List of governors of Gujarat

Governor of Gujarat
Emblem of Gujarat
since 21 July 2019
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Gandhinagar
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthFive Years
Inaugural holderMehdi Nawaz Jung
Formation1 May 1960; 64 years ago (1960-05-01)
Websitehttps://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in
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 five years and resides in Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar. Acharya Devvrat took charge as the governor on 22 July 2019.

Powers and functions

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See also: Governors of India § 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

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Key
 • indicates that this was an additional charge or acting
# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration Home State Appointed by
1. Mehdi Nawaz Jung 1 May 1960 1 August 1965 5 years, 92 days Andhra Pradesh Rajendra Prasad
2. Nityanand Kanungo 1 August 1965 7 December 1967 2 years, 128 days Odisha Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- P.N. Bhagwati 7 December 1967 26 December 1967 19 days Gujarat Zakir Husain
3. Shriman Narayan 26 December 1967 17 March 1973 5 years, 81 days Not Known
- P.N. Bhagwati 17 March 1973 4 April 1973 18 days Gujarat V. V. Giri
4. K. K. Viswanathan 4 April 1973 14 August 1978 5 years, 132 days Kerala
5. Sharda Mukherjee 14 August 1978 6 August 1983 4 years, 357 days Maharashtra Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
6. K.M. Chandy 6 August 1983 26 April 1984 264 days Kerala Zail Singh
7. Braj Kumar Nehru 26 April 1984 26 February 1986 1 year, 306 days Uttar Pradesh
8. Ram Krishna Trivedi 26 February 1986 2 May 1990 4 years, 65 days Not Known
9. Mahipal Shastri 2 May 1990 21 December 1990 233 days Uttar Pradesh R. Venkataraman
10. Sarup Singh 21 December 1990 1 July 1995 4 years, 192 days Haryana
11. Naresh Chandra 1 July 1995 1 March 1996 244 days Uttar Pradesh Shankar Dayal Sharma
12. Krishna Pal Singh 1 March 1996 25 April 1998 2 years, 55 days Madhya Pradesh
13. Anshuman Singh 25 April 1998 16 January 1999 266 days Uttar Pradesh K. R. Narayan
- K.G. Balakrishnan[1] 16 January 1999 18 March 1999 61 days Kerala
14. Sunder Singh Bhandari 18 March 1999 7 May 2003 4 years, 50 days Rajasthan
15. Kailashpati Mishra 7 May 2003 2 July 2004 1 year, 56 days Bihar A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- Balram Jakhar 2 July 2004 24 July 2004 22 days Punjab
16. Nawal Kishore Sharma 24 July 2004 24 July 2009 5 years, 0 days Rajasthan
- S. C. Jamir[2] 30 July 2009 26 November 2009 119 days Nagaland Pratibha Patil
17. Kamla Beniwal 27 November 2009 6 July 2014 4 years, 221 days Rajasthan
- Margaret Alva 7 July 2014 15 July 2014 8 days Karnataka Pranab Mukherjee
18. Om Prakash Kohli 16 July 2014[3] 21 July 2019 5 years, 5 days Delhi
19. Acharya Devvrat 22 July 2019 Incumbent 5 years, 122 days Haryana Ramnath Kovind

References

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  1. ^ K.G. Balakrishnan as Governor of Gujarat Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Jamir served as acting governor during Dwivedi's official term of service as well as after his death.
  3. ^ "O P Kohli takes oath as Gujarat governor". Timesofindia Journal. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
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