List of governors of Telangana

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Governor of Telangana
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Raj Bhavan
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Incumbent
Tamilisai Soundararajan
since 8 September 2019
StyleHer Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Hyderabad
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthFive Years
Inaugural holderE. S. L. Narasimhan (additional charge)
Formation2 June 2014
(7 years ago) (2014-06-02)
Websitegovernor.telangana.gov.in
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The Governor of Telangana is the nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Telangana. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years.

Since 8 September 2019, Tamilisai Soundararajan is the Governor of Telangana.

Powers and functions[]

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.

List of governors of Telangana[]

This is a list of governors of Telangana since 2019. The official residence of the Governor is Raj Bhavan, situated in the state capital Hyderabad.[1][2]

S.No. Portrait Name
(birth–death) 		Term of office[3] Previous post Appointed by
– E.S.L. Narasimhan.jpg E. S. L. Narasimhan
(additional charge)
(born 1945) 		2 June 2014 23 July 2019 1st
(5 years, 51 days) 		Governor of Andhra Pradesh Pranab Mukherjee
1 E. S. L. Narasimhan
(born 1945) 		24 July 2019 7 September 2019 2nd
(45 days)
2 Dr-Tamilisai-Soundararajan.jpg Tamilisai Soundararajan
(born 1961) 		8 September 2019 Incumbent 1st
(2 years, 145 days) 		President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu Ram Nath Kovind
Timeline
Tamilisai SoundararajanE. S. L. NarasimhanE. S. L. Narasimhan

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "TRS chief KCR to be sworn-in as first CM of Telangana on Monday". The Indian Express. Press Trust of India. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. ^ Common Governor of Telangana, Andhra to oversee law and order in Hyderabad post bifurcation: South, News - India Today
  3. ^ The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period

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