List of governors of Mizoram

Governor of Mizoram
Raj Bhavan, Aizawl
since 6 November 2021
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Aizawl
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthFive Years
Inaugural holderS.P.Mukherjee
Formation20 February 1987; 37 years ago (1987-02-20)
Websitehttps://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in
The state of Mizoram is in northeastern India.

This is a list of governors of Mizoram, an Indian state part of Northeast India

Powers and functions

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See also: Powers and functions of the Governor

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.

Before statehood

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S.J.Das was the chief commissioner of Mizoram from 21 January 1972 to 23 April 1972. He was followed by these Lieutenant Governors:

# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration
1 S. P. Mukherjee 24 April 1972 12 June 1974
2 S. K. Chibber 13 June 1974 26 September 1977
3 N. P. Mathur 27 September 1977 15 April 1981
4 S. N. Kohli 16 April 1981 9 August 1983
5 H. S. Dubey 10 August 1983 10 December 1986
6 Hiteswar Saikia 11 December 1986 19 February 1987

Governors of Mizoram

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Key
 • indicates that this was an additional charge
# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration Home State Appointed by
1. Hiteswar Saikia 20 February 1987 1 May 1989 2 years, 70 days Assam Zail Singh
- K. V. Krishna Rao 1 May 1989 21 July 1989 81 days Andhra Pradesh R. Venkataraman
2. Williamson A. Sangma 21 July 1989 8 February 1990 202 days Meghalaya
3. Swaraj Kaushal 8 February 1990 10 February 1993 3 years, 2 days Himachal Pradesh
4. P. R. Kyndiah 10 February 1993 29 January 1998 4 years, 353 days Meghalaya Shankar Dayal Sharma
5. Arun Prasad Mukherjee 29 January 1998 2 May 1998 93 days West Bengal K. R. Narayan
6. A. Padmanabhan 2 May 1998 1 December 2000 2 years, 213 days Tamil Nadu
- Ved Marwah 1 December 2000 18 May 2001 168 days Not Known
7. Amolak Rattan Kohli 18 May 2001 25 July 2006 5 years, 68 days Delhi
8. M. M. Lakhera 25 July 2006 2 September 2011 5 years, 39 days Uttarakhand A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
9. Vakkom Purushothaman 2 September 2011 6 July 2014 2 years, 307 days Kerala Pratibha Patil
10. Kamla Beniwal 6 July 2014 8 August 2014 33 days Rajasthan Pranab Mukherjee
- Vinod Kumar Duggal 8 August 2014 16 September 2014 39 days Punjab
- K. K. Paul[1] 16 September 2014 9 January 2015 115 days
11. Aziz Qureshi[2] 9 January 2015 4 April 2015 85 days Madhya Pradesh
- Keshari Nath Tripathi 4 April 2015 26 May 2015 52 days Uttar Pradesh
12. Nirbhay Sharma 26 May 2015 29 May 2018 3 years, 3 days
13. Kummanam Rajasekharan 29 May 2018 8 March 2019 283 days Kerala Ramnath Kovind
- Jagdish Mukhi 9 March 2019 25 October 2019 230 days Delhi
14. P. S. Sreedharan Pillai 25 October 2019 6 July 2021 1 year, 254 days Kerala
15. Kambhampati Hari Babu 7 July 2021 10 August 2021 34 days Andhra Pradesh
- B. D. Mishra 11 August 2021 5 November 2021 86 days Uttar Pradesh
(15). Kambhampati Hari Babu 6 November 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 356 days Andhra Pradesh

Secretariat[3]

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Name Designation
V Lalsangliana IAS Secretary to Governor
Joseph Lalrinawma MCS Addl. Secretary to Governor
Lalngaihzuala MCS PS to Governor
Saurabh Khamar OSD to Governor

References

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  1. ^ "KK Paul to be sworn in as Mizoram governor on September 16". The Times of India. 12 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Aziz Qureshi to take oath as Mizoram governor on Friday". The Economic Times. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Who's Who | Raj Bhavan Mizoram | India". Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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See also

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