announced his resignation. Chetry was subsequently elected for a fresh term on 27 January 2017 and went on to become the acting president on 11 April 2017 following the resignation of president Sarala Baishya and remained in office until the election of Varuna Sriraya as president the next day.

Following the constitutional coup of 2018, the office of the Vice President was abolished and replaced by that of the Deputy Supreme Leader. Anoushkaa Patranabish served as the first and only deputy supreme leader and also became acting head of state after the Supreme Court announced the regime illegitimate. The position of vice president was thereupon re-established and Anoushkaa Patranabish was appointed to the position.

The position of vice president was renamed to that of Deputy President in May 2020 when Tanishkaa Patranabish became the executive president. Anoushkaa Patranabish served as the first and only deputy president.

Following the establishment of the monarchy in June 2020, the position of Uparashtradhyaksh was created and Varuna Sriraya was elected as the first Uparashtradhyaksh and also served as the regent for then Rashtradhyaksh Tanishkaa Patranabish. However, following the sudden abdication of Rashtradhyaksh Tanishkaa Patranabish, then Uparashtradhyaksh Varuna Sriraya was elected by the Conference of Rulers as her successor and thereupon took over the throne on 1 August 2020. Following his installation as the second rashtradhyaksh, he appointed his predecessor Tanishkaa Patranabish as his co-monarch thereby establishing a diarchy, however she would lose her position as co-head of state on 1 January 2021 following her appointed as Uparashtradhyaksh. The current Uparashtradhyaksh is the Rajpramukh of Uttaranchal Bishnu Chetry who was elected by the conference on 13 July 2022 and assumed his duties on 20 July 2022.

List of deputy heads of state

Colour key (for political coalitions/parties):
General categories:

Acting office-holder
Independent politician
National People's Congress / Friends Societal Congress
Friends Society Secular Party
Friends Society Secular Party
Friends Society Freedom Party

Non-royal deputy heads of state


#		Portrait	Title Name (Lifespan)	Term of office Duration in years and days		Mandate	Party	Head of state (Tenure)
Vice Presidents (15 April 2007 – 13 May 2018)
	1	File:Tanishkaa Patranabish (2010-2018).jpg	Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनाबिश (born 2004) (resigned)	15 April 2007	31 December 2009	—	Independent	1st President Varuna Sriraya (15 Apr. 2007 – 31 Dec. 2009)
				2 years, 242 days		—	Independent
				Appointed as the first vice president following the constitution of the position on 15 April 2007 and remained in office until her resignation in order to become the President on 1 January 2010. Also served as Minister of Finance during her vice-presidency.
	2	File:Birthday Portrait of Rashtradhyaksh Varuna Sriraya (cropped).jpg	Varuna Sriraya वरुण श्रीराय (born 2002)	1 January 2010	22 May 2012	2010	Independent	2nd President Tanishkaa Patranabish (1 Jan. 2010 – 22 May. 2012)
				2 years, 142 days		2010	Independent
				Appointed as vice president and prime minister on the same day following his stepping down as president. Remained in office until being replaced by Anoushkaa Patranabish in May 2022.
	3	File:Portrait of Anoushkaa Patranabish in 2018.jpg	Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनाबिश (born 2010)	22 May 2012	2 October 2015	2012	Independent
				3 years, 133 days		2014	Independent	3rd President Varuna Sriraya (15 Jul. 2012 – 15 Jul. 2014)
				Elected as the third vice president on 22 May 2022 by the parliament and was re-elected in July 2014. Also served as Minister of Social and Child Welfare during her vice-presidency. She stepped down from her duties on 2 October 2015.				4th President Sarala Baishya 15 Jul. 2014 – 6 Dec. 2015
	4		Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001)	2 October 2015	29 May 2016	—	Independent	4th President Sarala Baishya 15 Jul. 2014 – 6 Dec. 2015
				240 days		2015		5th President Varuna Sriraya (6 Dec. 2015 – 21 Mar. 2016)
				240 days		Mar 2016		6th President Tanishkaa Patranabish (21 Mar. – 2 Oct. 2016)
				Elected as Vice President for the first time on 2 October 2015 succeeding Anoushkaa Patranabish. Re-elected to office for the second time on 6 December 2015 after the constitutional changes. He also contested the March 2016 vice-presidential election and was elected for a consecutive third term in office becoming the first vice president to serve for consecutive three terms. He stepped down as vice president in May 2016 and was inducted in the union cabinet.
	5	File:Portrait of Arnab Sil.png	Arnab Sil अर्नब सिल (born 2004) (resigned)	29 May 2016	27 November 2016	May 2016	Freedom Party
				182 days		Oct. 2016	Freedom Party	7th President Anoushkaa Patranabish (2 Oct. – 13 Dec. 2016)
				Arnab Sil, then serving as Minister of Finance was elected as the fifth vice president on 29 May 2016 for the first time defeating Mridul Amin and re-elected on 2 October 2016 defeating opposition candidate Abhiraj Kar. He remained in office until his resignation on 27 November 2016 in order to re-join active politics and contest the general election. He was also the last Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the parliament and the first Deputy Speaker of the unicameral National Assembly which was constituted in August 2016.
	(4)		Bishnu Chetry बिष्णु छेत्री (born 2001) (resigned)	27 November 2016	27 January 2017	—	Secular Party
				27 January 2017	22 July 2017	2017		8th President Sarala Baishya (13 Dec. 2016 – 12 Apr. 2017)
				237 days		2017		9th President Varuna Sriraya (12 Apr. – 25 Dec. 2017)
				Bishnu Chetry, the union home minister was appointed as Acting Vice President on 27 January 2016 by President Anoushkaa Patranabish upon approval from the government following the resignation of Arnab Sil. He was unopposed elected for a fresh tenure on 27 January 2017 along with President Sarala Baishya. He resigned from office on 22 July 2017. During his tenure as vice president, he also discharge the duties as Acting President between 11 and 12 April 2017 after the resignation of Sarala Baishya.
	(3)	File:Portrait of Anoushkaa Patranabish in 2018.jpg	Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनाबिश (born 2010) (resigned)	23 July 2017	25 December 2017	—	Secular Party
				155 days		—	Secular Party
				Appointed as vice president for the third time on 23 July 2017 following the resignation of Bishnu Chetry. Remained in office until her election as President on 25 December 2017.
	6	File:Sarala Baishya (2).jpg	Sarala Baishya सरला वैश्य (born 2005)	25 December 2017	13 May 2018	—	Independent Party	10th President Anoushkaa Patranabish (25 Dec. 2017 – 13 May. 2018)
				139 days		—	Independent Party
				Appointed as vice president following the election of Anoushkaa Patranabish as president on 25 December 2017. Remained in office until the constitutional coup of 13 May 2018.
Deputy Supreme Leaders (14 May – 11 September 2018)
	(3)	File:Portrait of Anoushkaa Patranabish in 2018.jpg	Chief Marshall Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनाबिश (born 2010)	14 May 2018	11 September 2018	—	Secular Party	Supreme Leader Varuna Sriraya (14 May. – 11 Sep. 2018)
				120 days		—	Secular Party
				Appointed as Deputy Supreme Leader and deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces following the constitutional coup and remained in office until the re-establishment of the republic on 11 September 2018. Briefly discharged the functions as acting head of state on 11 September 2018 to preside over the election of the president.
Vice Presidents (11 September 2018 – 30 April 2020)
	(3)	File:Portrait of Anoushkaa Patranabish in 2018.jpg	Chief Marshall Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनाबिश (born 2010) (resigned)	11 September 2018	29 September 2019	—	Secular Party	11th President Varuna Sriraya (11 Sep. 2018 – 30 Apr. 2020)
				1 year, 18 days		—	Congress
				Appointed as vice president for the fourth time on 11 September 2018 following the re-establishment of the republic as a verdict of the Supreme Court. Following the re-election of Varuna Sriraya in the October 2018 presidential election, she was announced to continue as the vice president. She remained in office until 29 September 2019 when she announced that she would step down from her position. She also briefly discharged the duties of the president between 29 and 31 January 2019 due to the absence of president Varuna Sriraya.
	(6)	File:Sarala Baishya (2).jpg	Admiral Sarala Baishya सरला वैश्य (born 2005)	29 September 2019	25 February 2020	—	Congress
				149 days		—	Congress
				Appointed as vice president to succeed Anoushkaa Patranabish who had decided to step down. As vice president, she also served as the Speaker of the Parliament and the first Chairperson of the Council of Presidential Advisers. She remained in office until the abolition of the position on 25 February 2020.
The office of the Vice President was briefly abolished between 25 February and 8 March 2020. During this period, the Chairperson of the Council of Presidential Advisers served as the deputy head of state.
	(6)	File:Sarala Baishya (2).jpg	Admiral Sarala Baishya सरला वैश्य (born 2005)	8 March 2020	30 April 2020	—	Congress
				53 days		—	Congress
				Re-appointed as vice president on 8 March 2020 following the re-establishment of the position. Continued to serve as the Speaker of the Parliament becoming the first non-president to since 2016 to serve as speaker. Stepped down as vice president on 30 April 2020 following the resignation of Varuna Sriraya.
Deputy Presidents (1 May – 8 June 2020)
	(3)	File:Portrait of Anoushkaa Patranabish in 2018.jpg	Chief Marshall Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनाबिश (born 2010)	1 May 2020	8 June 2020	—	Congress	12th President Tanishkaa Patranabish (1 May. – 8 Jun. 2020)
				38 days		—	Congress
				The office of the vice president was renamed to that of Deputy President after the establishment of the executive presidency on 1 May 2020. Anoushkaa Patranabish served as the first and only deputy president and remained in office till the abolition of the republic on 8 June 2020.

Royal deputy heads of state


#	Portrait	Title Name (Lifespan)	Tenure of office Duration in years and days		Home state	Rashtradhyaksh (Reign)
1	File:Birthday Portrait of Rashtradhyaksh Varuna Sriraya (cropped).jpg	Rajpramukh of Purvanchal Varuna Sriraya (born 2002)	8 June 2020	31 July 2020	Purvanchal	Rashtradhyaksh I Tanishkaa Patranabish (8 Jun. – 29 Jul. 2020)
			53 days		Purvanchal
			Varuna Sriraya, the Rajpramukh of Purvanchal was nominated and subsequently elected as the first Upa (deputy) Rashtradhyaksh of Vishwamitra following the constitution of the monarchy on 8 June 2020. As Uparashtradhyaksh, he also discharged the duties as regent due to the incapability of the Rashtradhyaksh. However, consequent to the abdication of Tanishkaa Patranabish, he served as Acting Rashtradhyaksh until his election on 1 August 2020.
The position of Uparashtradhyaksh was abolished on 1 August 2020 and the duties were discharged by the Sah-Rashtradhyaksh until 31 December 2020, when the position of Uparashtradhyaksh was re-established.						Rashtradhyaksh II Varuna Sriraya (since 1 August 2020)
2	File:Portrait of Tanishkaa Patranabish (2021).jpeg	Rajpramukh of Beltola Tanishkaa Patranabish (born 2004)	1 January 2021	20 July 2022	Beltola
			1 year, 200 days		Beltola
			Tanishkaa Patranabish, then Sah-Rashtradhyaksh and Rajpramukh of Beltola was appointed as Uparashtradhyaksh on 1 January 2021. She continued to remain in her position until her relinquishing her duties as deputy monarch on 20 July 2022.
3		Rajpramukh of Uttaranchal Bishnu Chetry (born 2001)	20 July 2022	—	Uttaranchal
			1 year, 273 days		Uttaranchal
			Bishnu Chetry, the Rajpramukh of Uttaranchal was elected as the third Uparashtradhyaksh by the Conference of Rulers on 13 July 2022 following the stepping down of Tanishkaa Patranabish from the position. He assumed the duties of his position on 20 July 2022.

Records and timeline

Records

Anoushkaa Patranabish holds the record of being the longest-serving deputy head of state of Vishwamitra having served as Vice-President for 5 years and 99 days. She also holds the record of being elected or appointed as the deputy head of state the most number times (6 times).
Three vice-presidents - Tanishkaa Patranabish (in 2010), Varuna Sriraya (in 2012), Anoushkaa Patranabish (in 2017) became President immediately after the end of their tenure as vice-president. While, one - Varuna Sriraya (in 2020), then Uparashtradhyaksh became the Rashtradhyaksh immediately after relinquishing the position of Uparashtradhyaksh.
Arnab Sil was the first-ever vice-president to resign from office in order to seek a political role.
Bishnu Chetry is the first and only person to have served as acting deputy head of state.
Three deputy heads of state - Bishnu Chetry (in 2017), Anoushkaa Patranabish (in 2018 and 2019), and Varuna Sriraya (in 2020) discharged the functions of the heads of state during the absence of a permanent head of state.
- Bishnu Chetry served as Acting President between 11-12 April 2017 following the resignation of then President Sarala Baishya.
- Anoushkaa Patranabish, Deputy Supreme Leader in 2018 served as Acting Head of State for 15 minutes on 11 September 2018 after the Supreme Court verdict (first time); and again between 29-31 January 2021 during the period of absence of then President Varuna Sriraya.
- Varuna Sriraya served as Acting Rashtradhyaksh between 29-31 July 2020 following the abdication of Rashtradhyaksh Tanishkaa Patranabish.

Timeline