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. A total of 25 governors has served in this state.
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
Legend Died in office Transferred Resigned/removed
Color key indicates acting/additional charge
Chief Commissioners of Arunachal Pradesh (19721975) #PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDuration 1 K. A. A. Raja 20 January 1972 1973 2 Manohar L. Kampani 1974 1975
Lieutenant Governors of Arunachal Pradesh (19751987) # Image NameTook officeLeft officeDuration 1 K. A. A. Raja 15 August 1975 18 January 1979 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 (1987present) Ref:
Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 Bhishma Narain Singh Bihar 1987 1987 Zail Singh 2 R. D. Pradhan Maharashtra 1987 1990 3 Gopal Singh(Additional Charge) Punjab 1990 1990 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 4 Devi Das Thakur(Additional Charge) Jammu and Kashmir 1990 1991 5 Lokanath Misra(Additional Charge) Orissa 1991 1991 6 Surendranath Dwivedy Orissa 1991 1993 7 Madhukar Dighe(Additional Charge) Uttar Pradesh 1993 1993 Shankar Dayal Sharma 8 Mata Prasad Uttar Pradesh 1993 1999 9 Srinivas Kumar Sinha (1928- 2016)(Additional Charge) Bihar 1999 1999 K. R. Narayanan 10 Arvind Dave Uttar Pradesh 1999 2003 11 Vinod Chandra Pande Uttar Pradesh 2003 2004 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 12 Shilendra Kumar Singh Delhi 2004 2007 13 M. M. Jacob(1926- 2018)(Acting) Kerala 2007 2007 14 Kateekal Sankaranarayanan(1932- 2022)(Acting) Kerala 2007 2007 (12) Shilendra Kumar Singh Delhi 2007 2007 (14) Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932- 2022)(Acting) Kerala 2007 2008 Pratibha Patil 15 Joginder Jaswant Singh Punjab 2008 2013 16 Nirbhay Sharma Uttar Pradesh 2013 2015 Pranab Mukherjee 17 Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa Assam 2015 2016 18 Tathagata Roy(born 1945)(Acting) West Bengal 2016 2016 (17) Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa Assam 2016 2016 19 V. Shanmuganathan(born 1949)(Additional Charge) Tamil Nadu 2016 2017 20 Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya(1931- 2023)(Additional charge) Karnataka 2017 2017 21 B. D. Mishra Uttar Pradesh 2017 2023 Ram Nath Kovind 22 Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik Maharashtra 2023 Incumbent Droupadi Murmu
Oath “I, A. B., do swear in the name of God/solemly affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor (or discharge the functions of the Governor) of .............(name of the State) and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of ..………(name of the State).” References
External links Home : Official website of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, India