| Governor of Arunachal Pradesh | |
|---|---|
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Itanagar |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
| Inaugural holder | Bhishma Narain Singh |
| Formation | 20 February 1987 |
| Website | http://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/ |
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]
The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. A. A. Raja |  | 20 January 1972 | 1973 | 1 year |
| 2 | Manohar L. Kampani | | 1974 | 1975 | 1 year |
| # | Name | Image | Took office | Left office | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. A. A. Raja | | 15 August 1975 | 18 January 1979 | 3 years, 5 months and 4 days |
| 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 |
Data from Arunachal Pradesh Governor's Secretariat [2] and Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh [3]
| • | indicates that this was an additional charge |
| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bhishma Narain Singh |  | 20 February 1987 | 18 March 1987 | 26 days | Bihar | Zail Singh |
| 2. | R. D. Pradhan |  | 18 March 1987 | 16 March 1990 | 2 years, 363 days | Maharashtra | |
| 3. | Gopal Singh | | 16 March 1990 | 8 May 1990 | 53 days | Rajasthan | R. Venkataraman |
| 4. | Devi Das Thakur | | 8 May 1990 | 16 March 1991 | 312 days | Jammu and Kashmir | |
| 5. | Loknath Mishra | | 16 March 1991 | 25 March 1991 | 9 days | Odisha | |
| 6. | Surendranath Dwivedy | | 25 March 1991 | 4 July 1993 | 2 years, 101 days | ||
| 7. | Madhukar Dighe | | 4 July 1993 | 20 October 1993 | 108 days | Uttar Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 8. | Mata Prasad |  | 20 October 1993 | 16 May 1999 | 5 years, 208 days | Not Known | |
| 9. | S. K. Sinha | | 16 May 1999 | 1 August 1999 | 77 days | K. R. Narayan | |
| 10. | Arvind Dave | | 1 August 1999 | 12 June 2003 | 3 years, 315 days | Rajasthan | |
| 11. | V. C. Pande | | 12 June 2003 | 15 December 2004 | 1 year, 186 days | Jammu and Kashmir | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 12. | Shilendra Kumar Singh |  | 16 December 2004 | 23 January 2007 | 2 years, 38 days | Rajasthan | |
| — | M. M. Jacob |  | 24 January 2007 | 6 April 2007 | 72 days | Kerala | |
| — | K. Sankaranarayanan |  | 7 April 2007 | 14 April 2007 | 7 days | ||
| (12). | Shilendra Kumar Singh | | 15 April 2007 | 3 September 2007 | 141 days | Rajasthan | |
| — | K. Sankaranarayanan |  | 3 September 2007 | 26 January 2008 | 145 days | Kerala | Pratibha Patil |
| 13. | Joginder Jaswant Singh |  | 26 January 2008 | 28 May 2013 | 5 years, 122 days | Punjab | |
| 14. | Nirbhay Sharma |  | 28 May 2013 | 31 May 2015 | 2 years, 3 days | Uttar Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 15. | Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa |  | 1 June 2015 | 9 July 2016 | 1 year, 38 days | Assam | |
| 16. | Tathagata Roy |  | 10 July 2016 | 12 August 2016 | 33 days | West Bengal | |
| (15). | Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa | | 13 August 2016 | 13 September 2016 | 31 days | Assam | |
| 17. | V. Shanmuganathan |  | 14 September 2016 | 27 January 2017 (resigned) | 135 days | Tamil Nadu | |
| 18. | Padmanabha Acharya [4] |  | 28 January 2017 | 2 October 2017 | 247 days | Karnataka | |
| 19. | B. D. Mishra [5] |  | 3 October 2017 | 15 February 2023 | 5 years, 135 days | Uttar Pradesh | Ramnath Kovind |
| 20. | Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik |  | 16 February 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 304 days | Maharashtra | Draupadi Murmu |
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