List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh

Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
Emblem of Arunachal Pradesh
since 16 February 2023
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Itanagar
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holderBhishma Narain Singh
Formation20 February 1987 (1987-02-20)
Websitehttp://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/
Arunachal Pradesh is in India.

The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The current governor is Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik.[1]

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

List

Legend
  • † Died in office
  • § Transferred
  • ‡ Resigned/removed
Color key
  •    indicates acting/additional charge

Chief Commissioners of Arunachal Pradesh (1972–1975)

# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration
1 K. A. A. Raja 20 January 1972 1973 1 year
2 Manohar L. Kampani 1974 1975 1 year

Lieutenant Governors of Arunachal Pradesh (1975–1987)

# Name Image Took office Left office Duration
1 K. A. A. Raja 15 August 1975 18 January 1979 3 years, 5 months and 4 days
2 R. N. Haldipur 18 January 1979 23 July 1981
3 H. S. Dubey 23 July 1981 10 August 1983
4 Thanjavelu Rajeshwar 10 August 1983 21 November 1985
5 Shiva Swaroop 21 November 1985 20 February 1987

Governors of Arunachal Pradesh (1987–present)

# 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)
PVSM ADC
(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[§][α] 		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[§][β] 		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)
PVSM AVSM VSM ADC
(born 1945) 		Punjab 26 January
2008 		28 May
2013 		5 years, 122 days
9 Lieutenant General
Nirbhay Sharma (Retd)
PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM
(born 1946) 		Uttar Pradesh 28 May
2013 		31 May
2015[§][γ] 		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[§][δ] 		5 years, 135 days Ram Nath Kovind
12 Lieutenant General
Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik (Retd)
PVSM UYSM YSM
(born 1953) 		Maharashtra 16 February
2023 		Incumbent 2 years, 182 days Droupadi Murmu
  1. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Manipur
  2. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Rajasthan
  3. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Mizoram
  4. ^ Transferred as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh :: Past Governors". arunachalgovernor.gov.in. Governor Secretariat, Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Former Governor – Department of Information, Public Relation & Printing". arunachalipr.gov.in. Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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