List of governors of Chhattisgarh

Template:Short description Template:Morefootnotes Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English 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.

The position of the governor of Chhattisgarh came into existence following the creation of the state in November 2000 as a result of the 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 Remen Deka who has been in office since 31 July 2024.

Powers and functions

File:India Chhattisgarh locator map.svg

Chhattisgarh is in central India.

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

•   Caretaker or acting governor
• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Resigned

No.	Name (bornTemplate:Spaced ndashdied)	Portrait	Home state	Tenure in office			Immediate prior position held	Appointed by
				From	To	Time in office
1.	Dinesh Nandan Sahay IPS (Retd.) (1936–2018)	File:Dinesh Nandan Sahay, Governor of Tripura.jpg	Bihar	1 November 2000	1 June 2003	Template:Ayd	Director-General of Bihar Police	K. R. Narayanan (President)
2.	Lieutenant General (Retd.) Krishna Mohan Seth Template:Post-nominals (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	Uttar Pradesh	2 June 2003	25 January 2007	Template:Ayd	Governor of Tripura	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (President)
3.	E. S. L. Narasimhan IPS (Retd.) (1945)	File:E. S. L. Narasimhan at Telangana Jagruthi Program.jpg	Tamil Nadu	26 January 2007	23 January 2010	Template:Ayd	Director of the Intelligence Bureau
4.	Shekhar Dutt Template:Post-nominals IAS (Retd.) (born 1945)	File:Shekhar Dutt.jpg	Assam	23 January 2010	19 June 2014[§]	Template:Ayd	Deputy National Security Advisor	Pratibha Patil (President)
Template:Ndash	Ram Naresh Yadav Governor of Madhya Pradesh (1928–2016) (Additional Charge)	File:Ram Naresh Yadav (cropped).jpg	Uttar Pradesh	19 June 2014	14 July 2014	Template:Ayd	Governor of Madhya Pradesh (continued)	Pranab Mukherjee (President)
5.	Balram Das Tandon (1927–2018)	File:Governor of Chhattisgarh Balram Das Tandon.jpg	Punjab	18 July 2014	14 August 2018[†]	Template:Ayd	Cabinet Minister, Punjab (until 2002)
Template:Ndash	Anandiben Patel Governor of Madhya Pradesh (born 1941) (Additional Charge)	File:Anandiben Patel Ji.jpg	Gujarat	15 August 2018	28 July 2019	Template:Ayd	Governor of Madhya Pradesh (continued)	Ram Nath Kovind (President)
6.	Anusuiya Uikey (born 1957)	File:Anusuiya Uikey (cropped).jpg	Madhya Pradesh	29 July 2019	22 February 2023	Template:Ayd	Vice-Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
7.	Biswabhusan Harichandan (born 1934)	File:The Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Biswabhusan Harichandan.jpg	Odisha	23 February 2023	30 July 2024	Template:Ayd	Governor of Andhra Pradesh	Droupadi Murmu (President)
8.	Ramen Deka (born 1954)	File:Ramen Deka with President Murmu (cropped).jpg	Assam	31 July 2024	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

See also

• Governors of India
• Powers and functions of the governors of India

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