List of governors of Mizoram

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Governor of Mizoram
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Raj Bhavan, Aizawl
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Incumbent
Kambhampati Hari Babu
since 19 July 2021
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Aizawl
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthFive Years
Inaugural holderS.P.Mukherjee
Formation20 February 1987; 36 years ago (1987-02-20)
Websitehttps://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in
The state of Mizoram is in northeastern India.

This is a list of governors of Mizoram, an Indian state on the border with Myanmar.

Powers and functions[edit]

See also: Powers and functions of the Governor

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.

Before statehood[edit]

S.J.Das was the chief commissioner of Mizoram from 21 January 1972 to 23 April 1972. He was followed by these Lieutenant Governors:

# Namme Took Office Left Office
1 S. P. Mukherjee 24 April 1972 12 June 1974
2 S. K. Chibber 13 June 1974 26 September 1977
3 N. P. Mathur 27 September 1977 15 April 1981
4 S. N. Kohli 16 April 1981 9 August 1983
5 H. S. Dubey 10 August 1983 10 December 1986
6 Hiteswar Saikia 11 December 1986 19 February 1987

Governors of Mizoram[edit]

# Name Took Office Left Office
1 Hiteswar Saikia 20 February 1987 30 April 1989
- General K. V. Krishna Rao (additional charge) 1 May 1989 20 July 1989
2 Capt W. A. Sangma 21 July 1989 7 February 1990
3 Swaraj Kaushal 8 February 1990 9 February 1993
4 P. R. Kyndiah 10 February 1993 28 January 1998
5 Dr. Arun Prasad Mukherjee 29 January 1998 1 May 1998
6 A. Padmanabhan 2 May 1998 30 November 2000
- Ved Marwah (additional charge) 1 December 2000 17 May 2001
7 Amolak Rattan Kohli 18 May 2001 24 July 2006
8 Lt. Gen (Retd.) M. M. Lakhera 25 July 2006 2 September 2011
9 Vakkom Purushothaman 2 September 2011 6 July 2014
10 Kamla Beniwal 6 July 2014 6 August 2014
- Vinod Kumar Duggal (additional charge) 8 August 2014 16 September 2014
- K. K. Paul (additional charge)[1] 16 September 2014 8 January 2015
11 Aziz Qureshi[2] 9 January 2015 28 March 2015
- Keshari Nath Tripathi (additional charge) 4 April 2015 25 May 2015
12 Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma 26 May 2015 28 May 2018
13 Kummanam Rajasekharan 29 May 2018 8 March 2019
- Jagdish Mukhi (additional charge) 9 March 2019 25 October 2019
14 P. S. Sreedharan Pillai 25 October 2019 6 July 2021
15 Kambhampati Hari Babu 7 July 2021 Incumbent

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "KK Paul to be sworn in as Mizoram governor on September 16". The Times of India. 12 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Aziz Qureshi to take oath as Mizoram governor on Friday". The Economic Times. 5 January 2015.

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See also[edit]

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