List of governors of Mizoram

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Governor of Mizoram
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Incumbent
Kambhampati Hari Babu
since 6 November 2021
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan, Aizawl
Appointer President of India
Term length Five Years
Inaugural holderS.P.Mukherjee
Formation20 February 1987;37 years ago (1987-02-20)
Website https://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in
The state of Mizoram is in northeastern India. IN-MZ.svg
The state of Mizoram is in northeastern India.

This is a list of governors of Mizoram, an Indian state part of Northeast India

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Powers and functions

The Governor enjoys many different types of powers:

Before statehood

S.J.Das was the chief commissioner of Mizoram from 21 January 1972 to 23 April 1972. He was followed by these Lieutenant Governors:

#NameTook officeLeft office
1S. P. Mukherjee24 April 197212 June 1974
2S. K. Chibber13 June 197426 September 1977
3N. P. Mathur27 September 197715 April 1981
4 S. N. Kohli 16 April 19819 August 1983
5H. S. Dubey10 August 198310 December 1986
6 Hiteswar Saikia 11 December 198619 February 1987

Governors of Mizoram

#NameTook officeLeft office
1 Hiteswar Saikia 20 February 198730 April 1989
-General K. V. Krishna Rao (additional charge)1 May 198920 July 1989
2 Capt W. A. Sangma 21 July 19897 February 1990
3 Swaraj Kaushal 8 February 19909 February 1993
4 P. R. Kyndiah 10 February 199328 January 1998
5Dr. Arun Prasad Mukherjee 29 January 19981 May 1998
6 A. Padmanabhan 2 May 199830 November 2000
- Ved Marwah (additional charge)1 December 200017 May 2001
7 Amolak Rattan Kohli 18 May 200124 July 2006
8Lt. Gen (Retd.) M. M. Lakhera 25 July 20062 September 2011
9 Vakkom Purushothaman 2 September 20116 July 2014
10 Kamla Beniwal 6 July 20146 August 2014
- Vinod Kumar Duggal (additional charge)8 August 201416 September 2014
- K. K. Paul (additional charge) [1] 16 September 20148 January 2015
11 Aziz Qureshi [2] 9 January 201528 March 2015
- Keshari Nath Tripathi (additional charge)4 April 201525 May 2015
12Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma 26 May 201528 May 2018
13 Kummanam Rajasekharan 29 May 20188 March 2019
- Jagdish Mukhi (additional charge)9 March 201925 October 2019
14 P. S. Sreedharan Pillai 25 October 20196 July 2021
15 Kambhampati Hari Babu 7 July 202110 August 2021
- B. D. Mishra (additional charge)11 August 20215 November 2021
(15) Kambhampati Hari Babu 6 November 2021Incumbent

Secretariat [3]

NameDesignation
V Lalsangliana IASSecretary to Governor
Joseph Lalrinawma MCSAddl. Secretary to Governor
Lalngaihzuala MCSPS to Governor
Saurabh Khamar OSD to Governor

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References

  1. "KK Paul to be sworn in as Mizoram governor on September 16". The Times of India. 12 September 2014.
  2. "Aziz Qureshi to take oath as Mizoram governor on Friday". The Economic Times. 5 January 2015.
  3. "Who's Who | Raj Bhavan Mizoram | India" . Retrieved 12 May 2023.

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