List of governors of Gujarat explained

Post:Governor
Body:Gujarat
Insignia:Government Of Gujarat Seal In All Languages.svg
Insigniasize:110px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Gujarat
Incumbent:Acharya Devvrat
Incumbentsince:21 July 2019
Style:His Excellency
Residence:Raj Bhavan
Gandhinagar
Termlength:Five Years
Appointer:President of India
Inaugural:Mehdi Nawaz Jung
Website:https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in

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.

Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

Governors of Gujarat

Key
bgcolor=wheatindicates that this was an additional charge or acting
NamePortraitTook officeLeft officeDurationHome State Appointed by
1.Mehdi Nawaz Jung1 May 19601 August 1965Andhra PradeshRajendra Prasad
2.1 August 19657 December 1967OdishaSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
bgcolor=wheat-bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat7 December 1967bgcolor=wheat26 December 1967bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatGujaratZakir Husain
3.26 December 196717 March 1973Not Known
bgcolor=wheat-bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat17 March 1973bgcolor=wheat4 April 1973bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatGujaratV. V. Giri
4.K. K. Viswanathan4 April 197314 August 1978Kerala
5.Sharda Mukherjee14 August 19786 August 1983MaharashtraNeelam Sanjeeva Reddy
6.6 August 198326 April 1984KeralaZail Singh
7.26 April 198426 February 1986Uttar Pradesh
8.Ram Krishna Trivedi26 February 19862 May 1990Not Known
9.2 May 199021 December 1990Uttar PradeshR. Venkataraman
10.Sarup Singh21 December 19901 July 1995Haryana
11.Naresh Chandra1 July 19951 March 1996Uttar PradeshShankar Dayal Sharma
12.1 March 199625 April 1998Madhya Pradesh
13. Anshuman Singh25 April 199816 January 1999Uttar PradeshK. R. Narayan
bgcolor=wheat-bgcolor=wheatK.G. Balakrishnan[1] bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat16 January 1999bgcolor=wheat18 March 1999bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatKerala
14.Sunder Singh Bhandari18 March 19997 May 2003Rajasthan
15.7 May 20032 July 2004BiharA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
bgcolor=wheat- bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat2 July 2004bgcolor=wheat24 July 2004bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatPunjab
16.24 July 200424 July 2009Rajasthan
bgcolor=wheat-bgcolor=wheatS. C. Jamir[2] bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat30 July 2009bgcolor=wheat26 November 2009bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatNagalandPratibha Patil
17.Kamla Beniwal27 November 20096 July 2014Rajasthan
bgcolor=wheat-bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat7 July 2014bgcolor=wheat15 July 2014bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatKarnatakaPranab Mukherjee
18.Om Prakash Kohli16 July 2014[3] 21 July 2019Delhi
19.Acharya Devvrat22 July 2019IncumbentHaryanaRamnath Kovind

References

  1. http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990114/01450725.html K.G. Balakrishnan as Governor of Gujarat
  2. Jamir served as acting governor during Dwivedi's official term of service as well as after his death.
  3. Web site: O P Kohli takes oath as Gujarat governor. Timesofindia Journal. 19 July 2014.

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