List of governors of Gujarat
Gujarat is in western India.
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. O P Kohli is an incumbent Governor.[1]
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 Gujarat
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Mehdi Nawaz Jung | 1 May 1960 | 1 Aug 1965 |
| 2 | Nityanand Kanungo | 1 Aug 1965 | 7 Dec 1967 |
| 3 | P.N. Bhagwati | 7 Dec 1967 | 26 Dec 1967 |
| 4 | Shriman Narayan | 26 Dec 1967 | 17 Mar 1973 |
| 5 | P.N. Bhagwati | 17 Mar 1973 | 4 Apr 1973 |
| 6 | Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham | 4 Apr 1973 | 14 Aug 1978 |
| 7 | Sharda Mukherjee | 14 Aug 1978 | 6 Aug 1983 |
| 8 | Kizhekethil Mathew Chandy | 6 Aug 1983 | 26 Apr 1984 |
| 9 | Braj Kumar Nehru | 26 Apr 1984 | 26 Feb 1986 |
| 10 | Ram Krishna Trivedi | 26 Feb 1986 | 2 May 1990 |
| 11 | Mahipal Shastri | 2 May 1990 | 21 Dec 1990 |
| 12 | Sarup Singh | 21 Dec 1990 | 1 Jul 1995 |
| 13 | Naresh Chandra | 1 Jul 1995 | 1 Mar 1996 |
| 14 | Krishna Pal Singh | 1 Mar 1996 | 25 Apr 1998 |
| 15 | Anshuman Singh | 25 Apr 1998 | 16 Jan 1999 |
| 16 | K.G. Balakrishnan[2] | 16 Jan 1999 | 18 Mar 1999 |
| 17 | Sunder Singh Bhandari | 18 Mar 1999 | 7 May 2003 |
| 18 | Kailashpati Mishra | 7 May 2003 | 2 Jul 2004 |
| 19 | Balram Jakhar | 2 Jul 2004 | 24 Jul 2004 |
| 20 | Nawal Kishore Sharma | 24 Jul 2004 | 24 Jul 2009 |
| 21 | S.C. Jamir [3] | 24 Jul 2009 | 26 Nov 2009 |
| 22 | Kamla Beniwal | 27 Nov 2009 | 6 July 2014 |
| 23 | Margaret Alva | 7 July 2014 | 15 July 2014 |
| 24 | Om Prakash Kohli | 16 July 2014[4] | Incumbent |
References
- ↑ "New Governors of UP, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Nagaland named". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ↑ K.G. Balakrishnan as Governor of Gujarat
- ↑ 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.
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