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	\| image = Acharya Devvrat ~~(cropped)~~.~~jpg~~		\| image = Acharya Devvrat.png
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	\| incumbent = [[Acharya Devvrat]]		\| incumbent = [[Acharya Devvrat]]
	\| incumbentsince = 21 July 2019		\| incumbentsince = 22 July 2019
	\| style = [[Excellency\|His Excellency]]		\| style = [[Excellency\|His Excellency]]
	\| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Gujarat)\|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Gandhinagar]]		\| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Gujarat)\|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Gandhinagar]]
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	\| website = https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in		\| website = https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in
	\| image = Acharya ~~Dev Vrat in December 2015~~.jpg		\| image = Acharya Devvrat (cropped).jpg
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	! bgcolor="#cccccc" \|'''Left Office'''		! bgcolor="#cccccc" \|'''Left Office'''
	~~!Party~~
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	~~\|[[Indian National Congress]]~~
	\|-		\|-
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	\| 26 Dec 1967		\| 26 Dec 1967
	~~\| rowspan="4" \|Independent~~
	\|-		\|-
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	\| 6 Aug 1983		\| 6 Aug 1983
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	\| 26 Feb 1986		\| 26 Feb 1986
	~~\|Independent~~
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	\| 2 May 1990		\| 2 May 1990
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	\| 1 Mar 1996		\| 1 Mar 1996
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	\| 25 Apr 1998		\| 25 Apr 1998
	~~\|Indian National Congress~~
	\|-		\|-
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	\| 7 May 2003		\| 7 May 2003
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	~~\| rowspan="2" \|Independent~~
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Governors of Gujarat

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	! \| -		! \| -
	\| \|[[P.N. Bhagwati]] (~~Acting~~)		\| \|[[P.N. Bhagwati]] ''(acting)''
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	! \| -		! \| -
	\| \|[[P.N. Bhagwati]] (~~Acting~~)		\| \|[[P.N. Bhagwati]] ''(acting)''
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	\| \|[[K.G. Balakrishnan]]<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990114/01450725.html K.G. Balakrishnan as Governor of Gujarat] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124935/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990114/01450725.html \|date=2007-09-29 }}</ref> (~~Acting~~)		\| \|[[K.G. Balakrishnan]]<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990114/01450725.html K.G. Balakrishnan as Governor of Gujarat] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124935/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990114/01450725.html \|date=2007-09-29 }}</ref> ''(acting)''
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	\| [[Balram Jakhar]]		\| [[Balram Jakhar]]
	(~~Additional Charge~~)		''(additional charge)''
	\| 2 Jul 2004		\| 2 Jul 2004
	\| 24 Jul 2004		\| 24 Jul 2004
	\| rowspan="5" \|Indian National Congress		\| rowspan="5" \|Indian National Congress
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	\| [[Nawal Kishore Sharma]]		\| [[Nawal Kishore Sharma]]
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	\| 30 Jul 2009		\| 30 Jul 2009
	\| 26 Nov 2009		\| 26 Nov 2009
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	\| [[Kamala Beniwal ]]		\| [[Kamala Beniwal ]]
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	! \| -		! \| -
	\| [[ Margaret Alva ]](~~Additional Charge~~)		\| [[ Margaret Alva ]] ''(additional charge)''
	\| 7 July 2014		\| 7 July 2014
	\| 15 July 2014		\| 15 July 2014
	\|-		\|-
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	\| [[Om Prakash Kohli]]		\| [[Om Prakash Kohli]]
	\| 16 July 2014<ref>{{cite web\|title=O P Kohli takes oath as Gujarat governor\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/O-P-Kohli-takes-oath-as-Gujarat-governor/articleshow/38497415.cms\|work=Timesofindia Journal\|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>		\| 16 July 2014<ref>{{cite web\|title=O P Kohli takes oath as Gujarat governor\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/O-P-Kohli-takes-oath-as-Gujarat-governor/articleshow/38497415.cms\|work=Timesofindia Journal\|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>
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	\| rowspan="2" \|Independent		\| rowspan="2" \|Independent
	\|-		\|-
	! \| 20		! \| 19
	\| [[Acharya Devvrat]]		\| [[Acharya Devvrat]]
	\| 22 July 2019		\| 22 July 2019
	\| ''[[Incumbent]]''		\| ''Incumbent''
	\|}		\|}


	==References==		==References==

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{{short description|Wikipedia list article}}

{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor
| title = Governor
| native_name =
| body = [[Gujarat]]
| insignia =
| insigniacaption =
| incumbent = [[Acharya Devvrat]]
| incumbentsince = 21 July 2019
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Gujarat)|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Gandhinagar]]
| termlength = Five Years
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1960|05|01}}
| inaugural = [[Mehdi Nawaz Jung]]
| website = https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in
| image = Acharya Dev Vrat in December 2015.jpg
}}

[[File:India Gujarat locator map.svg|upright|thumb|Gujarat is in western India.]]
The '''Governor of Gujarat''' is a nominal head and representative of the [[President of India]] in the state of [[Gujarat]]. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years and resides in [[Raj Bhavan (Gujarat)|Raj Bhavan]] in [[Gandhinagar]]. [[Acharya Devvrat]] took charge as the Governor on 22 July 2019.

==Powers and functions==
{{See also|Governors of India#Powers and functions}}
The Governor enjoys many different types of powers:

*'''Executive powers''' related to administration, appointments and removals,
*'''Legislative powers''' related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
*'''Discretionary powers''' to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

==Governors of Gujarat==

{| class="wikitable"
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''#'''
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Name'''
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Took Office'''
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Left Office'''
!Party
|-
! | 1
| [[Mehdi Nawaz Jung]]
| 1 May 1960
| 1 Aug 1965
|Independent
|-
! | 2
| [[Nityanand Kanungo]]
| 1 Aug 1965
| 7 Dec 1967
|Indian National Congress
|-
! | -
| |[[P.N. Bhagwati]] (Acting)
| 7 Dec 1967
| 26 Dec 1967
| rowspan="4" |Independent
|-
! | 3
| [[Shriman Narayan]]
| 26 Dec 1967
| 17 Mar 1973
|-
! | -
| |[[P.N. Bhagwati]] (Acting)
| 17 Mar 1973
| 4 Apr 1973
|-
! | 4
| [[Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham]]
| 4 Apr 1973
| 14 Aug 1978
|-
! | 5
| [[Sharda Mukherjee]]
| 14 Aug 1978
| 6 Aug 1983
| rowspan="2" |Indian National Congress
|-
! | 6
| [[K.M. Chandy (politician)|K.M. Chandy]]
| 6 Aug 1983
| 26 Apr 1984
|-
! | 7
| [[Braj Kumar Nehru]]
| 26 Apr 1984
| 26 Feb 1986
|Independent
|-
! | 8
| [[R. K. Trivedi|Ram Krishna Trivedi]]
| 26 Feb 1986
| 2 May 1990
| rowspan="3" |Indian National Congress
|-
! | 9
| [[Mahipal Shastri]]
| 2 May 1990
| 21 Dec 1990
|-
! | 10
| [[Sarup Singh]]
| 21 Dec 1990
| 1 Jul 1995
|-
! | 11
| [[Naresh Chandra]]
| 1 Jul 1995
| 1 Mar 1996
|Independent
|-
! | 12
| [[Krishna Pal Singh]]
| 1 Mar 1996
| 25 Apr 1998
|Indian National Congress
|-
! | 13
| [[Anshuman Singh]]
| 25 Apr 1998
| 16 Jan 1999
| rowspan="2" |Independent
|-
! | -
| |[[K.G. Balakrishnan]]<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990114/01450725.html K.G. Balakrishnan as Governor of Gujarat] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124935/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990114/01450725.html |date=2007-09-29 }}</ref> (Acting)
| 16 Jan 1999
| 18 Mar 1999
|-
! | 14
| [[Sunder Singh Bhandari]]
| 18 Mar 1999
| 7 May 2003
| rowspan="2" |Bharatiya Janta Party
|-
! | 15
| [[Kailashpati Mishra]]
| 7 May 2003
| 2 Jul 2004
|-
! | 16
| [[Balram Jakhar]]
(Additional Charge)
| 2 Jul 2004
| 24 Jul 2004
| rowspan="5" |Indian National Congress
|-
! | 17
| [[Nawal Kishore Sharma]]
| 24 Jul 2004
| 24 Jul 2009
|-
! | -
| [[S. C. Jamir]](Additional Charge) <ref>Jamir served as acting governor during Dwivedi's official term of service as well as after his death.</ref>
| 30 Jul 2009
| 26 Nov 2009
|-
! | 18
| [[Kamala Beniwal ]]
| 27 Nov 2009
| 6 July 2014
|-
! | -
| [[ Margaret Alva ]](Additional Charge)
| 7 July 2014
| 15 July 2014
|-
! | 19
| [[Om Prakash Kohli]]
| 16 July 2014<ref>{{cite web|title=O P Kohli takes oath as Gujarat governor|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/O-P-Kohli-takes-oath-as-Gujarat-governor/articleshow/38497415.cms|work=Timesofindia Journal|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>
| 21 July 2019
| rowspan="2" |Independent
|-
! | 20
| [[Acharya Devvrat]]
| 22 July 2019
| ''[[Incumbent]]''
|}

==References==
<references/>

{{Governor of Gujarat}}
{{Current Indian governors}}
{{Gujarat}}

[[Category:Lists of governors of Indian states|Gujurat]]
[[Category:Governors of Gujarat| ]]
[[Category:Gujarat-related lists|Governors]]