List of governors of Gujarat facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Governor of Gujarat |
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Emblem of Gujarat
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Gandhinagar |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | Five Years |
| Inaugural holder | Mehdi Nawaz Jung |
| Formation | 1 May 1960 |
| Website | https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in |
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 |
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| 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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