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List of governors of Nagaland

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Governor of Nagaland
Incumbent
La. Ganesan
since 20 February 2023
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Kohima
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holderVishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.)
Formation1 December 1963; 61 years ago (1963-12-01)
Websiterajbhavan.nagaland.gov.in
The state of Nagaland is on the border with Burma.

The governor of Nagaland is the head of state of Nagaland. The governor is appointed by the president of India.

Powers and functions

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See also: Powers and functions of the governor

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.

Governors of Nagaland

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Key
‡ indicates that this was an additional charge
# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration Home State Appointed by
1. Vishnu Sahay 1 December 1963 16 April 1968 4 years, 137 days Uttar Pradesh Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2. Braj Kumar Nehru 17 April 1968 18 September 1973 5 years, 154 days Zakir Husain
3. Lallan Prasad Singh 19 September 1973 9 August 1981 7 years, 324 days Bihar V. V. Giri
4. S. M. H. Burney 10 August 1981 12 June 1984 2 years, 307 days Uttar Pradesh Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
5. K. V. Krishna Rao 13 June 1984 19 July 1989 5 years, 36 days Andhra Pradesh Zail Singh
6. Gopal Singh 20 July 1989 3 May 1990 287 days Punjab R. Venkataraman
7. M. M. Thomas 9 May 1990 12 April 1992 1 year, 339 days Kerala
8. Loknath Mishra 13 April 1992 1 October 1993 1 year, 171 days Odisha
9. V. K. Nayar 2 October 1993 4 August 1994 306 days Not Known Shankar Dayal Sharma
10. Oudh Narayan Shrivastava 5 August 1994 11 November 1996 2 years, 98 days Madhya Pradesh
11. Om Prakash Sharma 12 November 1996 27 January 2002 5 years, 76 days Not Known
12. Shyamal Datta 28 January 2002 2 February 2007 5 years, 5 days West Bengal K. R. Narayan
13. K. Sankaranarayanan 3 February 2007 28 July 2009 2 years, 175 days Kerala A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
14. Gurbachan Jagat 28 July 2009 14 Oct 2009 78 days Not Known Pratibha Patil
15. Nikhil Kumar 15 Oct 2009 20 March 2013 3 years, 156 days Bihar
16. Ashwani Kumar 21 March 2013 27 June 2014 1 year, 98 days Himachal Pradesh Pranab Mukherjee
- Krishan Kant Paul ‡[1] 2 July 2014 19 July 2014 17 days Punjab
17. Padmanabha Acharya[2] 19 July 2014 31 July 2019 5 years, 12 days Karnataka
18. R. N. Ravi 1 August 2019 17 September 2021 2 years, 47 days Bihar Ramnath Kovind
- Jagdish Mukhi ‡ 17 September 2021 19 February 2023 1 year, 155 days Delhi
19. La. Ganesan 20 February 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 303 days Tamil Nadu Draupadi Murmu

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul takes additional charge of Nagaland". The Economic Times. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ^ "P B Acharya sworn in as Nagaland Governor". Deccan Herald. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
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https://nagaland.gov.in/governors

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