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{{Short description|Head of state in state of Chhattisgarh}}
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{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor
| title = Governor
| native_name = 
| body = Chhattisgarh
| insignia = Coat of arms of Chhattisgarh.svg
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Chhattisgarh]]
| insigniasize = 120
| incumbent = [[Ramen Deka]]|
| image = File:Ramen Deka with President Murmu (cropped).jpg
| imagesize = 
| incumbentsince = 31 July 2024
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Chhattisgarh)|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Raipur]]
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure#Derivatives|At the pleasure of the president]]
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|2000|11|1}}
| inaugural = [[Dinesh Nandan Sahay|D. N. Sahay]]
| website = 
}}
The '''governor of Chhattisgarh''' is the nominal [[head of state]] of the Indian state of [[Chhattisgarh]]. The governor is appointed by the [[president of India]]. The official residence of the governor is [[Raj Bhavan, Raipur|Raj Bhavan]].

The position of the governor of Chhattisgarh came into existence following the creation of the state in November 2000 as a result of the [[Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000|bifurcation of Madhya Pradesh]]. The first governor to be appointed was [[Dinesh Nandan Sahay]] who served in office between 2000 and 2003. The current governor is [[Ramen Deka|Remen Deka]] who has been in office since 31 July 2024.

==Powers and functions==
[[File:India Chhattisgarh locator map.svg|left|thumb|160px|Chhattisgarh is in central India.]]
{{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.

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Chhattisgarh is the ''ex-officio'' Chancellor of the state universities of Chhattisgarh. The universities include [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya]], [[Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Memorial Health Sciences and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh]], [[Bastar Vishwavidyalaya]], [[Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya]], [[Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya]], [[Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya]], [[Sarguja University]], etc.

==History==
The inaugural governor of Chhattisgarh was retired Indian Police Service officer and former Bihar DGP [[Dinesh Nandan Sahay]] who served in office since the state's creation in November 2000 until he swapped positions with then Governor of Tripura Lieutenant General [[Krishna Mohan Seth]] (retired) in June 2003. Seth served in office until retiring in January 2007 and was succeeded by former Intelligence Bureau director [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]. Narasimhan served as the state's governor until being permanently transferred as Governor of Andhra Pradesh in January 2010, a position he was holding on additional basis since December 2009 following the resignation of [[N. D. Tiwari]]. Following the transfer of Narasimhan, former Defence Secretary [[Shekhar Dutt]] was appointed as the governor and he remained in office until resigning in June 2014. 

Following Dutt's resignation, Madhya Pradesh governor [[Ram Naresh Yadav]] briefly acted as the state's governor. He was relieved of the additional duties following the appointment of [[Balram Das Tandon]] the following month. Tandon remained the governor until his demise in office on 14 August 2018, thus becoming the first and only sitting governor of the state to die in office. He was succeeded by Madhya Pradesh governor [[Anandiben Patel]] on acting basis who served till July the next year and was succeeded by [[Anusuiya Uikey]]. Uikey served as the state's governor until February 2023 and was transferred as Governor of Manipur and was succeeded by Andhra Pradesh governor [[Biswabhusan Harichandan]]. Harichandan has since then being the governor of the state.

==List ==
;Key
*{{colorbox|wheat}} Caretaker or acting governor
*{{note label|†|†|†}} Died in office
*{{note label|§|§|§}} Resigned

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;"
!rowspan="2"| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" | Name<br><small>(born{{spaced ndash}}died)</small>
! rowspan="2" | Portrait
!rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Home state
! colspan="3"| Tenure in office
!rowspan="2" style="width:18em"| Immediate prior position held
!rowspan="2" style="width:12em" | Appointed by
|- 
!style="width:7em"| From
!style="width:7em"| To
!style="width:7em"| Time in office
|-
!1.
|'''[[Dinesh Nandan Sahay]]'''<br>{{small|[[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd.)<br>(1936–2018)}}
|[[File:Dinesh Nandan Sahay, Governor of Tripura.jpg|75px]]
|[[Bihar]]
|1 November<br>2000
|1 June<br>2003
!'''{{ayd|1 November 2000|1 June 2003}}'''
|align="left" style="font-size:93%"| Director-General of [[Bihar Police]]
|[[K. R. Narayanan]]<br>{{small|(President)}}
|-
!2.
|{{small|Lieutenant General (Retd.)}}<br>'''[[Krishna Mohan Seth]]'''<br>{{post-nominals|country=IND|PVSM|AVSM}}<br>{{small|(born 1939)}}
|[[File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the Governor of Chhattisgarh, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) K. M. Seth at Raj Bhawan in Raipur, during his one day visit to the State on April 30, 2005 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|2 June<br>2003
|25 January<br>2007
!'''{{ayd|2 June 2003|25 January 2007}}'''
|align="left" style="font-size:93%"| [[Governor of Tripura]]
|rowspan="2"| [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br>{{small|(President)}}
|-
!3.
|'''[[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]'''<br>{{small|[[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd.)<br>(1945)}}
|[[File:E. S. L. Narasimhan at Telangana Jagruthi Program.jpg|75px]]
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|26 January<br>2007
|23 January<br>2010
!'''{{ayd|26 January 2007|23 January 2010}}'''
|align="left" style="font-size:93%"| [[Director of the Intelligence Bureau]]
|-
!4.
|'''[[Shekhar Dutt]]'''<br>{{post-nominals|country=IND|SM}} {{small|[[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] (Retd.)<br>(born 1945)}}
|[[File:Shekhar Dutt.jpg|75px]]
|[[Assam]]
|23 January<br>2010
|19 June<br>2014{{ref label|§|§|§}}
!'''{{ayd|23 January 2010|19 June 2014}}'''
|align="left" style="font-size:93%"| [[National Security Advisor (India)|Deputy National Security Advisor]]
|[[Pratibha Patil]]<br>{{small|(President)}}
|-
!{{ndash}}
| bgcolor="wheat" | '''[[Ram Naresh Yadav]]'''<br>{{small|Governor of Madhya Pradesh<br>(1928–2016)}}<br>''(Additional Charge)''
| bgcolor="wheat" | [[File:Ram Naresh Yadav (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|bgcolor="wheat"| 19 June<br>2014	
|bgcolor="wheat"| 14 July<br>2014
!'''{{ayd|19 June 2014|14 July 2014}}'''
|align="left" style="font-size:93%"| [[Governor of Madhya Pradesh]] {{small|(continued)}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br>{{small|(President)}}
|-
!5.
|'''[[Balram Das Tandon]]'''<br>{{small|(1927–2018)}}
|[[File:Governor of Chhattisgarh Balram Das Tandon.jpg|75px]]
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|18 July<br>2014
|14 August<br>2018{{ref label|†|†|†}}
!'''{{ayd|18 July 2014|14 August 2018}}'''
|align="left" style="font-size:93%"| Cabinet Minister, Punjab {{small|(until 2002)}}
|-
!{{ndash}}
| bgcolor="wheat" | '''[[Anandiben Patel]]'''<br>{{small|Governor of Madhya Pradesh<br>(born 1941)}}<br>''(Additional Charge)''
| bgcolor="wheat" | [[File:Anandiben Patel Ji.jpg|75px]]
|[[Gujarat]]
|bgcolor="wheat"| 15 August<br>2018
|bgcolor="wheat"| 28 July<br>2019
!'''{{ayd|15 August 2018|28 July 2019}}'''
|align="left" style="font-size:93%"| [[Governor of Madhya Pradesh]] {{small|(continued)}}
|rowspan="2"| [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br>{{small|(President)}}
|-
!6.
|'''[[Anusuiya Uikey]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1957)}}
|[[File:Anusuiya Uikey (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|29 July<br>2019
|22 February<br>2023
!'''{{ayd|29 July 2019|22 February 2023}}'''
|align="left" style="font-size:93%"| Vice-Chairperson, [[National Commission for Scheduled Tribes]]
|-
!7.
|'''[[Biswabhusan Harichandan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1934)}}
|[[File:The Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Biswabhusan Harichandan.jpg|75px]]
|[[Odisha]]
|23 February<br>2023<ref name="Biswa Bhusan Harichandan sworn in as Chhattisgarh governor">{{cite news |last1=ThePrint |title=Biswa Bhusan Harichandan sworn in as Chhattisgarh governor |url=https://theprint.in/india/biswa-bhusan-harichandan-sworn-in-as-chhattisgarh-governor/1392247/ |access-date=14 December 2023 |date=23 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214173022/https://theprint.in/india/biswa-bhusan-harichandan-sworn-in-as-chhattisgarh-governor/1392247/ |archive-date=14 December 2023}}</ref>
|30 July 2024
!'''{{ayd|23 February 2023|30 July 2024}}'''
|align="left" style="font-size:93%"| [[Governor of Andhra Pradesh]]
|rowspan=2|[[Droupadi Murmu]]<br>{{small|(President)}}
|-
!8.
|'''[[Ramen Deka]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)}}
|[[File:Ramen Deka with President Murmu (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Assam]]
|31 July<br>2024
|''Incumbent'' 
!'''{{ayd|31 July 2024}}'''
|align="left" style="font-size:93%"| [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Governors of India]]
* [[Governors of India#Powers and functions|Powers and functions of the governors of India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*http://www.dprcg.gov.in/content/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%AF

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