President of India Droupadi Murmu appointed 13 new Governors while accepting the resignations of Bhagat Singh Koshyari as Governor of Maharashtra and of Radha Krishnan Mathur as Lt. Governor of Ladakh on 12 February. Following is the complete list of new governors who have been appointed. These appointments will take effect from the dates they assume charge of their respective offices :-
State | Name |
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh | Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik (Retired) |
Governor of Sikkim | Lakshman Prasad Acharya, |
Governor of Jharkhand | C P Radhakrishnan, |
Governor of Himachal Pradesh | Shiv Pratap Shukla, |
Governor of Assam | Gulab Chand Kataria, |
Governor of Andhra Pradesh | S. Abdul Nazeer, |
State | Name |
Governor of Andhra Pradesh appointed as Governor of Chhattisgarh | Justice (Retd) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan |
Governor of Chhattisgarh appointed as Governor of Manipur | Anusuiya Uikye |
Governor of Manipur appointed as Governor of Nagaland | La. Ganesan |
Governor of Bihar appointed as Governor of Meghalaya | Phagu Chauhan |
Governor of Himachal Pradesh appointed as Governor of Bihar | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar |
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh appointed as Lt. Governor of Ladakh | Brig (Dr) B D Mishra (Retd) |
Governor of Jharkhand appointed as Governor of Maharashtra | Ramesh Bais |
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He/she is appointed by the President and holds his office during the pleasure of the latter. A Governor’s normal term of office is five years. However, he can be removed by the President at any time without assigning any cause.
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