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.
| Governor of Gujarat | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Gandhinagar |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
| 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, 147 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.