List of governors of Uttarakhand

Governor of Uttarakhand
Emblem of Uttarakhand
Incumbent Gurmit Singh since 15 September 2021
Government of Uttarakhand
Style	His Excellency (within Uttarakhand) The Honourable (outside Uttarakhand)
Status	Head of state
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Dehradun Raj Bhavan, Nainital (summer residence) Raj Bhavan, Dehradun (winter)
Nominator	Union Government of India
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	Surjit Singh Barnala (2000–2003)
Formation	9 November 2000;24 years ago (2000-11-09)
Website	Governor of Uttarakhand

The governor of Uttarakhand is the nominal head of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Appointed by the president of India, the governor holds office at the president's pleasure. The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected Uttarakhand Council of Ministers, headed by the chief minister of Uttarakhand, who thus hold de facto executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon his or her own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent. The governor of Uttarakhand has their official residences at the Raj Bhavans in Dehradun and Nainital.

Raj Bhavan retreat at Nainital, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand was created on 9 November 2000, when it was carved out from the Himalayan districts of Uttar Pradesh. The first governor of the state was Surjit Singh Barnala who served in office between 2000 and 2003. The current governor is Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh (Retd.) who has been in office since 14 September 2021. As of date, eight individuals have served as the governor of the state including two women - Margaret Alva and Baby Rani Maurya. No governor has till date completed full term in office. Sudarshan Agarwal holds the record of the longest-serving governor with 4 years, 293 days in office.

Qualifications

Article 157 and Article 158 of the Constitution of India specify eligibility requirements for the post of governor. They are as follows:

A governor must:

• be a citizen of India.
• be at least 35 years of age.
• not be a member of either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature.
• not hold any office of profit.

Powers and functions

See also: Powers and functions of the governor

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 (legislative assembly) & 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 Uttarakhand is the ex-officio Chancellor of the twelve state universities of Uttarakhand. The universities include Doon University, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University, Kumaun University, Soban Singh Jeena University, Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University, Uttarakhand Ayurved University, Uttarakhand Open University, Uttarakhand Residential University, Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Uttarakhand Technical University, and Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry

List of United Uttar Pradesh

Legend

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Transferred
• ^‡ Resigned/removed

Color key

•    indicates acting/additional charge

#	Portrait	Name (born –died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
				From	To	Time in office
1		Hormasji Pherozeshah Mody (1881–1969)	Bombay	26 January 1950	1 June 1952	2 years, 127 days	Rajendra Prasad
2		Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887–1971)	Bombay	2 June 1952	9 June 1957	5 years, 7 days
3		V. V. Giri (1894–1980)	Madras	10 June 1957	30 June 1960 [§] [α]	3 years, 20 days
4		Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (1899–1967)	Andhra Pradesh	1 July 1960	15 April 1962	1 year, 288 days
5		Bishwanath Das (1889–1984)	Orissa	16 April 1962	30 April 1967	5 years, 14 days
6		Bezawada Gopala Reddy (1907–1997)	Andhra Pradesh	1 May 1967	30 June 1972	5 years, 60 days	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
–		Justice Shashi Kanta Verma Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court (Acting)	Uttar Pradesh	1 July 1972	13 November 1972	135 days	V. V. Giri
7		Akbar Ali Khan (1899–1994)	Andhra Pradesh	14 November 1972	24 October 1974 [§] [β]	1 year, 344 days
8		Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996)	Andhra Pradesh	25 October 1974	1 October 1977 [‡]	2 years, 341 days	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
9		Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (1909–1992)	Maharashtra	2 October 1977	27 February 1980 [§] [γ]	2 years, 148 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
10		Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (1901–1994)	Bihar	28 February 1980	31 March 1985	5 years, 31 days
11		Mohammed Usman Arif (1923–1995)	Rajasthan	31 March 1985	11 February 1990	4 years, 317 days	Zail Singh
12		B. Satya Narayan Reddy (1927–2012)	Andhra Pradesh	12 February 1990	25 May 1993 [§] [β]	3 years, 102 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
13		Motilal Vora (1928–2020)	Madhya Pradesh	26 May 1993	3 May 1996 [‡]	2 years, 343 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
–		Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2016) Governor of Madhya Pradesh (Additional Charge)	Jammu and Kashmir	3 May 1996	19 July 1996	77 days
14		Romesh Bhandari IFS (Retd) (1928–2013)	Punjab	19 July 1996	17 March 1998 [‡]	1 year, 241 days
–		Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2016) Governor of Madhya Pradesh (Additional Charge)	Jammu and Kashmir	17 March 1998	19 April 1998	33 days	K. R. Narayanan
15		Suraj Bhan (1928–2006)	Haryana	20 April 1998	23 November 2000 [§] [δ]	2 years, 217 days
16		Vishnu Kant Shastri (1929–2005)	West Bengal	24 November 2000	2 July 2004 [‡]	3 years, 221 days

1. Transferred as the Governor of Kerala
2. Transferred as the Governor of Orissa
3. Transferred as the Governor of Haryana
4. Transferred as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh

==List of governors==

Legend

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Transferred
• ^‡ Resigned/removed

Color key

•    indicates acting/additional charge

#	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
				From	To	Time in office
1		Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017)	Punjab	9 November 2000	7 January 2003 [§] [α]	2 years, 59 days	K. R. Narayanan
2		Sudarshan Agarwal IAS (Retd) (1931–2019)	Punjab	8 January 2003	28 October 2007 [§] [β]	4 years, 293 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
3		Banwari Lal Joshi IPS (Retd) (1936–2017)	Rajasthan	29 October 2007	5 August 2009 [§] [γ]	1 year, 280 days	Pratibha Patil
4		Margaret Alva (born 1942)	Karnataka	6 August 2009	14 May 2012 [§] [δ]	2 years, 282 days
5		Aziz Qureshi (1941–2024)	Madhya Pradesh	15 May 2012	7 January 2015 [§] [ε]	2 years, 237 days
6		Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948)	Chandigarh	8 January 2015	25 August 2018	3 years, 229 days	Pranab Mukherjee
7		Baby Rani Maurya (born 1956)	Uttar Pradesh	26 August 2018	14 September 2021 [‡]	3 years, 19 days	Ram Nath Kovind
8		Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh (Retd) PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM (born 1956)	Punjab	15 September 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 41 days

1. Transferred as the Governor of Andhra Pradesh
2. Transferred as the Governor of Sikkim
3. Transferred as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh
4. Transferred as the Governor of Rajasthan
5. Transferred as the Governor of Mizoram

Timeline

See also

• Government of Uttarakhand
• Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
• Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Cabinet of Uttarakhand
• Chief Justice of Uttarakhand
• List of current Indian governors
• List of presidents of India

External links

• Official website