List of governors of Chhattisgarh

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Governor of Chhattisgarh
Coat of arms of Chhattisgarh.svg
Ramen Deka with President Murmu (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Ramen Deka
since 31 July 2024
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan; Raipur
Appointer President of India
Term length At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder D. N. Sahay
Formation1 November 2000;24 years ago (2000-11-01)

The governor of Chhattisgarh is the nominal head of state of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The official residence of the governor is Raj Bhavan.

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The position of the governor of Chhattisgarh came into existence following the creation of the state in November 2000 as a result of the bifurcation of Madhya Pradesh. The first governor to be appointed was Dinesh Nandan Sahay who served in office between 2000 and 2003. The current governor is Remen Deka who has been in office since 31 July 2024.

Powers and functions

Chhattisgarh is in central India. India Chhattisgarh locator map.svg
Chhattisgarh is in central India.

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Chhattisgarh is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Chhattisgarh. The universities include Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya, Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Memorial Health Sciences and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh, Bastar Vishwavidyalaya, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya, Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Sarguja University, etc.

History

The inaugural governor of Chhattisgarh was retired Indian Police Service officer and former Bihar DGP Dinesh Nandan Sahay who served in office since the state's creation in November 2000 until he swapped positions with then Governor of Tripura Lieutenant General Krishna Mohan Seth (retired) in June 2003. Seth served in office until retiring in January 2007 and was succeeded by former Intelligence Bureau director E. S. L. Narasimhan. Narasimhan served as the state's governor until being permanently transferred as Governor of Andhra Pradesh in January 2010, a position he was holding on additional basis since December 2009 following the resignation of N. D. Tiwari. Following the transfer of Narasimhan, former Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutt was appointed as the governor and he remained in office until resigning in June 2014.

Following Dutt's resignation, Madhya Pradesh governor Ram Naresh Yadav briefly acted as the state's governor. He was relieved of the additional duties following the appointment of Balram Das Tandon the following month. Tandon remained the governor until his demise in office on 14 August 2018, thus becoming the first and only sitting governor of the state to die in office. He was succeeded by Madhya Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel on acting basis who served till July the next year and was succeeded by Anusuiya Uikey. Uikey served as the state's governor until February 2023 and was transferred as Governor of Manipur and was succeeded by Andhra Pradesh governor Biswabhusan Harichandan. Harichandan has since then being the governor of the state.

List

Legend
Color key
No.PortraitName
(born died)
Home stateTenure in officeAppointer
(President)
FromToTime in office
1 Dinesh Nandan Sahay, Governor of Tripura.jpg Dinesh Nandan Sahay
IPS (Retd)
(1936–2018)
Bihar 1 November
2000
1 June
2003 [§]
2 years, 212 days K. R. Narayanan
2 The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the Governor of Chhattisgarh, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) K. M. Seth at Raj Bhawan in Raipur, during his one day visit to the State on April 30, 2005 (cropped).jpg Lieutenant General
Krishna Mohan Seth (Retd)
PVSM AVSM
(born 1939)
Uttar Pradesh 2 June
2003
25 January
2007
3 years, 237 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
3 E. S. L. Narasimhan at Telangana Jagruthi Program.jpg E. S. L. Narasimhan
IPS (Retd)
(born 1945)
Tamil Nadu 26 January
2007
23 January
2010 [§]
2 years, 362 days
4 Shekhar Dutt.jpg Shekhar Dutt
SM IAS (Retd)
(1945–2025)
Assam 23 January
2010
19 June
2014 [‡]
4 years, 147 days Pratibha Patil
Ram Naresh Yadav (cropped).jpg Ram Naresh Yadav
(1928–2016)
Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh 19 June
2014
14 July
2014
25 days Pranab Mukherjee
5 Balram Tandon (cropped).jpg Balram Das Tandon
(1927–2018)
Punjab 18 July
2014
14 August
2018 [†]
4 years, 27 days
Anandiben Patel in 2022 (cropped).jpg Anandiben Patel
(born 1941)
Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat 15 August
2018
28 July
2019
347 days Ram Nath Kovind
6 Anusuiya Uikey in 2023 (cropped).jpg Anusuiya Uikey
(born 1957)
Madhya Pradesh 29 July
2019
22 February
2023 [§]
3 years, 208 days
7 Biswabhushan Harichandran (cropped).jpg Biswabhusan Harichandan
(born 1934)
Odisha 23 February
2023 [1]
30 July
2024
1 year, 158 days Droupadi Murmu
8 Ramen Deka with President Murmu (cropped).jpg Ramen Deka
(born 1954)
Assam 31 July
2024
Incumbent357 days

See also

References

  1. ThePrint (23 February 2023). "Biswa Bhusan Harichandan sworn in as Chhattisgarh governor". Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.