Governor of Telangana | |
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Telaṅgāṇa Governoru | |
Style |
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Status | Head of the State |
Abbreviation | GOV |
Residence | Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
Precursor | Governor of Andhra Pradesh |
Inaugural holder | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
Formation | 2 June 2014 |
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The governor of Telangana is the nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Telangana. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years.
Since 31 July 2024, Jishnu Dev Varma is the Governor of Telangana.
The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
No. | Portrait | Name (born –died) | Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
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From | To | Time in office | |||||
– | ![]() | E. S. L. Narasimhan IPS (Retd) (born 1945) | Tamil Nadu | 2 June 2014 | 23 July 2019 | 5 years, 97 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
1 | 24 July 2019 | 7 September 2019 | |||||
2 | ![]() | Tamilisai Soundararajan (born 1961) | Tamil Nadu | 8 September 2019 | 19 March 2024 [‡] [1] | 4 years, 193 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
– | ![]() | C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 1957) Governor of Jharkhand | Tamil Nadu | 20 March 2024 | 30 July 2024 | 132 days | Droupadi Murmu |
3 | ![]() | Jishnu Dev Varma (born 1957) | Tripura | 31 July 2024 [2] | Incumbent | 357 days | |