List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh explained

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 five years. The current governor is Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik.^[1]

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	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration
1	K. A. A. Raja		20 January 1972	1973
2	Manohar L. Kampani		1974	1975

List of lieutenant governors of Arunachal Pradesh

	Name	Image	Took office	Left office	Duration
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]

Key

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	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration	Home State	Appointed by
1.	Bhishma Narain Singh		20 February 1987	18 March 1987		Bihar	Zail Singh
2.	R. D. Pradhan		18 March 1987	16 March 1990		Maharashtra
3.	Gopal Singh		16 March 1990	8 May 1990		Rajasthan	R. Venkataraman
4.	Devi Das Thakur		8 May 1990	16 March 1991		Jammu and Kashmir
5.	Loknath Mishra		16 March 1991	25 March 1991		Odisha
6.	Surendranath Dwivedy		25 March 1991	4 July 1993
7.	Madhukar Dighe		4 July 1993	20 October 1993		Uttar Pradesh	Shankar Dayal Sharma
8.	Mata Prasad		20 October 1993	16 May 1999		Not Known
9.	S. K. Sinha		16 May 1999	1 August 1999			K. R. Narayan
10.	Arvind Dave		1 August 1999	12 June 2003		Rajasthan
11.	V. C. Pande		12 June 2003	15 December 2004		Jammu and Kashmir	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
12.	Shilendra Kumar Singh		16 December 2004	23 January 2007		Rajasthan
bgcolor=wheat	—	bgcolor=wheat	M. M. Jacob	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat		24 January 2007	bgcolor=wheat	6 April 2007	bgcolor=wheat		Kerala
bgcolor=wheat	—	bgcolor=wheat	K. Sankaranarayanan	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat		7 April 2007	bgcolor=wheat	14 April 2007	bgcolor=wheat
(12).	Shilendra Kumar Singh		15 April 2007	3 September 2007		Rajasthan
bgcolor=wheat	—	bgcolor=wheat	K. Sankaranarayanan	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	3 September 2007	bgcolor=wheat	26 January 2008	bgcolor=wheat		bgcolor=wheat	Kerala	Pratibha Patil
13.	Joginder Jaswant Singh		26 January 2008	28 May 2013		Punjab
14.	Nirbhay Sharma		28 May 2013	31 May 2015		Uttar Pradesh	Pranab Mukherjee
15.	Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa		1 June 2015	9 July 2016		Assam
16.	Tathagata Roy		10 July 2016	12 August 2016		West Bengal
(15).	Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa		13 August 2016	13 September 2016		Assam
17.			14 September 2016	27 January 2017 (resigned)		Tamil Nadu
18.	Padmanabha Acharya[4]		28 January 2017	2 October 2017		Karnataka
19.	B. D. Mishra[5]		3 October 2017	15 February 2023		Uttar Pradesh	Ramnath Kovind
20.	Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik		16 February 2023	Incumbent		Maharashtra	Draupadi Murmu

External links

• Home : Official website of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Notes and References

1. News: President Kovind Appoints 5 New Governors, Tamil Nadu Gets Its Own After A Year. 30 September 2017. 31 January 2020. Arun. Nair. NDTV.com.
2. Web site: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh :: Past Governors . arunachalgovernor.gov.in . Governor Secretariat, Arunachal Pradesh . 1 September 2018.
3. Web site: Former Governor – Department of Information, Public Relation & Printing . arunachalipr.gov.in . Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh . 1 September 2018.
4. Web site: President Mukherjee accepts V Shanmuganathan's resignation. The New Indian Express.
5. News: Profiles of new Governors of T.N., Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. Delhi. Bureau. The Hindu . 30 September 2017. www.thehindu.com.