List of governors of Sikkim

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Governor of Sikkim
File:Seal of Sikkim.svg
Emblem of Sikkim
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Gangtok
AppointerPresident of India
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderB. B. Lal
Formation18 May 1975; 49 years ago (1975-05-18)
Websiterajbhavansikkim.gov.in
File:IN-SK.svg
The state of Sikkim is in northeast India.

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

See also: Powers and functions of the governor

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

Key
 • indicates that this was an additional charge
List of governors of Sikkim
# Name Portrait Took office Left office Term in Office Home State Appointed by
1. B. B. Lal File:No image available.svg 18 May 1975 9 January 1981 5 years, 236 days Not Known Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
2. Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan File:No image available.svg 10 January 1981 17 June 1984 3 years, 159 days Maharashtra Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
3. Kona Prabhakar Rao File:No image available.svg 18 June 1984 30 May 1985 346 days Andhra Pradesh Zail Singh
– Bhishma Narain Singh File:BhishmaNarainSingh19.jpg 31 May 1985 20 November 1985 173 days Jharkhand
4. T.V. Rajeswar File:T. V. Rajeswar (cropped).jpg 21 November 1985 1 March 1989 3 years, 100 days Tamil Nadu
5. S.K. Bhatnagar File:No image available.svg 2 March 1989 7 February 1990 342 days Not Known R. Venkataraman
6. Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani File:Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani (cropped).jpg 8 February 1990 20 September 1994 4 years, 224 days Maharashtra
7. P. Shiv Shankar File:P. Shiv Shankar (cropped).jpg 21 September 1994 11 November 1995 355 days Andhra Pradesh Shankar Dayal Sharma
– K.V. Raghunatha Reddy File:K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (cropped).jpg 12 November 1995 9 February 1996 89 days
8. Chaudhary Randhir Singh File:No image available.svg 10 February 1996 17 May 2001 5 years, 96 days Haryana
9. Kidar Nath Sahani File:No image available.svg 18 May 2001 25 October 2002 1 year, 160 days Delhi K. R. Narayan
10. V. Rama Rao File:No image available.svg 26 October 2002 12 July 2006 3 years, 259 days Andhra Pradesh A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
— R.S. Gavai File:No image available.svg 13 July 2006 12 August 2006 30 days Maharashtra
(10). V. Rama Rao File:No image available.svg 13 August 2006 25 October 2007 1 year, 73 days Andhra Pradesh
11. Sudarshan Agarwal File:Sudarshan Agarwal 2004.jpg 25 October 2007 8 July 2008 257 days Punjab Pratibha Patil
12. Balmiki Prasad Singh File:Balmiki Prasad Singh.jpg 9 July 2008 30 June 2013 4 years, 356 days Bihar
13. Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil[1] File:Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil.jpg 1 July 2013 26 August 2018 5 years, 56 days Maharashtra Pranab Mukherjee
14. Ganga Prasad File:Ganga Prasad in July 2018 (portrait).JPG 26 August 2018[2] 12 February 2023 4 years, 170 days Bihar Ramnath Kovind
15. Lakshman Acharya File:Lakshman Prasad Acharya.jpg 13 February 2023 30 July 2024 1 year, 168 days Uttar Pradesh Draupadi Murmu
16. Om Prakash Mathur[3] File:Om Prakash Mathur, 18th Governer of Sikkim.jpg 31 July 2024 Incumbent 178 days Rajasthan

See also

Notes and references

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

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