Governors of Gujarat - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Governor of Gujarat 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 Gujarat. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. Dr. Kamla Beniwal

Kamla Beniwal

Kamla Beniwal is the Governor of the Indian state of Gujarat. Before this she was the Governor of Tripura. She is a senior congress politician from Rajasthan state...

is the current governor (assumed charge of office on 27 November 2009).

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 all previous governors of Gujarat

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Mehdi Nawaz Jung Mehdi Nawaz Jung Nawab Mehdi Nawaz Jung was an Indian bureaucrat and was Secretary to the Executive Council during the Nizam rule. His house konwn as Devdi Mehdi Nawaz Jung, a Grade-I notified heritage building by HMDA.-Career:...	1 May 1960	1 Aug 1965
2	Nityanand Kanungo	1 Aug 1965	7 Dec 1967
3	P.N. Bhagwati	7 Dec 1967	26 Dec 1967
4	Shriman Narayan	26 Dec 1967	17 Mar 1973
5	P.N. Bhagwati	17 Mar 1973	4 Apr 1973
6	Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham	4 Apr 1973	14 Aug 1978
7	Sharda Mukherjee Sharda Mukherjee Sharda Mukherjee was governor of Indian state of Gujarat and Andhara Pradesh. She was governor of Gujarat from 1978 to 1983.She was wife of Air Chief Marshall Subroto Mukerjee.Sharda Mukherjee was born as Sharda Pandit in Rajkot in a Maharashtrian family. She met Air Chief Marshall Subroto...	14 Aug 1978	6 Aug 1983
8	Kizhekethil Mathew Chandy	6 Aug 1983	26 Apr 1984
9	Braj Kumar Nehru Braj Kumar Nehru Braj Kumar Nehru was the son of Brijlal and Rameshwari Nehru and a relative of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru....	26 Apr 1984	26 Feb 1986
10	Ram Krishna Trivedi	26 Feb 1986	2 May 1990
11	Mahipal Shastri	2 May 1990	21 Dec 1990
12	Sarup Singh	21 Dec 1990	1 Jul 1995
13	Naresh Chandra	1 Jul 1995	1 Mar 1996
14	Krishna Pal Singh Krishna Pal Singh Krishna Pal Singh was an Indian politician during the 1960s through the 1990s.- Biography :Singh was born in the village of Birhuli, in the district of Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh, India...	1 Mar 1996	25 Apr 1998
15	Anshuman Singh Anshuman Singh Anshuman Singh is a former governor of Rajasthan. He was governor of the state from January 1999 to May 2003. Earlier he was governor of Gujarat state in 1998....	25 Apr 1998	16 Jan 1999
16	K.G. Balakrishnan	16 Jan 1999	18 Mar 1999
17	Sunder Singh Bhandari Sunder Singh Bhandari Sunder Singh Bhandari was an Indian politician. He was senior leader of Bharatiya Janta Party and a founder member of the Jan Sangh party.He was born to Dr. Sujan Singhji Bhandari and Smt...	18 Mar 1999	7 May 2003
18	Kailashpati Mishra Kailashpati Mishra Kailashpati Mishra is a leader of Bharatiya Janta Party and a former Governor of Gujarat and also shortly Governor of Rajasthan Following the Death of the Current Governor Nirmal Chandra Jain .Kailashpati Mishra, a bachelor and popularly called the "Bhishmapitamah" of Bihar has been affiliated...	7 May 2003	2 Jul 2004
19	Balram Jakhar Balram Jakhar Dr. Balram Jakhar Dr. Balram Jakhar Dr. Balram Jakhar (Devanagari:बलराम जाखड, IAST: Balrām (born 23 August 1923) is a well-known Indian politician and parliamentarian and former Governor of Madhya Pradesh. -Early life and education:...	2 Jul 2004	24 Jul 2004
20	Nawal Kishore Sharma Nawal Kishore Sharma Shri Nawal Kishore Sharma, born 5 July 1925 in Dausa, Rajasthan, is a former Governor of Gujarat state in India, a position he has held from July 2004 to July 2009.-Biography:His father's name was Pandit Mool Chand Sharma.He was married to the late Smt...	24 Jul 2004	24 Jul 2009
21	S.C. Jamir	24 Jul 2009	26 Nov 2009
22	Dr. Kamla Beniwal Kamla Beniwal Kamla Beniwal is the Governor of the Indian state of Gujarat. Before this she was the Governor of Tripura. She is a senior congress politician from Rajasthan state...	27 Nov 2009	present

Powers and functions

List of all previous governors of Gujarat

See also