The governor of Nagaland is the head of state of Nagaland. The governor is appointed by the president of India.
Governor of Nagaland | |
---|---|
since 20 February 2023 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan; Kohima |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
Inaugural holder | Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.) |
Formation | 1 December 1963 |
Website | rajbhavan |
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 Nagaland
edit‡ | indicates that this was an additional charge |
# | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Vishnu Sahay | 1 December 1963 | 16 April 1968 | 4 years, 137 days | Uttar Pradesh | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | |
2. | Braj Kumar Nehru | 17 April 1968 | 18 September 1973 | 5 years, 154 days | Zakir Husain | ||
3. | Lallan Prasad Singh | 19 September 1973 | 9 August 1981 | 7 years, 324 days | Bihar | V. V. Giri | |
4. | S. M. H. Burney | 10 August 1981 | 12 June 1984 | 2 years, 307 days | Uttar Pradesh | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy | |
5. | K. V. Krishna Rao | 13 June 1984 | 19 July 1989 | 5 years, 36 days | Andhra Pradesh | Zail Singh | |
6. | Gopal Singh | 20 July 1989 | 3 May 1990 | 287 days | Punjab | R. Venkataraman | |
7. | M. M. Thomas | 9 May 1990 | 12 April 1992 | 1 year, 339 days | Kerala | ||
8. | Loknath Mishra | 13 April 1992 | 1 October 1993 | 1 year, 171 days | Odisha | ||
9. | V. K. Nayar | 2 October 1993 | 4 August 1994 | 306 days | Not Known | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
10. | Oudh Narayan Shrivastava | 5 August 1994 | 11 November 1996 | 2 years, 98 days | Madhya Pradesh | ||
11. | Om Prakash Sharma | 12 November 1996 | 27 January 2002 | 5 years, 76 days | Not Known | ||
12. | Shyamal Datta | 28 January 2002 | 2 February 2007 | 5 years, 5 days | West Bengal | K. R. Narayan | |
13. | K. Sankaranarayanan | 3 February 2007 | 28 July 2009 | 2 years, 175 days | Kerala | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
14. | Gurbachan Jagat | 28 July 2009 | 14 Oct 2009 | 78 days | Not Known | Pratibha Patil | |
15. | Nikhil Kumar | 15 Oct 2009 | 20 March 2013 | 3 years, 156 days | Bihar | ||
16. | Ashwani Kumar | 21 March 2013 | 27 June 2014 | 1 year, 98 days | Himachal Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee | |
- | Krishan Kant Paul ‡[1] | 2 July 2014 | 19 July 2014 | 17 days | Punjab | ||
17. | Padmanabha Acharya[2] | 19 July 2014 | 31 July 2019 | 5 years, 12 days | Karnataka | ||
18. | R. N. Ravi | 1 August 2019 | 17 September 2021 | 2 years, 47 days | Bihar | Ramnath Kovind | |
- | Jagdish Mukhi ‡ | 17 September 2021 | 19 February 2023 | 1 year, 155 days | Delhi | ||
19. | La. Ganesan | 20 February 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 303 days | Tamil Nadu | Draupadi Murmu |
See also
editNotes and references
editThis article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2014) |
- ^ "Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul takes additional charge of Nagaland". The Economic Times. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "P B Acharya sworn in as Nagaland Governor". Deccan Herald. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.