List of governors of Nagaland

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Governor of Nagaland
La Ganesan Ji (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
La. Ganesan
since 20 February 2023
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan; Kohima
Appointer President of India
Term length Five years
Inaugural holder Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.)
Formation1 December 1963;60 years ago (1963-12-01)
Website rajbhavan.nagaland.gov.in
The state of Nagaland is on the border with Burma. IN-NL.svg
The state of Nagaland is on the border with Burma.

The governor of Nagaland is the head of state of Nagaland and the representative of the president of India in the state.

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Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

Governors of Nagaland

Key
indicates that this was an additional charge
#NamePortraitTook officeLeft officeDuration
1 Vishnu Sahay No image available.svg 1 December 196316 April 1968
2 Braj Kumar Nehru Braj Kumar Nehru with Kennedy (cropped).jpg 17 April 196818 September 1973
3 Lallan Prasad Singh No image available.svg 19 September 19739 August 1981
4 S. M. H. Burney No image available.svg 10 August 198112 June 1984
5 K. V. Krishna Rao General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao.jpg 13 June 198419 July 1989
6 Gopal Singh Gopal Singh. 1952.jpg 20 July 19893 May 1990
7 M. M. Thomas 9 May 199012 April 1992
8 Loknath Mishra No image available.svg 13 April 19921 October 1993
9 V. K. Nayar No image available.svg 2 October 19934 August 1994
10 Oudh Narayan Shrivastava No image available.svg 5 August 199411 November 1996
11 Om Prakash Sharma No image available.svg 12 November 199627 January 2002
12 Shyamal Datta No image available.svg 28 January 20022 February 2007
13 K. Sankaranarayanan Governor of Maharashtra, Shri K. Sankaranarayanan with Vice President Hamid Ansari at TISS in 2013.png 3 February 200728 July 2009
14 Gurbachan Jagat No image available.svg 28 July 200914 Oct 2009
15 Nikhil Kumar Nikhil Kumar Nagaland Governor (cropped).jpg 15 Oct 200920 March 2013
16 Ashwani Kumar Ashwani Kumar (governor).jpg 21 March 201327 June 2014
- Krishan Kant Paul [1] Governor of Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul (cropped).jpg 2 July 201419 July 2014
17 Padmanabha Acharya [2] Governor of Tripura Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya.jpg 19 July 201431 July 2019
18 R. N. Ravi The Governor of Nagaland, Shri R.N. Ravi.jpg 1 August 201917 September 2021
- Jagdish Mukhi Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands Prof. Jagdish Mukhi.jpg 17 September 202119 February 2023
19 La. Ganesan La Ganesan Ji (cropped).jpg 20 February 2023Incumbent

See also

Notes and references

  1. "Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul takes additional charge of Nagaland". The Economic Times. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. "P B Acharya sworn in as Nagaland Governor". Deccan Herald. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

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