The Governor of Gujarat is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Gujarat. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. S.C. Jamir is the current acting governor (assumed charge of office on July 24, 2009).

Contents 1 Powers and functions 2 List of all previous governors of Gujarat 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] List of all previous governors of Gujarat

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Mehdi Nawaz Jung	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	14 Aug 1978	6 Aug 1983
8	Kizhekethil Mathew Chandy	6 Aug 1983	26 Apr 1984
9	Braj Kumar 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	1 Mar 1996	25 Apr 1998
15	Anshuman Singh	25 Apr 1998	16 Jan 1999
16	K.G. Balakrishnan[1]	16 Jan 1999	18 Mar 1999
17	Sunder Singh Bhandari	18 Mar 1999	7 May 2003
18	Kailashpati Mishra	7 May 2003	2 Jul 2004
19	Balram Jakhar	2 Jul 2004	24 Jul 2004
20	Nawal Kishore Sharma	24 Jul 2004	24 Jul 2009
21	S.C. Jamir [2]	24 Jul 2009	26 November 2009
22	Dr. Kamla Beniwal	27 November 2009	present

[edit] See also

• Gujarat
• Governors of India

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[edit] References

1. ^ K.G. Balakrishnan as Governor of Gujarat
2. ^ Jamir served as acting governor during Dwivedi's official term of service as well as after his death.

[edit] External links

• http://www.gujaratindia.com/government/govt1.htm

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