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Bhagat Singh Koshyari
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Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari
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| 22nd Governor of Maharashtra | |
| Assumed office 5 September 2019 |
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| Chief Minister | Devendra Fadnavis Uddhav Thackeray |
| Preceded by | C. Vidyasagar Rao |
| Governor of Goa (additional charge) |
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| Assumed office 18 August 2020 |
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| Chief Minister | Pramod Sawant |
| Preceded by | Satya Pal Malik |
| 2nd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand | |
| In office 30 October 2001 – 1 March 2002 |
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| Governor | Surjit Singh Barnala |
| Preceded by | Nityanand Swami |
| Succeeded by | N. D. Tiwari |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 26 November 2008 – 16 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Harish Rawat |
| Succeeded by | Manorama Dobriyal Sharma |
| Constituency | Uttarakhand |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 |
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| Preceded by | K. C. Singh Baba |
| Succeeded by | Ajay Bhatt |
| Constituency | Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar |
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| Born | 17 June 1942 Palandhura Chetabgarh, Bageshwar, United Provinces, British India (present-day Uttarakhand, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Residence(s) | Raj Bhavan, Mumbai |
| Education | Master of Arts |
| Alma mater | Agra University (MA) |
| Occupation | Teacher, Author, Journalist |
Bhagat Singh Koshyari (born 17 June 1942) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Uttarakhand. In September 2019, he became the Governor of Maharashtra.
On 18 August 2020, Koshyari also became the Governor of Goa.
He was a MP in Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from Uttarakhand and then the MP in the 16th Lok Sabha from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency.
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