List of governors of Jharkhand

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Governor of Jharkhand
Jharkhand Rajakiya Chihna.svg
Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Santosh Gangwar
since 31 July 2024
Style His/Her Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan; Ranchi
Appointer President of India
Term length At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder Prabhat Kumar
Formation15 November 2000;24 years ago (2000-11-15)
Website rajbhavanjharkhand.nic.in

The governor of Jharkhand is the nominal head of the Indian state of Jharkhand. [1] The governor is appointed by the president of India. Though all official affairs of the state are administered and carried out in the name of the governor, the real executive power rests with the chief minister who is a member of the legislative assembly and is the leader of the majority party in the house. The official residence of the governor is Raj Bhavan.

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The position of the governor of Jharkhand came into existence following the creation of the state in November 2000 as a result of the bifurcation of Bihar. The first governor to be appointed was Prabhat Kumar who served in office between 2000 and 2002. The current governor is Santosh Gangwar.

Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Jharkhand is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Jharkhand. The universities include Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University, Birsa Agricultural University, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University, Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University, Jharkhand University of Technology, Kolhan University, Nilamber-Pitamber University, Ranchi University, Sido Kanhu Murmu University, and Vinoba Bhave University.

List

Following is the list of governors of Jharkhand since its inception on 15 November 2000. As of date, ten governors have been appointed to office. The first governor was Prabhat Kumar who served from 2000 till 2002. The current governor is Santosh Gangwar who has been in office since 31 July 2024. The first female and the longest serving governor of the state till date is Droupadi Murmu who served as the governor between 2015 and 2021.

Legend
Color key
#PortraitName
(born died)
Home stateTenure in officeAppointer
(President)
FromToTime in office
1 Prabhat Kumar (cropped).jpg Prabhat Kumar
IAS (Retd)
(born 1940)
Uttar Pradesh 15 November
2000
3 February
2002 [‡]
1 year, 80 days K. R. Narayanan
Vinod Chandra Pande.jpg Vinod Chandra Pande
IAS (Retd)
(1938–2005)
Governor of Bihar

(Additional Charge)
Uttar Pradesh 4 February
2002
14 July
2002
160 days
2 Rama Jois.jpg Justice (Retd)
Mandagadde Rama Jois
(1931–2021)
Karnataka 15 July
2002
11 June
2003 [§] [α]
331 days
3 Ved Marwah (cropped).jpg Ved Marwah
IPS (Retd)
(1934–2020)
Delhi 12 June
2003
9 December
2004
1 year, 180 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
4 Syed Sibtey Razi in 2015 (cropped).jpg Syed Sibtey Razi
(1939–2022)
Uttar Pradesh 10 December
2004
25 July
2009 [§] [β]
4 years, 227 days
5 Governor of Maharashtra, Shri K. Sankaranarayanan with Vice President Hamid Ansari at TISS in 2013.png Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
(1932–2022)
Kerala 26 July
2009
21 January
2010 [§] [γ]
179 days Pratibha Patil
6 M. O. H. Farook.jpg M. O. H. Farook
(1937–2012)
Puducherry 22 January
2010
4 September
2011 [§] [δ]
1 year, 225 days
7 Syed Ahmed (politician).jpg Syed Ahmed
(1943–2015)
Maharashtra 4 September
2011
17 May
2015 [§] [ε]
3 years, 255 days
8 President Droupadi Murmu official portrait higher version.jpg Droupadi Murmu
(born 1958)
Odisha 18 May
2015
13 July
2021
6 years, 56 days Pranab Mukherjee
9 Ramesh Bais in 2023 (cropped).jpg Ramesh Bais
(born 1947)
Chhattisgarh 14 July
2021
17 February
2023 [§] [γ]
1 year, 218 days Ram Nath Kovind
10 Governor of Jharkhand Radhakrishnan.jpg C. P. Radhakrishnan
(born 1957)
Tamil Nadu 18 February
2023
30 July
2024 [§] [γ]
1 year, 163 days Droupadi Murmu
11 Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
Uttar Pradesh 31 July
2024
Incumbent1 year, 20 days
  1. Transferred as the Governor of Bihar
  2. Transferred as the Governor of Assam
  3. 1 2 3 Transferred as the Governor of Maharashtra
  4. Transferred as the Governor of Kerala
  5. Transferred as the Governor of Manipur

See also

References

  1. M.R, Abhilash (9 March 2022). "The office of the Governor". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  2. "Rajbhawan". www.rajbhavanjharkhand.nic.in. Retrieved 21 June 2022.