The governor of Gujarat is the nominal head of the Indian state of Gujarat. The governor is appointed by the president of India and resides in Lok Bhavan in Gandhinagar. Acharya Devvrat took charge as the 27th 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 Bombay State (19481960)
# Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 Raja Sir Maharaj Singh Punjab 1948 1952 Lord Mountbatten 2 Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai Uttar Pradesh 1952 1954 Rajendra Prasad M. C. Chagla(Acting) Bombay State 1954 1955 3 Harekrushna Mahatab Orissa 1955 1956 M. C. Chagla(Acting) Bombay State 1956 1956 4 Sri Prakasa Uttar Pradesh 1956 1960 List of governors Legend Died in office Transferred Resigned/removed
Color key indicates acting/additional charge indicates position vacant
# Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 Mehdi Nawaz Jung Andhra Pradesh 1960 1965 Rajendra Prasad 2 Nityanand Kanungo Orissa 1965 1967 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 3 P. N. Bhagwati(Acting) Gujarat 1967 1967 Zakir Husain 4 Shriman Narayan Madhya Pradesh 1967 1973 5 P. N. Bhagwati(1921- 2017)(Acting) Gujarat 1973 1973 V. V. Giri 6 K. K. Viswanathan Kerala 1973 1978 7 Sharda Mukherjee Maharashtra 1978 1983 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 8 K. M. Chandy Kerala 1983 1984 Zail Singh 9 Braj Kumar Nehru Uttar Pradesh 1984 1986 10 Ram Krishna Trivedi Uttar Pradesh 1986 1990 11 Mahipal Shastri Uttar Pradesh 1990 1990 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 12 Sarup Singh Haryana 1990 1993 13 P. C. AlexanderIAS (Retd.)(Acting) Kerala 1993 1993 Shankar Dayal Sharma 14 Sarup Singh Haryana 1993 1995 15 Naresh Chandra Rajasthan 1995 1996 16 Krishna Pal Singh Madhya Pradesh 1996 1998 17 Anshuman Singh Uttar Pradesh 1998 1999 K. R. Narayanan 18 K. G. Balakrishnan(born 1945)(Acting) Kerala 1999 1999 19 Sunder Singh Bhandari Rajasthan 1999 2003 20 Kailashpati Mishra Bihar 2003 2004 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 21 Balram Jakhar(1923- 2016)(Additional Charge) Punjab 2004 2004 22 Nawal Kishore Sharma Rajasthan 2004 2009 23 S. C. Jamir(born 1931)(Additional Charge) Nagaland 2009 2009 Pratibha Patil 24 Kamla Beniwal Rajasthan 2009 2014 25 Margaret Alva(Additional Charge) Karnataka 2014 2014 Pranab Mukherjee 26 Om Prakash Kohli Delhi 2014 2019 Vacant 27 Acharya Devvrat Haryana 2019 Incumbent Ram Nath Kovind
Oath "Hu, [Name], Bhagwan na name sogand lau chu ke, hu pramanikta purvak [Name of State] na Governor tarike ni mhari duty bajaveesh (ke Governor na badha functions ne execute kareesh). Hu mhari poori ability thi Constitution ane Law ne preserve, protect, ane defend kareesh. Ane hu mhari jat ne [Name of State] na loko ni service ane emna well-being ma devote kareesh."
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