The governor of Meghalaya serves as the ceremonial head of the Indian state of Meghalaya. Appointed by the president of India, the governor holds office as long as the president desires. The governor's official residence is the Lok Bhavan.
The position of the governor of Meghalaya came into existence following the creation of the state in January 1972 as a result of the bifurcation of Assam. The first governor was Braj Kumar Nehru, then governor of Assam who concurrently of the governor of the newly created state of Meghalaya from 21 January 1972 until his transfer on 19 September 1973. From 21 January 1972 until 27 July 1989, the Governor of Assam concurrently served as the Governor of Meghalaya.
The current governor is C. H. Vijayashankar who has been in office since 30 July 2024. He is the 18th governor. The longest-serving governor of the state is M. M. Jacob who served for from 19 June 1995 until retiring on 11 April 2007.
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.
Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Meghalaya also the Chief Rector of the North Eastern Hill University, the sole central university in the state.
List
This is a list of the governors of Meghalaya state in northeastern India. Meghalaya became an autonomous state within Assam on 1 April 1970 and a separate state on 21 January 1972.
Legend Transferred Resigned
Color key indicates acting/additional charge
Portrait Name(lifespan) Home state/ UT Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Term length 1 Braj Kumar Nehru Uttar Pradesh 1972 1973 V. V. Giri 2 Lallan Prasad Singh Bihar 1973 1981 3 Prakash MehrotraUttar Pradesh 1981 1984 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 4 Tribeni Sahai Misra(Acting) 1984 1984 Zail Singh 5 Bhishma Narain Singh Bihar 1984 1989 6 Hari Dev Joshi Rajasthan 1989 1989 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 7 A. A. Rahim Kerala 1989 1990 8 Madhukar Dighe Uttar Pradesh 1990 1995 9 M. M. Jacob Kerala 1995 2007 Shankar Dayal Sharma 10 Banwari Lal Joshi Rajasthan 2007 2007 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 11 Shivinder Singh Sidhu(Additional Charge) Punjab 2007 2008 Pratibha Patil 12 Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary Assam 2008 2013 13 Krishan Kant Paul Chandigarh 2013 2015 Pranab Mukherjee 14 Keshari Nath Tripathi(Additional Charge) Uttar Pradesh 2015 2015 15 V. Shanmuganathan Tamil Nadu 2015 2017 16 Banwarilal Purohit(Additional Charge) Maharashtra 2017 2017 17 Ganga Prasad Chaurasia Bihar 2017 2018 Ram Nath Kovind 18 Tathagata Roy West Bengal 2018 2019 19 R. N. Ravi Bihar 2019 2020 (18) Tathagata Roy West Bengal 2020 2020 20 Satya Pal MalikUttar Pradesh 2020 2022 21 B. D. Mishra(Additional Charge) 2022 2023 Droupadi Murmu 22 Phagu Chauhan 2023 2024 23 C. H. Vijayashankar Karnataka 2024 Incumbent
Oath “I (name of the Governor of Meghalaya), 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 Meghalaya 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 Meghalaya .” See also Meghalaya Governors of India Chief Minister of Meghalaya List of current governors of all Indian states
References States of India since 1947
External links Name of the Governors/Chief Ministers and Chain of Events in Meghalaya