List of governors of Gujarat

Governor of Gujarat
Emblem of Gujarat
since 21 July 2019
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Gandhinagar
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
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 the nominal head of the Indian state of Gujarat. The governor is appointed by the president of India 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, 150 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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