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The governor of Sikkim is the head of state of the Indian state of Sikkim. The governor is the representative of the president of India in the state and is the nominal head of the state's executive power. This is a list of the governors of Sikkim.
| Governor of Sikkim | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Gangtok |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Inaugural holder | B. B. Lal |
| Formation | 18 May 1975 |
| Website | rajbhavansikkim.gov.in |
Powers and functions
editThe 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.
Governors of Sikkim
edit| • | indicates that this was an additional charge |
| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Term in Office | Home State | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | B. B. Lal | 18 May 1975 | 9 January 1981 | 5 years, 236 days | Not Known | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | |
| 2. | Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan | 10 January 1981 | 17 June 1984 | 3 years, 159 days | Maharashtra | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy | |
| 3. | Kona Prabhakar Rao | 18 June 1984 | 30 May 1985 | 346 days | Andhra Pradesh | Zail Singh | |
| – | Bhishma Narain Singh | 31 May 1985 | 20 November 1985 | 173 days | Jharkhand | ||
| 4. | T.V. Rajeswar | 21 November 1985 | 1 March 1989 | 3 years, 100 days | Tamil Nadu | ||
| 5. | S.K. Bhatnagar | 2 March 1989 | 7 February 1990 | 342 days | Not Known | R. Venkataraman | |
| 6. | Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani | 8 February 1990 | 20 September 1994 | 4 years, 224 days | Maharashtra | ||
| 7. | P. Shiv Shankar | 21 September 1994 | 11 November 1995 | 355 days | Andhra Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| – | K.V. Raghunatha Reddy | 12 November 1995 | 9 February 1996 | 89 days | |||
| 8. | Chaudhary Randhir Singh | 10 February 1996 | 17 May 2001 | 5 years, 96 days | Haryana | ||
| 9. | Kidar Nath Sahani | 18 May 2001 | 25 October 2002 | 1 year, 160 days | Delhi | K. R. Narayan | |
| 10. | V. Rama Rao | 26 October 2002 | 12 July 2006 | 3 years, 259 days | Andhra Pradesh | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| — | R.S. Gavai | 13 July 2006 | 12 August 2006 | 30 days | Maharashtra | ||
| (10). | V. Rama Rao | 13 August 2006 | 25 October 2007 | 1 year, 73 days | Andhra Pradesh | ||
| 11. | Sudarshan Agarwal | 25 October 2007 | 8 July 2008 | 257 days | Punjab | Pratibha Patil | |
| 12. | Balmiki Prasad Singh | 9 July 2008 | 30 June 2013 | 4 years, 356 days | Bihar | ||
| 13. | Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil[1] | 1 July 2013 | 26 August 2018 | 5 years, 56 days | Maharashtra | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| 14. | Ganga Prasad | 26 August 2018[2] | 12 February 2023 | 4 years, 170 days | Bihar | Ramnath Kovind | |
| 15. | Lakshman Acharya | 13 February 2023 | 30 July 2024 | 1 year, 168 days | Uttar Pradesh | Draupadi Murmu | |
| 16. | Om Prakash Mathur[3] | 31 July 2024 | Incumbent | 83 days | Rajasthan |
See also
editNotes and references
edit- ^ "Shriniwas Patil named new Sikkim governor". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 3 July 2013.
- ^ "Ganga Prasad sworn in as Sikkim Governor". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 26 August 2018.
- ^ "Sikkim: Veteran BJP Leader, Ex-RSS Pracharak Appointed As New Governor". Newsx. Retrieved 28 July 2024.