The Governor of Chhattisgarh is a nominal head and representative of the President of India

President of India

The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...

 in the state of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....

. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years, though the governor often leaves office before his term expires. The current governor, since 23 January 2009, is Shekhar Dutt

Shekhar Dutt

Shri Shekhar Dutt is the governor of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and his last post as an IAS officer was as Secretary in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India.-Career:Dutt belongs to the 1969 batch of IAS from Madhya Pradesh cadre...

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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.

List of Governors of Chhattisgarh

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Dinesh Nandan Sahay Dinesh Nandan Sahay Dinesh Nandan Sahay is the former Governor of Tripura and Governor of Chhatisgarh.He was born in Madhepur, Bihar and raised in Patna. He was a lecturer in the H.D. College of Arrah before joining Indian Police Service in 1960....	1 November 2000	1 June 2003
2	K.M. Seth	2 June 2003	25 January 2007
3	E.S.L. Narasimhan	25 January 2007	23 January 2010
4	Shekhar Dutt Shekhar Dutt Shri Shekhar Dutt is the governor of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and his last post as an IAS officer was as Secretary in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India.-Career:Dutt belongs to the 1969 batch of IAS from Madhya Pradesh cadre...	23 January 2010	incumbent

See also

• Chhattisgarh
  Chhattisgarh
  Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....
  
  
• Governors of India
• Powers and functions of the Governors of India