List of governors of Chhattisgarh

Governor of Chhattisgarh
Incumbent Anusuiya Uikey since 29 July 2019
Style	Her Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Raipur
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five Years
Inaugural holder	D. N. Sahay
Formation	1 November 2000 (2000-11-01)

Chhattisgarh is in central India.

The Governor of Chhattisgarh is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Chhattisgarh. The Governor is appointed by the President for a maximum period of 5 years. The current governor, since 17 July 2019, is Anusuiya Uikey.

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 Chhattisgarh

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	D. N. Sahay	1 November 2000	1 June 2003
2	Krishna Mohan Seth	2 June 2003	25 January 2007
3	E. S. L. Narasimhan	25 January 2007	23 January 2010
4	Shekhar Dutt	23 January 2010	19 June 2014
—	Ram Naresh Yadav (acting)	19 June 2014	14 July 2014
5	Balram Das Tandon	18 July 2014	14 August 2018
—	Anandiben Patel (additional charge)	15 August 2018	28 July 2019
6	Anusuiya Uikey	17 July 2019	Incumbent

See also

• Governors of India
• Powers and functions of the Governors of India

External links

• http://www.dprcg.gov.in/content/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%AF