List of governors of Mizoram

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This is a list of governors of Mizoram, an Indian state part of Northeast India

Governor of Mizoram
Incumbent
Kambhampati Hari Babu
since 6 November 2021
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Aizawl
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthFive Years
Inaugural holderS.P.Mukherjee
Formation20 February 1987; 37 years ago (1987-02-20)
Websitehttps://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in
The state of Mizoram is in northeastern India.

Powers and functions edit

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.

Before statehood edit

S.J.Das was the chief commissioner of Mizoram from 21 January 1972 to 23 April 1972. He was followed by these Lieutenant Governors:

#NameTook officeLeft office
1S. P. Mukherjee24 April 197212 June 1974
2S. K. Chibber13 June 197426 September 1977
3N. P. Mathur27 September 197715 April 1981
4S. N. Kohli16 April 19819 August 1983
5H. S. Dubey10 August 198310 December 1986
6Hiteswar Saikia11 December 198619 February 1987

Governors of Mizoram edit

#NameTook officeLeft office
1Hiteswar Saikia20 February 198730 April 1989
-General K. V. Krishna Rao (additional charge)1 May 198920 July 1989
2Capt W. A. Sangma21 July 19897 February 1990
3Swaraj Kaushal8 February 19909 February 1993
4P. R. Kyndiah10 February 199328 January 1998
5Dr. Arun Prasad Mukherjee29 January 19981 May 1998
6A. Padmanabhan2 May 199830 November 2000
-Ved Marwah (additional charge)1 December 200017 May 2001
7Amolak Rattan Kohli18 May 200124 July 2006
8Lt. Gen (Retd.) M. M. Lakhera25 July 20062 September 2011
9Vakkom Purushothaman2 September 20116 July 2014
10Kamla Beniwal6 July 20146 August 2014
-Vinod Kumar Duggal (additional charge)8 August 201416 September 2014
-K. K. Paul (additional charge)[1]16 September 20148 January 2015
11Aziz Qureshi[2]9 January 201528 March 2015
-Keshari Nath Tripathi (additional charge)4 April 201525 May 2015
12Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma26 May 201528 May 2018
13Kummanam Rajasekharan29 May 20188 March 2019
-Jagdish Mukhi (additional charge)9 March 201925 October 2019
14P. S. Sreedharan Pillai25 October 20196 July 2021
15Kambhampati Hari Babu7 July 202110 August 2021
-B. D. Mishra (additional charge)11 August 20215 November 2021
(15)Kambhampati Hari Babu6 November 2021Incumbent

Secretariat[3] edit

NameDesignation
V Lalsangliana IASSecretary to Governor
Joseph Lalrinawma MCSAddl. Secretary to Governor
Lalngaihzuala MCSPS to Governor
Saurabh KhamarOSD to Governor

References edit

  1. ^ "KK Paul to be sworn in as Mizoram governor on September 16". The Times of India. 12 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Aziz Qureshi to take oath as Mizoram governor on Friday". The Economic Times. 5 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Who's Who | Raj Bhavan Mizoram | India". Retrieved 12 May 2023.

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See also edit