List of governors of Meghalaya

Governor of Meghalaya
Governor of Meghalaya
	Emblem of Meghalaya
	Incumbent; C. H. Vijayashankar ; since 30 July 2024
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Shillong
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holder	Braj Kumar Nehru
Formation	21 January 1972;53 years ago
Website	meggovernor.gov.in

Last updated March 31, 2025

The governor of Meghalaya serves as the ceremonial head of the Indian state of Meghalaya. Appointed by the president of India, the governor holds office as long as the president desires. The governor's official residence is the Raj Bhavan.

The position of the governor of Meghalaya came into existence following the creation of the state in January 1972 as a result of the bifurcation of Assam. The first governor was Braj Kumar Nehru, then governor of Assam who held the additional charge of the governor of the newly created state of Meghalaya from 21 January 1972 until his transfer on 19 September 1973. From 1972 until 1989, the Governor of Assam held the additional charge of the Governor of Meghalaya. The first full-time governor of the state was A. A. Rahim who served from 27 July 1989 until 8 May 1990.

The current governor is Phagu Chauhan who has been in office since 18 February 2023 and had previously served as the Governor of Bihar. The longest-serving governor of the state is M. M. Jacob who served for 11 years, 296 days from 19 June 1995 until retiring on 11 April 2007.

History

The position of the Governor of Meghalaya came into existence after the creation of Meghalaya as in independent state on 21 January 1972. The inaugural holder of the office was Braj Kumar Nehru, the Governor of Assam who held the charge of the Governor of Meghalaya until his transfer in September 1973. His successors in Assam, namely Lallan Prasad Singh, Prakash Mehrotra, Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra (Acting), Bhishma Narain Singh and Harideo Joshi concurrently held the additional charge of the Governor of Meghalaya. The first full-time governor was appointed in July 1989 with A. A. Rahim who served until May 1990. Since then, Meghalaya has had all full-time governors, except for few occasions.

Following the retirement of M. M. Jacob, the state's longest serving governor in 2007, then Manipur Governor Shivinder Singh Sidhu held the additional charge as the state's governor from 29 October 2007 until the appointment of Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary on 30 June 2008. West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi held the additional charge of the governorship from 6 January 2015 until 19 May 2015 after then governor Krishan Kant Paul was appointed as Governor of Uttarakhand. Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit held the additional charge of the state's governor from 27 January 2017 till 5 October 2017 after the resignation of V. Shanmuganathan, while Arunachal Governor B. D. Mishra held the charge of the state's governorship from 4 October 2022 till 13 February 2023 following the retirement of Satyapal Malik.

Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Meghalaya also the Chief Rector of the North Eastern Hill University, the sole central university in the state.

Governors

This is a list of the governors of Meghalaya state in northeastern India. Meghalaya became an autonomous state within Assam on 1 April 1970 and a separate state on 21 January 1972.^[1]

No.	Name (born –died)	Portrait	Tenure in office		Immediate prior position held
No.	Name (born –died)	Portrait	From	To	Immediate prior position held
43	Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd.) Governor of Assam (1909–2001)		1968	18 September 1973	Governor of Assam (continued)
44	Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd.) Governor of Assam (1912–1998)		19 September 1973	10 August 1981	Governor of Assam (continued)
45	Prakash Mehrotra Governor of Assam (1925–1988)		11 August 1981	28 March 1984^[§]	Governor of Assam (continued)
46	Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court & Acting Governor of Assam (1922–2005) (Acting)		29 March 1984	15 April 1984	Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court and Acting Governor of Assam (continued)
47	Bhishma Narain Singh Governor of Assam (1933–2018)		16 April 1984	10 May 1989	Governor of Assam (continued)
48	Harideo Joshi Governor of Assam (1920–1995)		11 May 1989	21 July 1989	Governor of Assam (continued)
49	A. A. Rahim (1920–1995)		27 July 1989	8 May 1990	Union Minister of State for External Affairs (until 1984)
50	Madhukar Dighe (1920–2014)		9 May 1990	18 June 1995	Cabinet Minister of Finance, Uttar Pradesh (until 1979)
51	M. M. Jacob (1926–2018)		19 June 1995	11 April 2007	Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
52	Banwari Lal Joshi IPS (Retd.) (1936–2017)		12 April 2007	28 October 2007	Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
53	Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd.) Governor of Manipur (1929–2018) (Additional Charge)		29 October 2007	30 June 2008	Governor of Manipur (continued)
54	Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary IPS (Retd.) (born 1947)		1 July 2008	30 June 2013	Chief Information Commissioner, Assam
55	Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd.) (born 1948)		1 July 2013	6 January 2015	Member, Union Public Service Commission
56	Keshari Nath Tripathi Governor of West Bengal (1934–2023) (Additional Charge)		6 January 2015	19 May 2015	Governor of West Bengal (continued)
57	V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949)		20 May 2015	27 January 2017^[§]
58	Banwarilal Purohit Governor of Assam (born 1940) (Additional Charge)		27 January 2017	5 October 2017	Governor of Assam (continued)
59	Ganga Prasad (born 1939)		5 October 2017	25 August 2018	Member, Bihar Legislative Council
60	Tathagata Roy (born 1945)		25 August 2018	18 December 2019	Governor of Tripura
61	R. N. Ravi IPS (Retd.) Governor of Nagaland (born 1952) (Acting)		18 December 2019	26 January 2020	Governor of Nagaland (continued)
62	Tathagata Roy (born 1945)		27 January 2020	18 August 2020	Governor of Meghalaya
63	Satya Pal Malik (born 1946)		18 August 2020	3 October 2022	Governor of Goa
64	Brigadier (Retd.) B. D. Mishra Governor of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1939) (Additional Charge)		4 October 2022	13 February 2023	Governor of Arunachal Pradesh (continued)
65	Phagu Chauhan (born 1948)		18 February 2023	29 July 2024	Governor of Bihar
66	C H Vijayashankar (born 1956)		30 July 2024	Incumbent	Environment and Forest Minister of Karnataka

References

↑ "Past Governors: Raj Bhavan, Meghalaya". meggovernor.gov.in. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

States of India since 1947

External links

Name of the Governors/Chief Ministers and Chain of Events in Meghalaya

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[1] "Past Governors: Raj Bhavan, Meghalaya". meggovernor.gov.in. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

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