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The '''Vice President of Cascadia''' is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the [[Cascadia#Government and politics|Government of Cascadia]], after the [[president of Cascadia]], and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president previously served as an officer in the [[Cascadia#Legislative branch|legislative branch]], as the [[Legislature of Cascadia#President of the Legislature|'''President of the Legislature''']]. In that capacity, the vice president was empowered to preside over [[Cascadia House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] deliberations at any time, but may not vote except to cast a tie-breaking vote, unless they are a directly elected member of the House of Representatives. Despite the replacement of that power with the office of [[Speaker of the Cascadia House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]], the Vice President has retained the power to break ties if needed. The vice president is directly elected together with the president to a month-long term of office by the people of Cascadia via instant-runoff voting. Xeocas is the 21st and current vice president of Cascadia. He assumed office on January 8, 2025, after being appointed by President Whatok and receiving House approval to succeed Capitanfra, who was elected together with 4whatok in the December 2024 general election. Xeocas was re-elected alongside president Farosh at the January 2025 election.