List of governors of Nagaland explained

Post:	Governor
Governor
Body:	Nagaland
Insigniacaption:	Emblem of Nagaland
Incumbent:	La. Ganesan
Incumbentsince:	20 February 2023
Style:	His Excellency
Residence:	Raj Bhavan Kohima
Termlength:	Five years
Appointer:	President of India
Inaugural:	Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.)

The governor of Nagaland is the head of state of Nagaland and the representative of the president of India in the state.

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.

Governors of Nagaland

Key

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indicates that this was an additional charge

scope=col		scope=col	Name	scope=col	Took office	scope=col	Left office	scope=col	Duration
scope=row	1		1 December 1963	16 April 1968
scope=row	2		17 April 1968	18 September 1973
scope=row	3		19 September 1973	9 August 1981
scope=row	4		10 August 1981	12 June 1984
scope=row	5		13 June 1984	19 July 1989
scope=row	6		20 July 1989	3 May 1990
scope=row	7		9 May 1990	12 April 1992
scope=row	8		13 April 1992	1 October 1993
scope=row	9		2 October 1993	4 August 1994
scope=row	10		5 August 1994	11 November 1996
scope=row	11		12 November 1996	27 January 2002
scope=row	12		28 January 2002	2 February 2007
scope=row	13		3 February 2007	28 July 2009
scope=row	14		28 July 2009	14 Oct 2009
scope=row	15		15 Oct 2009	20 March 2013
scope=row	16		21 March 2013	27 June 2014
scope=row	-	bgcolor=wheat	^[1]	2 July 2014	19 July 2014
scope=row	17	^[2]	19 July 2014	31 July 2019
scope=row	18		1 August 2019	17 September 2021
scope=row	-	bgcolor=wheat		17 September 2021	19 February 2023
scope=row	19		20 February 2023	Incumbent

See also

• Nagaland
• Governors of India
• Chief Minister of Nagaland

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070208084406/http://www.nagaland.nic.in/functionaries/rajbhavan/list.htm

https://nagaland.gov.in/governors

Notes and References

1. News: Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul takes additional charge of Nagaland . 28 August 2018 . The Economic Times. 2 July 2014.
2. News: P B Acharya sworn in as Nagaland Governor . 28 August 2018 . Deccan Herald. 19 July 2014.