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Governor of Gujarat
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Emblem of Gujarat
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Incumbent
Acharya Devvrat

since 21 July 2019
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan; Gandhinagar
Appointer President of India
Term length Five Years
Inaugural holder Mehdi Nawaz Jung
Formation 1 May 1960; 64 years ago (1960-05-01)
Website https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in
IN-GJ
Gujarat is in western India.

The Governor of Gujarat is a nominal head and representative of the President of india in the state of Gujarat. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years and resides in Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar. Acharya Devvrat took charge as the governor on 22 July 2019.

Powers and functions

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 or Vidhan Parishad, and
  • Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.

Governors of Gujarat

# Name Took office Left office
1 Mehdi Nawaz Jung 1 May 1960 1 Aug 1965
2 Nityanand Kanungo 1 Aug 1965 7 Dec 1967
- P.N. Bhagwati (acting) 7 Dec 1967 26 Dec 1967
3 Shriman Narayan 26 Dec 1967 17 Mar 1973
- P.N. Bhagwati (acting) 17 Mar 1973 4 Apr 1973
4 K. K. Viswanathan 4 Apr 1973 14 Aug 1978
5 Sharda Mukherjee 14 Aug 1978 6 Aug 1983
6 K.M. Chandy 6 Aug 1983 26 Apr 1984
7 Braj Kumar Nehru 26 Apr 1984 26 Feb 1986
8 Ram Krishna Trivedi 26 Feb 1986 2 May 1990
9 Mahipal Shastri 2 May 1990 21 Dec 1990
10 Sarup Singh 21 Dec 1990 1 Jul 1995
11 Naresh Chandra 1 Jul 1995 1 Mar 1996
12 Krishna Pal Singh 1 Mar 1996 25 Apr 1998
13 Anshuman Singh 25 Apr 1998 16 Jan 1999
- K.G. Balakrishnan (acting) 16 Jan 1999 18 Mar 1999
14 Sunder Singh Bhandari 18 Mar 1999 7 May 2003
15 Kailashpati Mishra 7 May 2003 2 Jul 2004
Balram Jakhar

(additional charge)

2 Jul 2004 24 Jul 2004
16 Nawal Kishore Sharma 24 Jul 2004 24 Jul 2009
- S. C. Jamir (additional charge) 30 Jul 2009 26 Nov 2009
17 Kamla Beniwal 27 Nov 2009 6 July 2014
- Margaret Alva (additional charge) 7 July 2014 15 July 2014
18 Om Prakash Kohli 16 July 2014 21 July 2019
19 Acharya Devvrat 22 July 2019 Incumbent
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