List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh

Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
Emblem of Arunachal Pradesh
since 16 February 2023
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Itanagar
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthFive Years
Inaugural holderBhishma Narain Singh
Formation20 February 1987; 37 years ago (1987-02-20)
Websitehttp://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/
Arunachal Pradesh is in India.

The governor of Arunachal Pradesh is a nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. The current governor is Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik.[1]

Powers and functions

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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.

List of chief commissioners of Arunachal Pradesh

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# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration
1 K. A. A. Raja 20 January 1972 1973 1 year
2 Manohar L. Kampani 1974 1975 1 year

List of lieutenant governors of Arunachal Pradesh

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# Name Image Took office Left office Duration
1 K. A. A. Raja 15 August 1975 18 January 1979 3 years, 5 months and 4 days
2 R. N. Haldipur 18 January 1979 23 July 1981
3 H. S. Dubey 23 July 1981 10 August 1983
4 Thanjavelu Rajeshwar 10 August 1983 21 November 1985
5 Shiva Swaroop 21 November 1985 20 February 1987

List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh

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Data from Arunachal Pradesh Governor's Secretariat[2] and Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh[3]

Key
 • indicates that this was an additional charge
# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration Home State Appointed by
1. Bhishma Narain Singh 20 February 1987 18 March 1987 26 days Bihar Zail Singh
2. R. D. Pradhan 18 March 1987 16 March 1990 2 years, 363 days Maharashtra
3. Gopal Singh 16 March 1990 8 May 1990 53 days Rajasthan R. Venkataraman
4. Devi Das Thakur 8 May 1990 16 March 1991 312 days Jammu and Kashmir
5. Loknath Mishra 16 March 1991 25 March 1991 9 days Odisha
6. Surendranath Dwivedy 25 March 1991 4 July 1993 2 years, 101 days
7. Madhukar Dighe 4 July 1993 20 October 1993 108 days Uttar Pradesh Shankar Dayal Sharma
8. Mata Prasad 20 October 1993 16 May 1999 5 years, 208 days Not Known
9. S. K. Sinha 16 May 1999 1 August 1999 77 days K. R. Narayan
10. Arvind Dave 1 August 1999 12 June 2003 3 years, 315 days Rajasthan
11. V. C. Pande 12 June 2003 15 December 2004 1 year, 186 days Jammu and Kashmir A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
12. Shilendra Kumar Singh 16 December 2004 23 January 2007 2 years, 38 days Rajasthan
— M. M. Jacob 24 January 2007 6 April 2007 72 days Kerala
— K. Sankaranarayanan 7 April 2007 14 April 2007 7 days
(12). Shilendra Kumar Singh 15 April 2007 3 September 2007 141 days Rajasthan
— K. Sankaranarayanan 3 September 2007 26 January 2008 145 days Kerala Pratibha Patil
13. Joginder Jaswant Singh 26 January 2008 28 May 2013 5 years, 122 days Punjab
14. Nirbhay Sharma 28 May 2013 31 May 2015 2 years, 3 days Uttar Pradesh Pranab Mukherjee
15. Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa 1 June 2015 9 July 2016 1 year, 38 days Assam
16. Tathagata Roy 10 July 2016 12 August 2016 33 days West Bengal
(15). Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa   13 August 2016 13 September 2016 31 days Assam
17. V. Shanmuganathan 14 September 2016 27 January 2017 (resigned) 135 days Tamil Nadu
18. Padmanabha Acharya[4] 28 January 2017 2 October 2017 247 days Karnataka
19. B. D. Mishra[5] 3 October 2017 15 February 2023 5 years, 135 days Uttar Pradesh Ramnath Kovind
20. Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik 16 February 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 254 days Maharashtra Draupadi Murmu

References

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  1. ^ Nair, Arun, ed. (30 September 2017). "President Kovind Appoints 5 New Governors, Tamil Nadu Gets Its Own After A Year". NDTV.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ "The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh :: Past Governors". arunachalgovernor.gov.in. Governor Secretariat, Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Former Governor – Department of Information, Public Relation & Printing". arunachalipr.gov.in. Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ^ "President Mukherjee accepts V Shanmuganathan's resignation". The New Indian Express.
  5. ^ Bureau, Delhi (30 September 2017). "Profiles of new Governors of T.N., Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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