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Acharya Devvrat | |
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![]() Devvrat in 2022 | |
Governor of Gujarat | |
Assumed office 22 July 2019 | |
Chief Minister | Vijay Rupani Bhupendrabhai Patel |
Preceded by | Om Prakash Kohli |
Governor of Himachal Pradesh | |
In office 12 August 2015 –21 July 2019 | |
Chief Minister | Virbhadra Singh Jai Ram Thakur |
Preceded by | Kalyan Singh |
Succeeded by | Kalraj Mishra |
12th Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith | |
Assumed office 20 October 2022 | |
Preceded by | Ela Bhatt |
Personal details | |
Born | Samalkha,Punjab (now Haryana),India | 18 January 1959
Spouse | Darsana Devi |
Residence(s) | Raj Bhavan,Gandhinagar,Gujarat,India |
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Acharya Devvrat (born 18 January 1959) [1] is an Indian politician and former educator who has served as Governor of Gujarat since 2019. He is an Arya Samaj pracharak and served previously as the principal of a Gurukul in Kurukshetra, Haryana. [2] [3] [4] [1] Being the Governor of Gujarat, he is also the Chancellor of state universities of Gujarat.
In August 2015, Devvrat was appointed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh. [5] He continued till 21 July 2019, when he was replaced by Kalraj Mishra. [5]
In June 2019, he was named as Governor of Gujarat replacing Om Prakash Kohli. [6]
Devvrat was born in Samalkha, then in East Punjab, now in Haryana. [1] He is married to Darsana Devi. [7]