List of governors of Karnataka

Governor of Karnataka
Governor of Karnataka
	Raj Bhavan
	Flag of India
	Incumbent; Thawar Chand Gehlot; since 11 July 2021
Style	The Honourable,; His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Bengaluru
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five years
Inaugural holder	Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
Formation	1 November 1956 (67 years ago)(as a Mysuru State)
Website	www.rajbhavan.kar.nic.in

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The Governor of Karnataka is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Karnataka. The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure. The governor is de jure head of the Government of Karnataka; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the Chief Minister of Karnataka, which thus holds de facto executive authority in the state. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon his or her own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the President's assent. Over the years, the exercise of these discretionary powers have given rise to conflict between the elected chief minister and the central government–appointed governor.^[1]

Since 1956, eighteen people have served as the Governor of Mysore (as the state was known before 1 November 1973) and Karnataka. The first was Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, previously the Maharaja of Mysore (1940–50) and the Rajpramukh of Mysore (1950–56). A majority of Karnataka's governors have been politicians (ten), another five have been civil servants. V. V. Giri went on become the fourth President of India, and Gopal Swarup Pathak the country's fourth Vice President. Smt V.S.Ramadevi who was the first and only Women Governor of Karnataka (1999-2002) and also she hold the record of first Women Chief Election Commissioner in india.

Governors of Mysore and Karnataka[edit]

No	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Selected former office(s)
1		Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar	1 November 1956	4 May 1963	6 years, 184 days	Maharaja of Mysore, Rajpramukh of Mysore
2		S. M. Shrinagesh	4 May 1963	2 April 1965	1 year, 333 days	Chief of the Army Staff
3		V. V. Giri	2 April 1965	13 May 1967	2 years, 41 days	Fourth President of India
4		Gopal Swarup Pathak	13 May 1967	30 August 1969	2 years, 109 days	Fourth Vice-President of India
5		Dharma Vira	23 October 1970	1 February 1972	1 year, 101 days	Governor of Punjab, Haryana, and West Bengal
6		Mohanlal Sukhadia	1 February 1972	10 January 1975	2 years, 343 days	Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
7	–	Uma Shankar Dikshit	10 January 1975	2 August 1977	2 years, 204 days	Governor of West Bengal and the Minister of Home Affairs
8	–	Govind Narain	2 August 1977	15 April 1982	4 years, 256 days	First and the only member of the Imperial Civil Service to have been appointed and served as Governor of Karnataka
9	–	Ashoknath Banerji	16 April 1982	25 February 1987	4 years, 315 days	First member of the Indian Administrative Service to have served in this office
10	–	Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah	26 February 1987	5 February 1990	2 years, 344 days	Governor of Bihar, Minister of Home and Parliamentary Affairs
11	–	Bhanu Pratap Singh	8 May 1990	6 January 1992	1 year, 243 days	Member of Parliament
12		Khurshed Alam Khan	6 January 1992	2 December 1999	7 years, 330 days	Member of Parliament, Governor of Goa
13		V. S. Ramadevi	2 December 1999	20 August 2002	2 years, 261 days	Chief Election Commissioner of India, Secretary General of Rajya Sabha, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, the first and only female governor of Karnataka
14		T. N. Chaturvedi	21 August 2002	20 August 2007	4 years, 364 days	Comptroller and Auditor General of India
15		Rameshwar Thakur	21 August 2007	24 June 2009	1 year, 307 days	Governor of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh
16		Hansraj Bhardwaj	24 June 2009	29 June 2014	5 years, 5 days	Union Minister of Law and Justice, Governor of Kerala
17		Konijeti Rosaiah	29 June 2014	31 August 2014	63 days	Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Governor of Tamil Nadu
18		Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala	1 September 2014	10 July 2021	6 years, 312 days	Speaker of Gujarat Vidhan Sabha
19		Thawar Chand Gehlot	11 July 2021 ^[2]	Incumbent	2 years, 208 days	Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

References[edit]

↑ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Karnataka as well.
↑ "Gehlot to swear-in on July 11", Deccan Chronical, 9 July 2021

External links[edit]

[1] Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Karnataka as well.

[2] "Gehlot to swear-in on July 11", Deccan Chronical, 9 July 2021

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