List of governors of Maharashtra
The Governor of Maharashtra is the Ceremonial head of the state of Maharashtra. The Constitution of India confers the executive powers of the state to the Governor, however the de-facto executive powers lie with the Council of Ministers.[1]
| Governor of Maharashtra | |
|---|---|
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan (Mumbai) Additional: Raj Bhavan (Nagpur); Raj Bhavan (Pune) & Raj Bhavan (Mahabaleshwar) |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | Five years |
| Inaugural holder | John Colville, PC, GCIE |
| Formation | 24 March 1943 |
| Website | Raj Bhavan Maharashtra |
Bhagat Singh Koshiyari is the governor of Maharashtra since September 5, 2019.[2]
Powers and duties
The Governor appoints many top authorities as follows:
- Advocate General of Maharashtra.
- Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta
- State Election Commissioner
- Chairman and Members of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal
- Chairman and Members of the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission
- Chairman and Members of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC)
- Chairmen and Members of the 3 Development Boards
- Sheriff of Mumbai
- State Chief Information Commissioner
Governors of Maharashtra
This is a list of governors of the erstwhile Bombay State and Maharashtra:[3]
| № | Name (birth–death) |
Portrait | Term | Appointed by (President of India) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombay State (Before Independence) | ||||||
| ** | John Colville, PC, GCIE | 24 March 1943 | 5 January 1948 | 4 years, 287 days | Viscount Wavell (Governor General) | |
| Bombay State (After Independence) | ||||||
| 1 | Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, CIE |  |
6 January 1948 | 30 May 1952 | 4 years, 145 days | L. Mountbatten (Governor General) |
| 2 | Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai, KCSI, KBE, CIE |  |
30 May 1952 | 5 December 1954 | 2 years, 189 days | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| 3 | Dr Harekrushna Mahatab |  |
2 March 1955 | 14 October 1956 | 1 year, 226 days | |
| Maharashtra | ||||||
| 4 | Sri Prakasa |  |
10 December 1956 | 16 April 1962 | 5 years, 127 days | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| 5 | Dr P. Subbarayan |  |
17 April 1962 | 6 October 1962 | 172 days | |
| 6 | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |  |
28 November 1962 | 18 October 1964 | 1 year, 325 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 7 | Dr P V Cherian | 14 November 1964 | 8 November 1969 | 4 years, 359 days | ||
| 8 | Ali Yavar Jung | 26 February 1970 | 11 December 1976 | V. V. Giri | ||
| 9 | Sri Sadiq Ali | 30 April 1977 | 3 November 1980 | B. D. Jatti (Acting President) | ||
| 10 | O P Mehra | 3 November 1980 | 5 March 1982 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | ||
| 11 | Idris Hasan Latif |  |
6 March 1982 | 16 April 1985 | ||
| 12 | Kona Prabhakara Rao | 31 May 1985 | 2 April 1986 | Zail Singh | ||
| 13 | Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma |  |
3 April 1986 | 2 September 1987 | ||
| 14 | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy |  |
20 February 1988 | 18 January 1990 | R. Venkataraman | |
| 15 | Dr. C Subramaniam |  |
15 February 1990 | 9 January 1993 | ||
| 16 | Dr. P.C. Alexander | 12 January 1993 | 13 July 2002 | 9 years, 182 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| 17 | Mohammed Fazal | 10 October 2002 | 5 December 2004 | 2 years, 56 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| 18 | S.M. Krishna | .jpg) |
12 December 2004 | 5 March 2008 | 3 years, 84 days | |
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9 March 2008 | 22 January 2010 | 1 year, 319 days | Pratibha Patil |
| 20 | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan |  |
22 January 2010 | 24 August 2014 | 4 years, 214 days | |
| 21 | Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao |  |
30 August 2014 | 4 September 2019 | 5 years, 5 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 22 | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |  |
5 September 2019 | Incumbent | 349 days | Ramnath Kovind |
See also
- Government of Maharashtra
- Governors of India
References
- "Governor - Information under RTI Act" (PDF). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- "Bhagat Singh Koshyari sworn in as new governor of Maharashtra". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- "Previous Governors". Rajbhavan, Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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