List of governors of Sikkim explained

Post:Governor of Sikkim
Insignia:Seal of Sikkim.svg
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Sikkim
Insigniasize:120px
Incumbent:Om Prakash Mathur
Incumbentsince:31 July 2024
Style:His Excellency
Residence:Raj Bhavan, Gangtok
Appointer:President of India
Termlength:5 years
Inaugural:B. B. Lal
Website:rajbhavansikkim.gov.in

The governor of Sikkim is the head of state of the Indian state of Sikkim. The governor is the representative of the president of India in the state and is the nominal head of the state's executive power. This is a list of the governors of Sikkim.

Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

Governors of Sikkim

Key
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NamePortraitscope=colTook officescope=colLeft officeTerm in OfficeHome State Appointed by
1.B. B. Lal18 May 19759 January 1981Not Known Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
2.Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan10 January 198117 June 1984MaharashtraNeelam Sanjeeva Reddy
3.Kona Prabhakar Rao18 June 198430 May 1985Andhra PradeshZail Singh
bgcolor=wheat–bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat31 May 1985bgcolor=wheat20 November 1985bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatJharkhand
4.T.V. Rajeswar21 November 19851 March 1989Tamil Nadu
5.S.K. Bhatnagar2 March 19897 February 1990Not Known R. Venkataraman
6.Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani8 February 199020 September 1994Maharashtra
7.P. Shiv Shankar21 September 199411 November 1995Andhra PradeshShankar Dayal Sharma
bgcolor=wheat–bgcolor=wheatK.V. Raghunatha Reddybgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat12 November 1995bgcolor=wheat9 February 1996bgcolor=wheat
8.Chaudhary Randhir Singh10 February 199617 May 2001Haryana
9.Kidar Nath Sahani18 May 200125 October 2002DelhiK. R. Narayan
10.V. Rama Rao26 October 200212 July 2006Andhra PradeshA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
bgcolor=wheat—bgcolor=wheatR.S. Gavaibgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheat13 July 2006bgcolor=wheat12 August 2006bgcolor=wheatbgcolor=wheatMaharashtra
(10).V. Rama Rao13 August 200625 October 2007Andhra Pradesh
11.Sudarshan Agarwal25 October 20078 July 2008PunjabPratibha Patil
12.Balmiki Prasad Singh9 July 200830 June 2013Bihar
13.Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil[1] 1 July 201326 August 2018MaharashtraPranab Mukherjee
14.Ganga Prasad26 August 2018[2] 12 February 2023BiharRamnath Kovind
15.Lakshman Acharya13 February 202330 July 2024Uttar PradeshDraupadi Murmu
16.Om Prakash Mathur[3] 31 July 2024IncumbentRajasthan

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Shriniwas Patil named new Sikkim governor . NDTV . Press Trust of India . 3 July 2013.
  2. News: Ganga Prasad sworn in as Sikkim Governor . Business Standard . Press Trust of India . 26 August 2018.
  3. Web site: Sikkim: Veteran BJP Leader, Ex-RSS Pracharak Appointed As New Governor . 2024-07-28 . Newsx . en.

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