Governor of Gujarat | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan; Gandhinagar |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | Five Years |
Inaugural holder | Mehdi Nawaz Jung |
Formation | 1 May 1960 |
Website | https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in |
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.
The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
# | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration |
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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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