C. P. Radhakrishnan

**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.

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. He was elected vice president the following month with 60% of the vote.

## Other websites

- Official biographical sketch on the Parliament of India website (12th Lok Sabha)
- Official biographical sketch on the Parliament of India website (13th Lok Sabha)
- Profile on Governor of Telangana website (Archived)

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: C. P. Radhakrishnan
- **image**: Shri C P Radhakrishnan, Honourable Vice President of India.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2025
- **office**: 15th Vice President of India
- **president**: Droupadi Murmu
- **primeminister**: Narendra Modi
- **term start**: 12 September 2025
- **predecessor**: Jagdeep Dhankhar
- **office1**: Governor of Maharashtra
- **term start1**: 31 July 2024
- **term end1**: 11 September 2025
- **1blankname1**: Chief Minister
- **1namedata1**: Eknath Shinde
Devendra Fadnavis
- **predecessor1**: Ramesh Bais
- **successor1**: Acharya Devvrat (additional charge)
- **office2**: Governor of Jharkhand
- **term start2**: 18 February 2023
- **term end2**: 30 July 2024
- **1blankname2**: Chief Minister
- **1namedata2**: Hemant Soren
Champai Soren
- **predecessor2**: Ramesh Bais
- **successor2**: Santosh Gangwar
- **office3**: List of governors of Telangana, Governor of Telangana
- **term start3**: 20 March 2024
- **term end3**: 30 July 2024
- **1blankname3**: Chief Minister
- **1namedata3**: Revanth Reddy
- **predecessor3**: Tamilisai Soundararajan
- **successor3**: Jishnu Dev Varma
- **office4**: List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
- **term start4**: 22 March 2024
- **term end3**: 6 August 2024
- **term end4**: 7 August 2024
- **1blankname4**: Chief Minister
- **1namedata4**: N. Rangaswamy
- **predecessor4**: Tamilisai Soundararajan
- **successor4**: Kuniyil Kailashnathan
- **office5**: Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
- **constituency5**: Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency), Coimbatore
- **term start5**: 28 February 1998
- **term end5**: 22 May 2004
- **preceded5**: M. Ramanathan
- **succeeded5**: K. Subbarayan
- **office6**: State President of Bharatiya Janata Party – Tamil Nadu, Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu
- **term start6**: 12 May 2003
- **term end6**: 22 September 2006
- **predecessor6**: S. P. Kirubanidhi
- **successor6**: La. Ganesan
- **birth place**: Tiruppur, Madras State (present–day Tamil Nadu), India
- **occupation**: Businessman, agriculturalist, politician
- **party**: Bharatiya Janata Party
- **alma mater**: V. O. Chidambaram College (Bachelor of Business Administration, BBA)
- **alt**: C. P. Radhakrishnan
- **birth name**: Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan
- **children**: 2