vice president

vice president
An officer next in rank below a president. Pond v National Mortg. & Debenture Co. 6 Kan App 718, 50 P 973. A corporate officer empowered to act as the chief executive of the corporation in the absence of, or during vacancy in the office of, the president, and sometimes given executive duties by the board of directors or bylaws of the corporation. 19 Am J2d Corp § 1171.

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