This is a list of governors of Mizoram, an Indian state part of Northeast India.
Governor of Mizoram | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan, Aizawl |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
Inaugural holder | S.P.Mukherjee |
Formation | 20 February 1987 |
Website | https://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in |
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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.
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Before statehood
S.J.Das was the chief commissioner of Mizoram from 21 January 1972 to 23 April 1972. He was followed by these Lieutenant Governors:
# | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration |
1 | S. P. Mukherjee | 24 April 1972 | 12 June 1974 | ||
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2 | S. K. Chibber | 13 June 1974 | 26 September 1977 | ||
3 | N. P. Mathur | 27 September 1977 | 15 April 1981 | ||
4 | S. N. Kohli | 16 April 1981 | 9 August 1983 | ||
5 | H. S. Dubey | 10 August 1983 | 10 December 1986 | ||
6 | Hiteswar Saikia | 11 December 1986 | 19 February 1987 |
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Governors of Mizoram
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# | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
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1. | Hiteswar Saikia | 20 February 1987 | 1 May 1989 | 2 years, 70 days | Assam | Zail Singh | |
- | K. V. Krishna Rao | 1 May 1989 | 21 July 1989 | 81 days | Andhra Pradesh | R. Venkataraman | |
2. | Williamson A. Sangma | 21 July 1989 | 8 February 1990 | 202 days | Meghalaya | ||
3. | Swaraj Kaushal | 8 February 1990 | 10 February 1993 | 3 years, 2 days | Himachal Pradesh | ||
4. | P. R. Kyndiah | 10 February 1993 | 29 January 1998 | 4 years, 353 days | Meghalaya | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
5. | Arun Prasad Mukherjee | 29 January 1998 | 2 May 1998 | 93 days | West Bengal | K. R. Narayan | |
6. | A. Padmanabhan | 2 May 1998 | 1 December 2000 | 2 years, 213 days | Tamil Nadu | ||
- | Ved Marwah | 1 December 2000 | 18 May 2001 | 168 days | Not Known | ||
7. | Amolak Rattan Kohli | 18 May 2001 | 25 July 2006 | 5 years, 68 days | Delhi | ||
8. | M. M. Lakhera | 25 July 2006 | 2 September 2011 | 5 years, 39 days | Uttarakhand | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
9. | Vakkom Purushothaman | 2 September 2011 | 6 July 2014 | 2 years, 307 days | Kerala | Pratibha Patil | |
10. | Kamla Beniwal | 6 July 2014 | 8 August 2014 | 33 days | Rajasthan | Pranab Mukherjee | |
- | Vinod Kumar Duggal | 8 August 2014 | 16 September 2014 | 39 days | Punjab | ||
- | K. K. Paul[1] | 16 September 2014 | 9 January 2015 | 115 days | |||
11. | Aziz Qureshi[2] | 9 January 2015 | 4 April 2015 | 85 days | Madhya Pradesh | ||
- | Keshari Nath Tripathi | 4 April 2015 | 26 May 2015 | 52 days | Uttar Pradesh | ||
12. | Nirbhay Sharma | 26 May 2015 | 29 May 2018 | 3 years, 3 days | |||
13. | Kummanam Rajasekharan | 29 May 2018 | 8 March 2019 | 283 days | Kerala | Ramnath Kovind | |
- | Jagdish Mukhi | 9 March 2019 | 25 October 2019 | 230 days | Delhi | ||
14. | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | 25 October 2019 | 6 July 2021 | 1 year, 254 days | Kerala | ||
15. | Kambhampati Hari Babu | 7 July 2021 | 10 August 2021 | 34 days | Andhra Pradesh | ||
- | B. D. Mishra | 11 August 2021 | 5 November 2021 | 86 days | Uttar Pradesh | ||
(15). | Kambhampati Hari Babu | 6 November 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 40 days | Andhra Pradesh |
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Secretariat[3]
Name | Designation |
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V Lalsangliana IAS | Secretary to Governor |
Joseph Lalrinawma MCS | Addl. Secretary to Governor |
Lalngaihzuala MCS | PS to Governor |
Saurabh Khamar | OSD to Governor |
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References
External links
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See also
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