Keshari Nath Tripathi

Keshari Nath Tripathi
Tripathi in 2016
27th Governor of West Bengal
In office 24 July 2014 – 29 July 2019
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	D. Y. Patil
Succeeded by	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Governor of Bihar (Additional charge)
In office 20 June 2017 – 29 September 2017
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Ram Nath Kovind
Succeeded by	Satya Pal Malik
In office 27 November 2014 – 15 August 2015
Chief Minister	Jitan Ram Manjhi Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	D. Y. Patil
Succeeded by	Ram Nath Kovind
Governor of Mizoram (Additional charge)
In office 4 April 2015 – 25 May 2015
Chief Minister	Lal Thanhawla
Preceded by	Aziz Qureshi
Succeeded by	Nirbhay Sharma
14th Governor of Meghalaya
In office 6 January 2015 – 19 May 2015
Chief Minister	Mukul Sangma
Preceded by	Krishan Kant Paul
Succeeded by	V. Shanmuganathan
Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1991-1993
Preceded by	Hari Krishna Srivastava
Succeeded by	Dhaniram Verma
In office 1997-2004
Preceded by	Barkhu Ram Verma
Succeeded by	Waqar Ahmad Shah
Constituency	Allahabad South
Finance Minister of Uttar Pradesh
In office 1977-79
Personal details
Born	(1934-11-10) 10 November 1934 Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Sudha Tripathi
Children	3

Keshari Nath Tripathi and Narendra Modi

Keshari Nath Tripathi (born 10 November 1934) is an Indian politician, who served as Governor of West Bengal from July 2014 to July 2019. He also had additional charge for short stints as governor of Bihar, Meghalaya and Mizoram. He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the speaker of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly for three times, and the president of Uttar Pradesh unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Personal life

He was born in Prayagraj to Pandit Harish Chandra Tripathi and Smt. Shiva Devi.

Keshari Nath Tripathi is married to Sudha Tripathi and has three children.

Political career

He was a member of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly six times viz. 1977-1980 (Jhusi constituency), and with five consecutive wins from Dakshin Prayagraj seat in 1989–1991, 1991–1992, 1993–1995, 1996-2002 and 2002–2007. He was Cabinet Minister, Institutional finance and Sales Tax in U.P. during the Janata Party regime from 1977 to 1979. He joined BJP when it was founded in April 1980. He served as the Speaker of the UP Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 1993, 1997 to 2002 and from May 2002 to March 2004.

On 14 July 2014, he was appointed Governor of West Bengal and took oath on 24 July. He had additional charge of Bihar as governor twice, from 27 November 2014 to 15 August 2015, and from 20 June 2017 to 29 September 2017; additional charge as governor of Meghalaya from 6 January 2015 to 19 May 2015; and additional charge as governor of Mizoram from 4 April 2015 to 25 May 2015 after Aziz Qureshi was sacked.

Other works

Tripathi practiced as a Senior Advocate at Allahabad High Court. He is also an author and a poet and has published several books. His chief literary works are two anthologies called 'Manonukriti' and 'Aayu Pankh. On the professional side, his commentary on The Representation of People Act, 1951 is still widely esteemed. Aside from that, he has written many other books not only in Hindi but also in English. He is also a part of the Hindi poets gathering that takes place both in India and abroad.

External links

• UP Legislative Assembly Website

Political offices
Preceded by D. Y. Patil Additional Charge	Governor of West Bengal July 2014 - 29 July 2019	Succeeded by Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by Krishan Kant Paul	Governor of Meghalaya January 2015 - May 2015	Succeeded by V. Shanmuganathan
Preceded by D. Y. Patil	Governor of Bihar November 2014 - August 2015	Succeeded by Ram Nath Kovind
Preceded by Ram Nath Kovind	Governor of Bihar June 2017 - October 2017	Succeeded by Satya Pal Malik