Vice President

A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president. In American slang, the Vice President of the United States is sometimes referred to as the V. P. or the veep, while the wife of a vice president may be known as the Second Lady. In politics, a vice president is a person whose primary job is to replace the president on the event of his or her death or resignation. Vice presidents are either elected jointly with the president as his or her running mate, elected separately, or appointed independently after the president's election. Governments with vice presidents generally have only one person in this role at any time. If the president is not present, dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to fulfill his or her duties, the vice president will generally serve as president. In many presidential system, the vice president... full article at wikipedia