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vice president

vr.tr.vice-president · SOC.PER

Let an agent identify which vice president office is meant, explain its powers by system, find current holders from official sources, and address the office correctly.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent identify which vice president office is meant, explain its powers by system, find current holders from official sources, and address the office correctly.

An officer ranking below a president and deputising for them, in governments such as the vice president of a republic who succeeds or acts for the head of state, in legislatures as deputy speakers, and in companies and organisations as senior executives responsible for divisions; powers range from constitutional succession to functional management.

What it is for: Deputising and senior leadership.

It can be identify the office by context; explain powers and succession; find current holders; explain corporate vice president roles.

Distinguishing features

Deputy to a president

Succession role in states

Managerial role in companies

Context-specific powers

What it looks like

Not physical; an office held by a person.

How it is recognised

Deputy to a president

Government, legislative or corporate

A deputy prime minister deputises for a prime minister

Related models

is a kind of - category

deputy

is a kind of - category

official

is related to - parallel office

deputy prime minister

is related to - other senior office

chancellor

In practice

Families and kinds

vice presidents of republics

deputy speakers of legislatures

vice presidents of regions and assemblies

corporate vice presidents

vice presidents of organisations and clubs

Standards and regulation

National constitutions on succession

Legislative standing orders

Corporate governance rules

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing offices across contexts

Outdated office holders

Partisan framing

Also called

First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of CataloniaSecond Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of CataloniaAmazon VPVice President of the National Assembly of SenegalVicepresident of NavarreVice President of Maliassistant vice presidentDeputy Ruler of DubaiDeputy Governor of the Banque du LibanVice President of the Republic of MacedoniaVice President of ResearchSecond Vice President of the Island Council of Ibiza and Formenteragroup vice presidentsecond vice-president of the council of MenorcaVice President of the Maldivesthird vice-president and councilor for Culture, Education and HeritageVice President of South VietnamSecond Vice President of ZimbabweVice-President of Southern Sudanfirst vice-president and island councilor for Culture, Heritage and Linguistic PolicyVice President of FranceVice-President in charge of International RelationsVice President of PuntlandVice President of the Federated States of MicronesiaVice-President of the National Council of the Slovak republicVice President of BulgariaVice President of the Interim Government of Ambazoniavice president of the provincial council of cadizdeputy chairman of the executive boardvice president of TuscanyVice-president of Bishops' Conferencevice president of Waqooyi BariVice President of SyriaVice President of SOCARFirst Vice President of SOCARVice-president of the board of trustees of the Las Edades del Hombre FoundationVice President of the GambiaVice president of the World Esperanto AssociationVice President of the Republic of GhanaVice President of India

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Which Identify the office.

Context first.

Context

Government, legislature or company.

Context

Context.

  1. Is a state vice president, a deputy speaker, a regional vice president or a corporate vice president meant? boundary
  2. Which entity does the office belong to? provenance

Powers

Powers and succession.

Powers

Powers.

  1. What powers does this vice president hold, and when do they act for or succeed the president, according to the constitution or statutes? provenance
  2. How are they chosen? provenance
Holder Current office holder.

Official sources.

Who

Who holds it.

Who

Who holds it.

  1. Who currently holds this office, according to the official site? provenance
  2. Since when, and from which party or division? provenance

Address

Correspondence.

Address

Correspondence.

  1. How should the vice president be addressed formally? provenance
  2. Which office handles correspondence? provenance
Corporate Company vice presidents.

Titles vary.

Titles

Corporate titles.

Titles

Titles.

  1. What does a corporate vice president do in this company, and how do title levels differ across companies and countries? provenance
  2. How does it relate to director and executive titles? definition

Career

Reaching the role.

Career

Career.

  1. How do people become corporate vice presidents, and what are typical responsibilities? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific company role? action
Neutral Describing officials.

Balance.

Record

Actions and record.

Record

Record.

  1. How are the holder decisions described, with sources and attribution? provenance
  2. Are criticisms and defences attributed? boundary

History

History of the office.

History

History.

  1. How did this office develop, and which past holders are notable? provenance
  2. Have succession rules changed? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each national office be a separate entry?
  • How should office holder data be sourced?
  • How should corporate titles be mapped?