List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh

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Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
Flag of Arunachal Pradesh.svg
Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik in 2023.jpg
since 16 February 2023
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan; Itanagar
Appointer President of India
Term length At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder Bhishma Narain Singh
Formation20 February 1987;38 years ago (1987-02-20)
Website http://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/
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Arunachal Pradesh is in India.

The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The current governor is Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik. [1]

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Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

List

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Chief Commissioners of Arunachal Pradesh (19721975)

#NamePortraitTook officeLeft officeDuration
1 K. A. A. Raja No image available.svg 20 January 197219731 year
2 Manohar L. Kampani No image available.svg 197419751 year

Lieutenant Governors of Arunachal Pradesh (19751987)

#NameImageTook officeLeft officeDuration
1 K. A. A. Raja No image available.svg 15 August 197518 January 19793 years, 5 months and 4 days
2 R. N. Haldipur No image available.svg 18 January 197923 July 1981
3 H. S. Dubey No image available.svg 23 July 198110 August 1983
4 Thanjavelu Rajeshwar T. V. Rajeswar (cropped).jpg 10 August 198321 November 1985
5 Shiva Swaroop No image available.svg 21 November 198520 February 1987

Governors of Arunachal Pradesh (1987present)

#PortraitName
(born died)
Home stateTenure in officeAppointer
(President)
FromToTime in office
1 Bhishma Narain Singh (cropped).jpg Bhishma Narain Singh
(1933–2018)
Governor of Assam and Meghalaya
Bihar 20 February
1987
18 March
1987
26 days Zail Singh
2 R. D. Pradhan.jpg R. D. Pradhan
IAS (Retd)
(1928–2020)
Maharashtra 18 March
1987
16 March
1990 [‡]
2 years, 363 days
Gopal Singh Rajya Sabha photo.jpg Gopal Singh
(1917–1990)
Governor of Nagaland

(Additional Charge)
Punjab 16 March
1990
8 May
1990 [‡]
53 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Blank.svg Devi Das Thakur
(1929–2007)
Governor of Assam

(Additional Charge)
Jammu and Kashmir 8 May
1990
16 March
1991 [‡]
312 days
Lokanath Misra.jpg Lokanath Misra
(1921–2009)
Governor of Assam

(Additional Charge)
Orissa 17 March
1991
25 March
1991
8 days
3 Surendranath Dwivedy.jpg Surendranath Dwivedy
(1913–2001)
Orissa 26 March
1991
4 July
1993 [‡]
2 years, 100 days
Blank.svg Madhukar Dighe
(1920–2014)
Governor of Meghalaya

(Additional Charge)
Uttar Pradesh 4 July
1993
20 October
1993
108 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
4 Governor of Arunachal Pradesh Mata Prasad.jpg Mata Prasad
(1925–2021)
Uttar Pradesh 20 October
1993
16 May
1999
5 years, 208 days
Former Governor S. K. Sinha (cropped).jpg Lieutenant General
Srinivas Kumar Sinha (Retd)
PVSM ADC
(1926–2016)
Governor of Assam

(Additional Charge)
Bihar 16 May
1999
1 August
1999
77 days K. R. Narayanan
5 Arvind Dave.jpg Arvind Dave
IPS (Retd)
(born 1940)
Uttar Pradesh 1 August
1999
12 June
2003 [§] [α]
3 years, 315 days
6 Vinod Chandra Pande.jpg Vinod Chandra Pande
IAS (Retd)
(1938–2005)
Uttar Pradesh 12 June
2003
15 December
2004
1 year, 186 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
7 Governor of Arunachal Pradesh S.K. Singh (cropped).jpg Shilendra Kumar Singh
IFS (Retd)
(1932–2009)
Delhi 16 December
2004
23 January
2007
2 years, 38 days
M.M. Jacob photo.jpg M. M. Jacob
(1926–2018)
Governor of Meghalaya

(Acting)
Kerala 24 January
2007
6 April
2007
72 days
Governor of Maharashtra, Shri K. Sankaranarayanan with Vice President Hamid Ansari at TISS in 2013.png Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
(1932–2022)
Governor of Nagaland

(Acting)
Kerala 7 April
2007
14 April
2007
7 days
(7) Governor of Arunachal Pradesh S.K. Singh (cropped).jpg Shilendra Kumar Singh
IFS (Retd)
(1932–2009)
Delhi 15 April
2007
3 September
2007 [§] [β]
141 days
Governor of Maharashtra, Shri K. Sankaranarayanan with Vice President Hamid Ansari at TISS in 2013.png Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
(1932–2022)
Governor of Nagaland

(Acting)
Kerala 4 September
2007
26 January
2008
144 days Pratibha Patil
8 General J. J. Singh.jpg General
Joginder Jaswant Singh (Retd)
PVSM AVSM VSM ADC
(born 1945)
Punjab 26 January
2008
28 May
2013
5 years, 122 days
9 Lieutenant General Nirbhay Sharma, Governor of Mizoram (cropped).jpg Lieutenant General
Nirbhay Sharma (Retd)
PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM
(born 1946)
Uttar Pradesh 28 May
2013
31 May
2015 [§] [γ]
2 years, 3 days Pranab Mukherjee
10 Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa (cropped).jpg Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
IAS (Retd)
(born 1944)
Assam 1 June
2015
9 July
2016
1 year, 38 days
Tathagata Roy with Rajnath Singh in May 2015 (cropped).jpg Tathagata Roy
(born 1945)
Governor of Tripura

(Acting)
West Bengal 10 July
2016
12 August
2016
33 days
(10) Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa (cropped).jpg Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
IAS (Retd)
(born 1944)
Assam 13 August
2016
13 September
2016 [‡]
31 days
The Governor-designate of Meghalaya, Shri V. Shanmuganathan calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on May 13, 2015.jpg (cropped).jpg V. Shanmuganathan
(born 1949)
Governor of Meghalaya

(Additional Charge)
Tamil Nadu 14 September
2016
27 January
2017 [‡]
135 days
Smriti Irani meeting the Governor of Tripura Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (cropped).jpg Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya
(1931–2023)
Governor of Nagaland

(Additional Charge)
Karnataka 28 January
2017
2 October
2017
247 days
11 The Minister of State for Tourism (IC), Shri Alphons Kannanthanam meeting the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Brigadier (Retd.) (Dr.) B.D. Mishra, in New Delhi on July 31, 2018 (cropped).JPG Brigadier
B. D. Mishra (Retd)
(born 1939)
Uttar Pradesh 3 October
2017
15 February
2023 [§] [δ]
5 years, 135 days Ram Nath Kovind
12 Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik in 2023.jpg Lieutenant General
Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik (Retd)
PVSM UYSM YSM
(born 1953)
Maharashtra 16 February
2023
Incumbent2 years, 216 days Droupadi Murmu
  1. Transferred as the Governor of Manipur
  2. Transferred as the Governor of Rajasthan
  3. Transferred as the Governor of Mizoram
  4. Transferred as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh

References

  1. Nair, Arun, ed. (30 September 2017). "President Kovind Appoints 5 New Governors, Tamil Nadu Gets Its Own After A Year". NDTV.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. "The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh :: Past Governors". arunachalgovernor.gov.in. Governor Secretariat, Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. "Former Governor – Department of Information, Public Relation & Printing". arunachalipr.gov.in. Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 1 September 2018.