Vice President of Arabi

Vice President of Arabi
Incumbent Robert Stephens since October 1, 2021
Style	Mr. Vice President (informal) The Honorable (formal) Mr. President (within the Senate) His Excellency (international correspondence)
Status	2nd highest in executive branch President of the Senate
Abbreviation	VP
Member of	Executive Branch
Reports to	The President
Residence	Vice Presidential Cottage
Seat	District of Arabi
Nominator	President of Arabi
Appointer	Arabin Electoral College
Term length	Four years, no term limit
Constituting instrument	U.S.S. Constitution
Formation	January 10, 1839 (1839-01-10)
First holder	Richard Davis
Succession	First
Salary	$155,000 annually

The vice president of Arabi (VP) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the Arabin federal government, after the President of Arabi and is first in the Arabin presidential line of succession. The vice president is also a member of the legislative branch as the president of the Senate. The vice president presides over Senate deliberations but may not vote with the exception to cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president is indirectly elected alongside the president to a four-year term through the Arabin Electoral College.

The office of Vice President is mainly ceremonial with no real power except the aforementioned tie-breaking vote in the Senate. The main duties of the vice president are as follows; act as a stand-in for the president on foreign or domestic trips, an advisor to the president, and a governing partner. Constitutionally the vice president may become Acting President should the President become incapacitated and may rise to the office of President should the President resign, die, or be impeached and removed from office.

The 33rd and incumbent Vice President is Robert Stephens, since October 1, 2021. He succeeded Melissa Hewitt after she resigned the office on July 29, 2021.

Roles of the Vice President

Preside over the Arabin Senate

The vice president is known in the Senate as the president of the Senate and is not a member of the Senate. The vice president has no vote in the Senate except to cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president also presides over deliberations that take place on the Senate floor, however, when the vice president is not present the vice president of the Senate presides over deliberations. Unlike the president of the Senate, the vice president of the Senate is a Senator and can vote on any matter. If the president of the Senate is not present and a tie-breaking vote is needed, he or she must immediately return to the Senate floor to cast their vote. If the president of the Senate is not immediately able to return to the Senate floor, the Senate session will adjourn until the president of the Senate arrives.

Preside over impeachment trials

The president of the Senate presides over all federal impeachment trials except if the President is the one being impeached, then it's the Chief Justice of Arabi that presides over the trial.

Succession to the presidency

If the President becomes incapacitated (i.e. must become anesthetized, comatose, etc.) the Vice President becomes Acting President. If the President resigns, dies, or is impeached and removed from office, then the Vice President becomes sworn in as the new President.

Post-Vice Presidency

Half of the former Vice Presidents went on to become the President. The other half became authors, philanthropists, speakers, or retired from politics.