List of governors of Sikkim explained

Post:	Governor of Sikkim
Insignia:	Seal of Sikkim.svg
Insigniacaption:	Emblem of Sikkim
Insigniasize:	200
Incumbent:	Om Prakash Mathur
Incumbentsince:	31 July 2024
Style:	His Excellency
Residence:	Raj Bhavan, Gangtok
Appointer:	President of India
Termlength:	5 years
Inaugural:	B. B. Lal
Website:	rajbhavansikkim.gov.in

The governor of Sikkim is the head of state of the Indian state of Sikkim. The governor is the representative of the president of India in the state and is the nominal head of the state's executive power. This is a list of the governors of Sikkim.

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 Sikkim

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Portrait	scope=col	Name	scope=col	Took office	scope=col	Left office	Term in Office
1		scope=col	B. B. Lal	18 May 1975	9 January 1981
2		scope=col	Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan	10 January 1981	17 June 1984
3		scope=col	Kona Prabhakar Rao	18 June 1984	30 May 1985
–		scope=col	Bhishma Narain Singh (additional charge)	31 May 1985	20 November 1985
4		scope=col	T.V. Rajeswar	21 November 1985	1 March 1989
5		scope=col	S.K. Bhatnagar	2 March 1989	7 February 1990
6		scope=col	Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani	8 February 1990	20 September 1994
7		scope=col	P. Shiv Shankar	21 September 1994	11 November 1995
–		scope=col	K.V. Raghunatha Reddy (additional charge)	12 November 1995	9 February 1996
8		scope=col	Chaudhary Randhir Singh	10 February 1996	17 May 2001
9		scope=col	Kidar Nath Sahani	18 May 2001	25 October 2002
10		scope=col	V. Rama Rao	26 October 2002	12 July 2006
—		scope=col	R.S. Gavai (acting)	13 July 2006	12 August 2006
(10)		scope=col	V. Rama Rao	13 August 2006	25 October 2007
11		scope=col	Sudarshan Agarwal	25 October 2007	8 July 2008
12		scope=col	Balmiki Prasad Singh	9 July 2008	30 June 2013
13		scope=col	Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil^[1]	1 July 2013	26 August 2018
14		scope=col	Ganga Prasad	26 August 2018^[2]	12 February 2023
15		scope=col	Lakshman Acharya	13 February 2023	30 July 2024
16		Om Prakash Mathur^[3]	31 July 2024	Incumbent

See also

• Sikkim
• Chief Minister of Sikkim
• Governors of India

External links

• The Raj Bhavan

Notes and References

1. News: Shriniwas Patil named new Sikkim governor . NDTV . Press Trust of India . 3 July 2013.
2. News: Ganga Prasad sworn in as Sikkim Governor . Business Standard . Press Trust of India . 26 August 2018.
3. Web site: Sikkim: Veteran BJP Leader, Ex-RSS Pracharak Appointed As New Governor . 2024-07-28 . Newsx . en.