List of governors of Uttarakhand

Governor of Uttarakhand
Governor of Uttarakhand
	Incumbent; Gurmit Singh; since 15 September 2021
	Government of Uttarakhand
Style	His Excellency (within Uttarakhand); The Honourable (outside Uttarakhand)
Status	Head of state
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Nainital (summer); Raj Bhavan, Dehradun (winter)
Nominator	Union Government of India
Appointer	President of India with confirmation of Prime Minister of India
Term length	Five years; Renewable
Inaugural holder	Surjit Singh Barnala (2000–2003)
Formation	9 November 2000; 21 years ago
Website	Governor of Uttarakhand

The governor of Uttarakhand is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure. The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected Cabinet of Uttarakhand, headed by the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, who thus hold de facto executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon his or her own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the President's assent. The governor of Uttarakhand has their official residences at the Raj Bhavans in Dehradun and Nainital.

Uttarakhand was created on 9 November 2000, when it was carved out from the Himalayan districts of Uttar Pradesh. Seven people have served as the state's governor, five are men and two women including Baby Rani Maurya.

Qualifications[]

Article 157 and Article 158 of the Constitution of India specify eligibility requirements for the post of governor. They are as follows:

A governor must:

be a citizen of India.
be at least 35 years of age.
not be a member of the either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature.
not hold any office of profit.

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 (legislative assembly) & vidhan parishad, and
Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.

List of the governors of Uttarakhand[]

Raj Bhavan retreat at Nainital, Uttarakhand.

Following is the list of the governors of Uttarakhand since its inception on 9 November 2000:

№	Name (birth–death)	Term			Appointed by (President of India)	Ref.
1	Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017)	9 November 2000	7 January 2003	2 years, 59 days	K. R. Narayanan
2	Sudarshan Agarwal (1931–2019)	8 January 2003	28 October 2007	4 years, 293 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
3	Banwari Lal Joshi (1936–2017)	29 October 2007	5 August 2009	1 year, 280 days	Pratibha Patil
4	Margaret Alva (born 1942)	6 August 2009	14 May 2012	2 years, 282 days
5	Aziz Qureshi (born 1941)	15 May 2012	7 January 2015	2 years, 237 days
6	Krishan Kant Paul (born 1947)	8 January 2015	25 August 2018	3 years, 229 days	Pranab Mukherjee
7	Baby Rani Maurya (born 1956)	26 August 2018	14 September 2021	3 years, 20 days	Ram Nath Kovind	^[1]
8	Gurmit Singh (born 1956)	15 September 2021	Incumbent	143 days	Ram Nath Kovind	^[2]

Timeline

References[]

^ "Baby Rani Maurya sworn in as new Uttarakhand governor" Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 26 August 2018.
^ "Lt Gen Gurmit Singh sworn-in as Governor of Uttarakhand". Indian Express. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

External links[]

[1] "Baby Rani Maurya sworn in as new Uttarakhand governor" Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 26 August 2018.

[2] "Lt Gen Gurmit Singh sworn-in as Governor of Uttarakhand". Indian Express. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

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