List of governors of Gujarat

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Governor of Gujarat
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Incumbent
Acharya Devvrat
since 21 July 2019
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan; Gandhinagar
Appointer President of India
Term length Five Years
Inaugural holder Mehdi Nawaz Jung
Formation1 May 1960;63 years ago (1960-05-01)
Website https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in
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Gujarat is in western India.

The Governor of Gujarat is a nominal head and representative of the President of india in the state of Gujarat. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years and resides in Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar. Acharya Devvrat took charge as the governor on 22 July 2019.

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Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

Governors of Gujarat

#NameTook officeLeft office
1 Mehdi Nawaz Jung 1 May 1960 1 Aug 1965
2 Nityanand Kanungo 1 Aug 1965 7 Dec 1967
- P.N. Bhagwati (acting)7 Dec 1967 26 Dec 1967
3 Shriman Narayan 26 Dec 1967 17 Mar 1973
- P.N. Bhagwati (acting)17 Mar 1973 4 Apr 1973
4 K. K. Viswanathan 4 Apr 1973 14 Aug 1978
5 Sharda Mukherjee 14 Aug 1978 6 Aug 1983
6 K.M. Chandy 6 Aug 1983 26 Apr 1984
7 Braj Kumar Nehru 26 Apr 1984 26 Feb 1986
8 Ram Krishna Trivedi 26 Feb 1986 2 May 1990
9 Mahipal Shastri 2 May 1990 21 Dec 1990
10 Sarup Singh 21 Dec 1990 1 Jul 1995
11 Naresh Chandra 1 Jul 1995 1 Mar 1996
12 Krishna Pal Singh 1 Mar 1996 25 Apr 1998
13 Anshuman Singh 25 Apr 1998 16 Jan 1999
- K.G. Balakrishnan [1] (acting)16 Jan 1999 18 Mar 1999
14 Sunder Singh Bhandari 18 Mar 1999 7 May 2003
15 Kailashpati Mishra 7 May 2003 2 Jul 2004
Balram Jakhar

(additional charge)

2 Jul 2004 24 Jul 2004
16 Nawal Kishore Sharma 24 Jul 2004 24 Jul 2009
- S. C. Jamir (additional charge) [2] 30 Jul 2009 26 Nov 2009
17 Kamla Beniwal 27 Nov 2009 6 July 2014
- Margaret Alva (additional charge)7 July 2014 15 July 2014
18 Om Prakash Kohli 16 July 2014 [3] 21 July 2019
19 Acharya Devvrat 22 July 2019 Incumbent

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References

  1. K.G. Balakrishnan as Governor of Gujarat Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Jamir served as acting governor during Dwivedi's official term of service as well as after his death.
  3. "O P Kohli takes oath as Gujarat governor". Timesofindia Journal. Retrieved 19 July 2014.