List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh
| Governor of Arunachal Pradesh | |
|---|---|
Emblem of Arunachal Pradesh | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Itanagar |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | Bhishma Narain Singh |
| Formation | 20 February 1987 |
| Website | http://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/ |
The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh is a state head and representative of the President of India in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. The current governor is B. D. Mishra.[1]
List
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Bhishma Narain Singh (1933–2018) Governor of Assam and Meghalaya |
Bihar | 20 February 1987 |
18 March 1987 |
26 days | Zail Singh | |
| 2 | R. D. Pradhan IAS (Retd) (1928–2020) |
Maharashtra | 18 March 1987 |
16 March 1990[‡] |
2 years, 363 days | ||
| – | Gopal Singh (1917–1990) Governor of Nagaland (Additional Charge) |
Punjab | 16 March 1990 |
8 May 1990[‡] |
53 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | |
| – | Devi Das Thakur (1929–2007) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge) |
Jammu and Kashmir | 8 May 1990 |
16 March 1991[‡] |
312 days | ||
| – | Lokanath Misra (1921–2009) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge) |
Orissa | 17 March 1991 |
25 March 1991 |
8 days | ||
| 3 | Surendranath Dwivedy (1913–2001) |
Orissa | 26 March 1991 |
4 July 1993[‡] |
2 years, 100 days | ||
| – | Madhukar Dighe (1920–2014) Governor of Meghalaya (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 4 July 1993 |
20 October 1993 |
108 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| 4 | Mata Prasad (1925–2021) |
Uttar Pradesh | 20 October 1993 |
16 May 1999 |
5 years, 208 days | ||
| – | Lieutenant General Srinivas Kumar Sinha (Retd) Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (1926–2016) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge) |
Bihar | 16 May 1999 |
1 August 1999 |
77 days | K. R. Narayanan | |
| 5 | Arvind Dave IPS (Retd) (born 1940) |
Uttar Pradesh | 1 August 1999 |
12 June 2003[§][lower-greek 1] |
3 years, 315 days | ||
| 6 | Vinod Chandra Pande IAS (Retd) (1938–2005) |
Uttar Pradesh | 12 June 2003 |
15 December 2004 |
1 year, 186 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| 7 | Shilendra Kumar Singh IFS (Retd) (1932–2009) |
Delhi | 16 December 2004 |
23 January 2007 |
2 years, 38 days | ||
| – | M. M. Jacob (1926–2018) Governor of Meghalaya (Acting) |
Kerala | 24 January 2007 |
6 April 2007 |
72 days | ||
| – | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) Governor of Nagaland (Acting) |
Kerala | 7 April 2007 |
14 April 2007 |
7 days | ||
| (7) | Shilendra Kumar Singh IFS (Retd) (1932–2009) |
Delhi | 15 April 2007 |
3 September 2007[§][lower-greek 2] |
141 days | ||
| – | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) Governor of Nagaland (Acting) |
Kerala | 4 September 2007 |
26 January 2008 |
144 days | Pratibha Patil | |
| 8 | General Joginder Jaswant Singh (Retd) Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (born 1945) |
Punjab | 26 January 2008 |
28 May 2013 |
5 years, 122 days | ||
| 9 | Lieutenant General Nirbhay Sharma (Retd) Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (born 1946) |
Uttar Pradesh | 28 May 2013 |
31 May 2015[§][lower-greek 3] |
2 years, 3 days | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| 10 | Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa IAS (Retd) (born 1944) |
Assam | 1 June 2015 |
9 July 2016 |
1 year, 38 days | ||
| – | Tathagata Roy (born 1945) Governor of Tripura (Acting) |
West Bengal | 10 July 2016 |
12 August 2016 |
33 days | ||
| (10) | Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa IAS (Retd) (born 1944) |
Assam | 13 August 2016 |
13 September 2016[‡] |
31 days | ||
| – | V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949) Governor of Meghalaya (Additional Charge) |
Tamil Nadu | 14 September 2016 |
27 January 2017[‡] |
135 days | ||
| – | Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (1931–2023) Governor of Nagaland (Additional Charge) |
Karnataka | 28 January 2017 |
2 October 2017 |
247 days | ||
| 11 | Brigadier B. D. Mishra (Retd) (born 1939) |
Uttar Pradesh | 3 October 2017 |
15 February 2023[§][lower-greek 4] |
5 years, 135 days | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| 12 | Lieutenant General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik (Retd) Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (born 1953) |
Maharashtra | 16 February 2023 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 215 days | Droupadi Murmu | |
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Manipur
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Rajasthan
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Mizoram
- ↑ Transferred as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
References
- ↑ Nair, Arun, ed. (30 September 2017). "President Kovind Appoints 5 New Governors, Tamil Nadu Gets Its Own After A Year". NDTV.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh :: Past Governors". arunachalgovernor.gov.in. Governor Secretariat, Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ↑ "Former Governor – Department of Information, Public Relation & Printing". arunachalipr.gov.in. Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 1 September 2018.