Governor of Gujarat

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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. H.E. Nawal Kishore Sharma is the current governor (assumed charge of office on July 24, 2004).

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	present

[edit] See also

v • d • e Governors, Lt Governors and Administrators of Indian States and Union Territories

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v • d • e State of Gujarat

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