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Vice president

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A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below the rank to a president.

Governments with vice-presidents generally have only one person holding this role and generally if the president is not present, or unable to fulfill his job, the vice president will serve as a president. In many such systems, the vice president does not have much power except for the power to step into the place of the president.

In business, vice-president refers to a rank in senior or middle management. Most companies who use this title generally have large numbers of persons with the title of vice president with different types of vice president (i.e. vice president for finance).

The name comes from the Latin vice meaning in place of.

See also: Vice President of the United States of America

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