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.
| Governor of Gujarat | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Gandhinagar |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | Five Years |
| Inaugural holder | Mehdi Nawaz Jung |
| Formation | 1 May 1960 |
| Website | https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in |
Powers and functions
editThe 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
edit| • | indicates that this was an additional charge or acting |
| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mehdi Nawaz Jung | 
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1 May 1960 | 1 August 1965 | 5 years, 92 days | Andhra Pradesh | Rajendra Prasad |
| 2. | Nityanand Kanungo | 
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1 August 1965 | 7 December 1967 | 2 years, 128 days | Odisha | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| - | P.N. Bhagwati | 
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7 December 1967 | 26 December 1967 | 19 days | Gujarat | Zakir Husain |
| 3. | Shriman Narayan | 
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26 December 1967 | 17 March 1973 | 5 years, 81 days | Not Known | |
| - | P.N. Bhagwati |
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17 March 1973 | 4 April 1973 | 18 days | Gujarat | V. V. Giri |
| 4. | K. K. Viswanathan |
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4 April 1973 | 14 August 1978 | 5 years, 132 days | Kerala | |
| 5. | Sharda Mukherjee | 
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14 August 1978 | 6 August 1983 | 4 years, 357 days | Maharashtra | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy |
| 6. | K.M. Chandy | 
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6 August 1983 | 26 April 1984 | 264 days | Kerala | Zail Singh |
| 7. | Braj Kumar Nehru | .jpg)
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26 April 1984 | 26 February 1986 | 1 year, 306 days | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 8. | Ram Krishna Trivedi |
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26 February 1986 | 2 May 1990 | 4 years, 65 days | Not Known | |
| 9. | Mahipal Shastri | .jpg)
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2 May 1990 | 21 December 1990 | 233 days | Uttar Pradesh | R. Venkataraman |
| 10. | Sarup Singh |
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21 December 1990 | 1 July 1995 | 4 years, 192 days | Haryana | |
| 11. | Naresh Chandra | 
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1 July 1995 | 1 March 1996 | 244 days | Uttar Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 12. | Krishna Pal Singh | 
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1 March 1996 | 25 April 1998 | 2 years, 55 days | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 13. | Anshuman Singh |
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25 April 1998 | 16 January 1999 | 266 days | Uttar Pradesh | K. R. Narayan |
| - | K.G. Balakrishnan[1] | 
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16 January 1999 | 18 March 1999 | 61 days | Kerala | |
| 14. | Sunder Singh Bhandari |
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18 March 1999 | 7 May 2003 | 4 years, 50 days | Rajasthan | |
| 15. | Kailashpati Mishra | 
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7 May 2003 | 2 July 2004 | 1 year, 56 days | Bihar | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| - | Balram Jakhar | 
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2 July 2004 | 24 July 2004 | 22 days | Punjab | |
| 16. | Nawal Kishore Sharma |
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24 July 2004 | 24 July 2009 | 5 years, 0 days | Rajasthan | |
| - | S. C. Jamir[2] | .jpg)
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30 July 2009 | 26 November 2009 | 119 days | Nagaland | Pratibha Patil |
| 17. | Kamla Beniwal | 
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27 November 2009 | 6 July 2014 | 4 years, 221 days | Rajasthan | |
| - | Margaret Alva | 
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7 July 2014 | 15 July 2014 | 8 days | Karnataka | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 18. | Om Prakash Kohli | 
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16 July 2014[3] | 21 July 2019 | 5 years, 5 days | Delhi | |
| 19. | Acharya Devvrat |
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22 July 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 123 days | Haryana | Ramnath Kovind |
References
edit- ^ K.G. Balakrishnan as Governor of Gujarat Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.