The governor of Meghalaya serves as the ceremonial head of the Indian state of Meghalaya. Appointed by the president of India, the governor holds office as long as the president desires. The governor's official residence is the Lok 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 concurrently of the governor of the newly created state of Meghalaya from 21 January 1972 until his transfer on 19 September 1973. From 21 January 1972 until 27 July 1989, the Governor of Assam concurrently served as the Governor of Meghalaya.
The current governor is C. H. Vijayashankar who has been in office since 30 July 2024. He is the 18th governor. The longest-serving governor of the state is M. M. Jacob who served for from 19 June 1995 until retiring on 11 April 2007.
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.
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
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.
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! rowspan="2" style="width:14em" | Name<br><small>(lifespan)</small>
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! colspan="3"| Tenure in office
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Appointer<br/>(President)
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| Braj Kumar Nehru<br/>
|Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1972
| <br/>1973
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| V. V. Giri
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! 2
| 70px
| Lallan Prasad Singh<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>1973
| <br/>1981
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! 3
| 70px
| Prakash Mehrotra<br/>
| rowspan="2"|Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1981
| <br/>1984
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| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
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! 4
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>Tribeni Sahai Misra<br/><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1984
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1984
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| Zail Singh
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! 5
| 70px
| Bhishma Narain Singh<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>1984
| <br/>1989
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! 6
| 70px
| Hari Dev Joshi<br/>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>1989
| <br/>1989
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| rowspan="3"| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
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! 7
| 70px
| A. A. Rahim<br/>
| Kerala
| <br/>1989
| <br/>1990
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! 8
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| Madhukar Dighe<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1995
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! 9
| 70px
| M. M. Jacob<br/>
| Kerala
| <br/>1995
| <br/>2007
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| Shankar Dayal Sharma
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! 10
| 70px
| Banwari Lal Joshi<br>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>2007
| <br/>2007
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| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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! 11
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| Shivinder Singh Sidhu<br/><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Punjab
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2007
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2008
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| Pratibha Patil
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! 12
| 70px
| Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary<br/>
| Assam
| <br/>2008
| <br/>2013
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! 13
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| Krishan Kant Paul<br>
| Chandigarh
| <br/>2013
| <br/>2015
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| rowspan="4"| Pranab Mukherjee
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 14
| 105x105px
| Keshari Nath Tripathi<br/><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>2015
| <br/>2015
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! 15
| 86x86px
| V. Shanmuganathan <br/>
| Tamil Nadu
| <br/>2015
| <br/>2017
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|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 16
| 91x91px
| Banwarilal Purohit<br/><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>2017
| <br/>2017
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! 17
| 90x90px
| Ganga Prasad Chaurasia<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>2017
| <br/>2018
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| rowspan="5"| Ram Nath Kovind
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! 18
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| Tathagata Roy<br/>
| West Bengal
| <br/>2018
| <br/>2019
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|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 19
| 97x97px
| R. N. Ravi<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>2019
| <br/>2020
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| 80x80px
| Tathagata Roy<br/>
| West Bengal
| <br/>2020
| <br/>2020
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! 20
| 70px
| Satya Pal Malik<br/>
| rowspan="3"|Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>2020
| <br/>2022
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|-
! 21
| bgcolor="wheat"| 86x86px
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br>B. D. Mishra<br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2022
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2023
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="3"| Droupadi Murmu
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! 22
| 70px
| Phagu Chauhan<br/>
| <br/>2023
| <br/>2024
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|-
! 23
| 70px
| C. H. Vijayashankar<br/>
| Karnataka
| <br/>2024
| Incumbent
|
|-
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Oath
“I (name of the Governor of Meghalaya), do swear in the name of God/solemly affirm that I will faithfully
execute the office of Governor (or discharge the functions
of the Governor) of Meghalaya and will to
the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to
the service and well-being of the people of Meghalaya .”
See also
- Meghalaya
- Governors of India
- Chief Minister of Meghalaya
- List of current governors of all Indian states
References
- States of India since 1947
External links
- Name of the Governors/Chief Ministers and Chain of Events in Meghalaya