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:

Governors of Sikkim

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Portraitscope=colNamescope=colTook officescope=colLeft officeTerm in Office
1scope=colB. B. Lal18 May 19759 January 1981
2scope=colHomi J. H. Taleyarkhan10 January 198117 June 1984
3scope=colKona Prabhakar Rao18 June 198430 May 1985
scope=colBhishma Narain Singh (additional charge)31 May 198520 November 1985
4scope=colT.V. Rajeswar21 November 19851 March 1989
5scope=colS.K. Bhatnagar2 March 19897 February 1990
6scope=colRadhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani8 February 199020 September 1994
7scope=colP. Shiv Shankar21 September 199411 November 1995
scope=colK.V. Raghunatha Reddy (additional charge)12 November 19959 February 1996
8scope=colChaudhary Randhir Singh10 February 199617 May 2001
9scope=colKidar Nath Sahani18 May 200125 October 2002
10scope=colV. Rama Rao26 October 200212 July 2006
scope=colR.S. Gavai (acting)13 July 200612 August 2006
(10)scope=colV. Rama Rao13 August 200625 October 2007
11scope=colSudarshan Agarwal25 October 20078 July 2008
12scope=colBalmiki Prasad Singh9 July 200830 June 2013
13scope=colShriniwas Dadasaheb Patil[1] 1 July 201326 August 2018
14scope=colGanga Prasad26 August 2018[2] 12 February 2023
15scope=colLakshman Acharya13 February 202330 July 2024
16Om Prakash Mathur[3] 31 July 2024Incumbent

See also

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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.