C. P. Radhakrishnan

C. P. Radhakrishnan
Official portrait, 2025
15th Vice President of India
Assumed office
12 September 2025
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byJagdeep Dhankhar
Governor of Maharashtra
In office
31 July 2024[1] – 11 September 2025
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded byRamesh Bais
Succeeded byAcharya Devvrat (additional charge)
Governor of Jharkhand
In office
18 February 2023[2] – 30 July 2024[3]
Chief MinisterHemant Soren
Champai Soren
Preceded byRamesh Bais
Succeeded bySantosh Gangwar
Governor of Telangana
In office
20 March 2024[4] – 6 August 2024[5]
Chief MinisterRevanth Reddy
Preceded byTamilisai Soundararajan
Succeeded byJishnu Dev Varma
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
In office
22 March 2024[6] – 7 August 2024
Chief MinisterN. Rangaswamy
Preceded byTamilisai Soundararajan
Succeeded byKuniyil Kailashnathan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
28 February 1998 – 22 May 2004
Preceded byM. Ramanathan
Succeeded byK. Subbarayan
ConstituencyCoimbatore
State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu
In office
12 May 2003 – 22 September 2006
Preceded byS. P. Kirubanidhi
Succeeded byLa. Ganesan
Personal details
Born
Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan

(1957-05-04) 4 May 1957
Tiruppur, Madras State (present–day Tamil Nadu), India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
R. Sumathi
​
(m. 1985)​
Children2
Alma materV. O. Chidambaram College (BBA)
OccupationBusinessman, agriculturalist, politician

Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan (born 20 October 1957) is an Indian politician and businessman who has been the 15th and current Vice President of India since 2025. He was the governor of Maharashtra from 31 July 2024 until 11 September 2025. He was the governor of Jharkhand from February 2023 to July 2024.[7][8]

He was a member of the Lok Sabha 1998 until 2004. He was also the former state president of the BJP for Tamil Nadu.

In August 2025, Radhakrishnan was announced as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate in the 2025 vice presidential election.[9] He was elected vice president the following month with 60% of the vote.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "CP Radhakrishnan takes oath as Maharashtra governor". The Times of India. 31 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "C.P. Radhakrishnan takes oath as Jharkhand Governor". The Hindu. 18 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Santosh Kumar Gangwar sworn in as Jharkhand Governor". Deccan Herald. 31 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Jharkhand Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan takes charge as Telangana governor". News on AIR. 20 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Kailashnathan sworn-in as Lt. Governor of Puducherry". The Hindu. 7 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "C.P. Radhakrishnan assumes charge of Lt. Governor of Puducherry". News on AIR. 22 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "C.P. Radhakrishnan takes oath as Jharkhand Governor". The Hindu. 2023-02-18. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 2023-02-18. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  8. ↑ "Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan - Hon'ble Governor of Jharkhand". Governor of Jharkhand. Archived from the original on 2024-03-03. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
  9. ↑ "BJP: give scholarship to Hindu students". The Hindu. Nagercoil. 29 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
  10. ↑ "CP Radhakrishnan elected as India's 15th vice-president, defeats Sudershan Reddy". Zeebiz. Retrieved 9 September 2025.

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