List of governors of Meghalaya
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Governor of Meghalaya | |
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since 30 July 2024 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan; Shillong |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | Five Years |
Inaugural holder | Braj Kumar Nehru |
Formation | 21 January 1972 |
Website | meggovernor |
The Governor of Meghalaya serves as the ceremonial head of the state, acting as the President of India's representative. Appointed by the President, the governor holds a five-year term but can remain in office as long as the President desires. The governor's official residence is the Raj 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 held the additional charge of the governor of the newly created state of Meghalaya from 21 January 1972 until his transfer on 19 September 1973. From 1972 until 1989, the Governor of Assam held the additional charge of the Governor of Meghalaya. The first full-time governor of the state was A. A. Rahim who served from 27 July 1989 until 8 May 1990.
The current governor is Phagu Chauhan who has been in office since 18 February 2023 and had previously served as the Governor of Bihar. The longest-serving governor of the state is M. M. Jacob who served for 11 years, 296 days from 19 June 1995 until retiring on 11 April 2007.
History
[edit]The position of the Governor of Meghalaya came into existence after the creation of Meghalaya as in independent state on 21 January 1972. The inaugural holder of the office was Braj Kumar Nehru, the Governor of Assam who held the charge of the Governor of Meghalaya until his transfer in September 1973. His successors in Assam, namely Lallan Prasad Singh, Prakash Mehrotra, Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra (Acting), Bhishma Narain Singh and Harideo Joshi concurrently held the additional charge of the Governor of Meghalaya. The first full-time governor was appointed in July 1989 with A. A. Rahim who served until May 1990. Since then, Meghalaya has had all full-time governors, except for few occasions.
Following the retirement of M. M. Jacob, the state's longest serving governor in 2007, then Manipur Governor Shivinder Singh Sidhu held the additional charge as the state's governor from 29 October 2007 until the appointment of Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary on 30 June 2008. West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi held the additional charge of the governorship from 6 January 2015 until 19 May 2015 after then governor Krishan Kant Paul was appointed as Governor of Uttarakhand. Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit held the additional charge of the state's governor from 27 January 2017 till 5 October 2017 after the resignation of V. Shanmuganathan, while Arunachal Governor B. D. Mishra held the charge of the state's governorship from 4 October 2022 till 13 February 2023 following the retirement of Satyapal Malik.
Powers and functions
[edit]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 of governors
[edit]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.[1]
- Key
- Legend
- indicate acting governors/ governors holding additional charge
No. | Name (born – died) |
Portrait | Home state | Tenure in office | Immediate prior position held | Appointed by | ||
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From | To | Time in office | ||||||
1 | Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd.) Governor of Assam (1909–2001) |
Uttar Pradesh | 21 January 1972 |
18 September 1973 |
1 year, 240 days | Governor of Assam (continued) | V. V. Giri (President) | |
2 | Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd.) Governor of Assam (1912–1998) |
Bihar | 19 September 1973 |
10 August 1981 |
7 years, 325 days | Governor of Assam (continued) | ||
3 | Prakash Mehrotra Governor of Assam (1925–1988) |
Uttar Pradesh | 11 August 1981 |
28 March 1984[§] |
2 years, 230 days | Governor of Assam (continued) | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (President) | |
– | Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court & Acting Governor of Assam (1922–2005) (Acting) |
Uttar Pradesh | 29 March 1984 |
15 April 1984 |
17 days | Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court and Acting Governor of Assam (continued) |
Zail Singh (President) | |
4 | Bhishma Narain Singh Governor of Assam (1933–2018) |
Bihar | 16 April 1984 |
10 May 1989 |
5 years, 24 days | Governor of Assam (continued) | ||
5 | Harideo Joshi Governor of Assam (1920–1995) |
Rajasthan | 11 May 1989 |
21 July 1989 |
71 days | Governor of Assam (continued) | Ramaswamy Venkataraman (President) | |
6 | A. A. Rahim (1920–1995) |
Kerala | 27 July 1989 |
8 May 1990 |
285 days | Union Minister of State for External Affairs (until 1984) | ||
7 | Madhukar Dighe (1920–2014) |
Uttar Pradesh | 9 May 1990 |
18 June 1995 |
5 years, 40 days | Cabinet Minister of Finance, Uttar Pradesh (until 1979) | ||
8 | M. M. Jacob (1926–2018) |
Kerala | 19 June 1995 |
11 April 2007 |
11 years, 296 days | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | Shankar Dayal Sharma (President) | |
9 | Banwari Lal Joshi IPS (Retd.) (1936–2017) |
Rajasthan | 12 April 2007 |
28 October 2007 |
199 days | Lieutenant Governor of Delhi | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (President) | |
– | Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd.) Governor of Manipur (1929–2018) (Additional Charge) |
Punjab | 29 October 2007 |
30 June 2008 |
245 days | Governor of Manipur (continued) | Pratibha Patil (President) | |
10 | Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary IPS (Retd.) (born 1947) |
Assam | 1 July 2008 |
30 June 2013 |
4 years, 364 days | Chief Information Commissioner, Assam | ||
11 | Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd.) (born 1948) |
Chandigarh | 1 July 2013 |
6 January 2015 |
1 year, 189 days | Member, Union Public Service Commission | Pranab Mukherjee (President) | |
– | Keshari Nath Tripathi Governor of West Bengal (1934–2023) (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 6 January 2015 |
19 May 2015 |
133 days | Governor of West Bengal (continued) | ||
12 | V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949) |
Tamil Nadu | 20 May 2015 |
27 January 2017[§] |
1 year, 252 days | |||
– | Banwarilal Purohit Governor of Assam (born 1940) (Additional Charge) |
Maharashtra | 27 January 2017 |
5 October 2017 |
251 days | Governor of Assam (continued) | ||
13 | Ganga Prasad (born 1939) |
Bihar | 5 October 2017 |
25 August 2018 |
324 days | Member, Bihar Legislative Council | Ram Nath Kovind (President) | |
14 | Tathagata Roy (born 1945) |
West Bengal | 25 August 2018 |
18 December 2019 |
1 year, 115 days | Governor of Tripura | ||
– | R. N. Ravi IPS (Retd.) Governor of Nagaland (born 1952) (Acting) |
Bihar | 18 December 2019 |
26 January 2020 |
39 days | Governor of Nagaland (continued) | ||
(14) | Tathagata Roy (born 1945) |
West Bengal | 27 January 2020 |
18 August 2020 |
204 days | Governor of Meghalaya | ||
15 | Satya Pal Malik (born 1946) |
Uttar Pradesh | 18 August 2020 |
3 October 2022 |
2 years, 46 days | Governor of Goa | ||
– | Brigadier (Retd.) B. D. Mishra Governor of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1939) (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 4 October 2022 |
13 February 2023 |
132 days | Governor of Arunachal Pradesh (continued) | ||
16 | Phagu Chauhan (born 1948) |
Uttar Pradesh | 18 February 2023 | 29 July 2024 | 1 year, 159 days | Governor of Bihar | Droupadi Murmu (President) | |
17 | C H Vijayashankar (born 1956) |
Karnataka | 30 July 2024 | Incumbent | 126 days | Environment and Forest Minister of Karnataka |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Past Governors: Raj Bhavan, Meghalaya". meggovernor.gov.in. Retrieved 31 December 2016.