List of governors of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh is in central India.
Government of Chhattisgarh
Seat of Government Raipur
Executive
Governor Balram Das Tandon
Chief Minister Raman Singh
Legislature
Assembly
  • Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha
Speaker Gauri Shankar Agrawal
Judiciary
High Court Chhattisgarh High Court
Chief Justice Navin Sinha

The Governor of Chhattisgarh is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Chhattisgarh. The Governor is appointed by the President for a maximum period of 5 years. The current governor, since 14 July 2014, is Balramji Dass Tandon [1]

Powers and functions

The Governor enjoys many different types of powers:

Governors of Chhattisgarh

# Name Took Office Left Office
1 D. N. Sahay 1 November 2000 1 June 2003
2 Krishna Mohan Seth 2 June 2003 25 January 2007
3 E. S. L. Narasimhan 25 January 2007 23 January 2010
4 Shekhar Dutt 23 January 2010 19 June 2014
5 Ram Naresh Yadav (Acting) 19 June 2014 14 July 2014
6 Balram Das Tandon 18 July 2014 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. "New Governors of UP, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Nagaland named". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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