List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh explained

Honorific Prefix:	Brigadier
Post:	Governor
Governor
Body:	Arunachal Pradesh
Insignia:	File:Flag of Arunachal Pradesh.svg
Insigniasize:	300px
Insigniacaption:	Emblem of Arunachal Pradesh
Incumbent:	Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik
Incumbentsince:	16 February 2023
Style:	His Excellency
Residence:	Raj Bhavan Itanagar
Termlength:	Five Years
Appointer:	President of India
Inaugural:	Bhishma Narain Singh
Website:	http://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/

The governor of Arunachal Pradesh is a nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. The current governor is Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik.^[1]

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.

List of chief commissioners of Arunachal Pradesh

	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration
1	K. A. A. Raja		20 January 1972	1973
2	Manohar L. Kampani		1974	1975

List of lieutenant governors of Arunachal Pradesh

	Name	Image	Took office	Left office	Duration
1	K. A. A. Raja		15 August 1975	18 January 1979
2	R. N. Haldipur		18 January 1979	23 July 1981
3	H. S. Dubey		23 July 1981	10 August 1983
4	Thanjavelu Rajeshwar		10 August 1983	21 November 1985
5	Shiva Swaroop		21 November 1985	20 February 1987

List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh

Data from Arunachal Pradesh Governor's Secretariat^[2] and Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh^[3]

	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration
1	Bhishma Narain Singh		20 February 1987	18 March 1987
2	R. D. Pradhan		18 March 1987	16 March 1990
3	Gopal Singh		16 March 1990	8 May 1990
4	Devi Das Thakur		8 May 1990	16 March 1991
5	Loknath Mishra		16 March 1991	25 March 1991
6	Surendranath Dwivedy		25 March 1991	4 July 1993
7	Madhukar Dighe		4 July 1993	20 October 1993
8	Mata Prasad		20 October 1993	16 May 1999
9	S. K. Sinha		16 May 1999	1 August 1999
10	Arvind Dave		1 August 1999	12 June 2003
11	V. C. Pande		12 June 2003	15 December 2004
12	Shilendra Kumar Singh		16 December 2004	23 January 2007
—			24 January 2007	6 April 2007
—			7 April 2007	14 April 2007
(12)	Shilendra Kumar Singh		15 April 2007	3 September 2007
—			3 September 2007	26 January 2008
13	Joginder Jaswant Singh		26 January 2008	28 May 2013
14	Nirbhay Sharma		28 May 2013	31 May 2015
15	Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa		1 June 2015	9 July 2016
16	Tathagata Roy		10 July 2016	12 August 2016
(15)	Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa		13 August 2016	13 September 2016
17			14 September 2016	27 January 2017 (resigned)
18	Padmanabha Acharya^[4]		28 January 2017	2 October 2017
19	B. D. Mishra^[5]		3 October 2017	15 February 2023
20	Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik		16 February 2023	Incumbent

External links

• Home : Official website of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Notes and References

1. News: President Kovind Appoints 5 New Governors, Tamil Nadu Gets Its Own After A Year. 30 September 2017. 31 January 2020. Arun. Nair. NDTV.com.
2. Web site: The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh :: Past Governors . arunachalgovernor.gov.in . Governor Secretariat, Arunachal Pradesh . 1 September 2018.
3. Web site: Former Governor – Department of Information, Public Relation & Printing . arunachalipr.gov.in . Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh . 1 September 2018.
4. Web site: President Mukherjee accepts V Shanmuganathan's resignation. The New Indian Express.
5. News: Profiles of new Governors of T.N., Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. Delhi. Bureau. The Hindu . 30 September 2017. www.thehindu.com.