List of governors of Jharkhand

Jharkhand heads of state

Governor of Jharkhand

Emblem of Jharkhand

Incumbent
Santosh Gangwar

since 31 July 2024

Style| His/Her Excellency
Residence| Raj Bhavan; Ranchi
Appointer| President of India
Term length| At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder| Prabhat Kumar
Formation| 15 November 2000; 24 years ago (2000-11-15)
Website| rajbhavanjharkhand.nic.in

The governor of Jharkhand is the nominal head of the Indian state of Jharkhand.[1] The governor is appointed by the president of India. Though all official affairs of the state are administered and carried out in the name of the governor, the real executive power rests with the chief minister who is a member of the legislative assembly and is the leader of the majority party in the house. The official residence of the governor is Raj Bhavan.

The position of the governor of Jharkhand came into existence following the creation of the state in November 2000 as a result of the bifurcation of Bihar. The first governor to be appointed was Prabhat Kumar who served in office between 2000 and 2002. The current governor is Santosh Gangwar.

## Powers and functions

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See also: Governors of India § 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.[2]

See also: Powers and functions of the Governor

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Jharkhand is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Jharkhand. The universities include Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University, Birsa Agricultural University, Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee University, Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University, Jharkhand University of Technology, Kolhan University, Nilamber-Pitamber University, Ranchi University, Sido Kanhu Murmu University, and Vinoba Bhave University.

## List of governors

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Following is the list of governors of Jharkhand since its inception on 15 November 2000. As of date, ten governors have been appointed to office. The first governor was Prabhat Kumar who served from 2000 till 2002. The current governor is Santosh Gangwar who has been in office since 31 July 2024. The first female and the longest serving governor of the state till date is Droupadi Murmu who served as the governor between 2015 and 2021.

Legend

* † Died in office
* § Transferred

Color key

*    indicates acting/additional charge

No. | Portrait  | Name
(born – died) | Home state  | Tenure in office  | Appointer
(President)

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From  | To  | Time in office
1  |  | Prabhat Kumar
IAS (Retd)
(born 1940) | Uttar Pradesh | 15 November
2000  | 3 February
2002  | 1 year, 80 days | K. R. Narayanan
–  |  | Vinod Chandra Pande
IAS (Retd)
(1938–2005)
Governor of Bihar | Uttar Pradesh | 4 February
2002  | 14 July
2002  | 160 days
2  |  | Justice (Retd)
Mandagadde Rama Jois
(1931–2021) | Karnataka | 15 July
2002  | 11 June
2003[§] | 331 days
3  |  | Ved Marwah
IPS (Retd)
(1934–2020) | Delhi | 12 June
2003  | 9 December
2004  | 1 year, 180 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
4  |  | Syed Sibtey Razi
(1939–2022) | Uttar Pradesh | 10 December
2004  | 25 July
2009[§] | 4 years, 227 days
5  |  | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
(1932–2022) | Kerala | 26 July
2009  | 21 January
2010[§] | 179 days | Pratibha Patil
6  |  | M. O. H. Farook
(1937–2012) | Puducherry | 22 January
2010  | 4 September
2011[§] | 1 year, 225 days
7  |  | Syed Ahmed
(1943–2015) | Maharashtra | 4 September
2011  | 17 May
2015[§] | 3 years, 255 days
8  |  | Droupadi Murmu
(born 1958) | Odisha | 18 May
2015  | 13 July
2021  | 6 years, 56 days | Pranab Mukherjee
9  |  | Ramesh Bais
(born 1947) | Chhattisgarh | 14 July
2021  | 17 February
2023[§] | 1 year, 218 days | Ram Nath Kovind
10  |  | C. P. Radhakrishnan
(born 1957) | Tamil Nadu | 18 February
2023  | 30 July
2024[§] | 1 year, 163 days | Droupadi Murmu
11  |  | Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948) | Uttar Pradesh | 31 July
2024  | Incumbent  | 358 days

## See also

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* Governor (India)
* Government of India
* Government of Jharkhand
* Ranchi University

## References

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1. ^ M.R, Abhilash (9 March 2022). "The office of the Governor". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
2. ^ "Rajbhawan". www.rajbhavanjharkhand.nic.in. Retrieved 21 June 2022.

## External links

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* http://rajbhavanjharkhand.nic.in/

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Lists of governors of the states of India (and incumbents)

| Andhra Pradesh|

Syed Abdul Nazeer

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Arunachal Pradesh|

Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik

Assam|

Lakshman Acharya

Bihar|

Arif Mohammad Khan

Chhattisgarh|

Ramen Deka

Goa|

Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Gujarat|

Acharya Devvrat

Haryana|

Ashim Kumar Ghosh

Himachal Pradesh|

Shiv Pratap Shukla

Jharkhand|

Santosh Gangwar

| Karnataka|

Thawar Chand Gehlot

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Kerala|

Rajendra Arlekar

Madhya Pradesh|

Mangubhai C. Patel

Maharashtra|

C. P. Radhakrishnan

Manipur|

Ajay Kumar Bhalla

Meghalaya|

C. H. Vijayashankar

Mizoram|

V. K. Singh

Nagaland|

La. Ganesan

Odisha|

Kambhampati Hari Babu

Punjab|

Gulab Chand Kataria

| Rajasthan|

Haribhau Bagade

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Sikkim|

Om Prakash Mathur

Tamil Nadu|

R. N. Ravi

Telangana|

Jishnu Dev Varma

Tripura|

N. Indrasena Reddy

Uttar Pradesh|

Anandiben Patel

Uttarakhand|

Gurmit Singh

West Bengal|

C. V. Ananda Bose

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Governors of Jharkhand

* Prabhat Kumar
* V. C. Pande (Additional Charge)
* M. Rama Jois
* Ved Marwah
* Syed Sibtey Razi
* Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
* M. O. H. Farook
* Syed Ahmed
* Droupadi Murmu
* Ramesh Bais
* C. P. Radhakrishnan

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