List of governors of Gujarat
Governor of Gujarat | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan; Gandhinagar |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | Five Years |
Inaugural holder | Mehdi Nawaz Jung |
Formation | 1 May 1960 |
Website | https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in |
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 in Gandhinagar. Acharya Devvrat took charge as the Governor on 22 July 2019.
Powers and functions[edit]
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[edit]
# | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party |
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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 | 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 | Indian National Congress |
6 | K.M. Chandy | 6 Aug 1983 | 26 Apr 1984 | |
7 | Braj Kumar Nehru | 26 Apr 1984 | 26 Feb 1986 | Independent |
8 | Ram Krishna Trivedi | 26 Feb 1986 | 2 May 1990 | 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 | Independent |
- | K.G. Balakrishnan[1] (acting) | 16 Jan 1999 | 18 Mar 1999 | |
14 | Sunder Singh Bhandari | 18 Mar 1999 | 7 May 2003 | Bharatiya Janta Party |
15 | Kailashpati Mishra | 7 May 2003 | 2 Jul 2004 | |
Balram Jakhar
(additional charge) |
2 Jul 2004 | 24 Jul 2004 | Indian National Congress | |
16 | Nawal Kishore Sharma | 24 Jul 2004 | 24 Jul 2009 | |
- | S. C. Jamir (additional charge) [2] | 30 Jul 2009 | 26 Nov 2009 | |
17 | Kamla Beniwal | 27 Nov 2009 | 6 July 2014 | |
- | Margaret Alva (additional charge) | 7 July 2014 | 15 July 2014 | |
18 | Om Prakash Kohli | 16 July 2014[3] | 21 July 2019 | Independent |
19 | Acharya Devvrat | 22 July 2019 | Incumbent |
References[edit]
- ↑ K.G. Balakrishnan as Governor of Gujarat Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Jamir served as acting governor during Dwivedi's official term of service as well as after his death.
- ↑ "O P Kohli takes oath as Gujarat governor". Timesofindia Journal. Retrieved 19 July 2014.