List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh
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 5 years. The current governor is B. D. Mishra.[1]
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan; Itanagar |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | Five Years |
Inaugural holder | Bhishma Narain Singh |
Formation | 20 February 1987 |
Website | http://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/ |
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Arunachal Pradesh is in northeast 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.
List of Chief Commissioners of Arunachal Pradesh
# | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
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1 | K. A. A. Raja | 20 January 1972 | 1973 |
2 | Manohar L. Kampani | 1974 | 1975 |
List of Lieutenant Governors of Arunachal Pradesh
# | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
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1 | K. A. A. Raja | 15 August 1975 | 18 January 1979 |
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
Data from Arunachal Pradesh Governor's Secretariat[2] and Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh[3]
# | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
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1 | Bhishma Narain Singh | 20 February 1987 | 18 March 1987 |
2 | R. D. Pradhan | 18 March 1987 | 16 March 1990 |
3 | Gopal Singh | 16 March 1990 | 8 May 1990 |
4 | Devi Das Thakur | 8 May 1990 | 16 March 1991 |
5 | Loknath Mishra | 16 March 1991 | 25 March 1991 |
6 | Surendranath Dwivedy | 25 March 1991 | 4 July 1993 |
7 | Madhukar Dighe | 4 July 1993 | 20 October 1993 |
8 | Mata Prasad | 20 October 1993 | 16 May 1999 |
9 | S. K. Sinha | 16 May 1999 | 1 August 1999 |
10 | Arvind Dave | 1 August 1999 | 12 June 2003 |
11 | V. C. Pande | 12 June 2003 | 15 December 2004 |
12 | Shilendra Kumar Singh | 16 December 2004 | 23 January 2007 |
— | M. M. Jacob (Acting) | 24 January 2007 | 6 April 2007 |
— | K. Sankaranarayanan (Acting) | 7 April 2007 | 14 April 2007 |
(12) | Shilendra Kumar Singh | 15 April 2007 | 3 September 2007 |
— | K. Sankaranarayanan (Acting) | 3 September 2007 | 26 January 2008 |
13 | Joginder Jaswant Singh | 26 January 2008 | 28 May 2013 |
14 | Nirbhay Sharma | 28 May 2013 | 31 May 2015 |
15 | Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa | 1 June 2015 | 9 July 2016 |
16 | Tathagata Roy | 10 July 2016 | 12 August 2016 |
(15) | Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa | 13 August 2016 | 13 September 2016 |
17 | V. Shanmuganathan | 14 September 2016 | 27 January 2017 (resigned) |
18 | Padmanabha Acharya [4] | 28 January 2017 | 2 October 2017 |
19 | B. D. Mishra [5] | 3 October 2017 | Incumbent |
References
- 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.
- "The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh :: Past Governors". arunachalgovernor.gov.in. Governor Secretariat, Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "Former Governor – Department of Information, Public Relation & Printing". arunachalipr.gov.in. Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- "President Mukherjee accepts V Shanmuganathan's resignation". The New Indian Express.
- Bureau, Delhi (30 September 2017). "Profiles of new Governors of T.N., Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh" – via www.thehindu.com.
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