Governors of Arunachal Pradesh - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh is a nominal head and representative of the President of India

President of India

The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...

in the state of Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India, located in the far northeast. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Burma in the east, Bhutan in the west, and the People's Republic of China in the north. The majority of the territory is claimed by...

. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. The current governor is Joginder Jaswant Singh

Joginder Jaswant Singh

General Joginder Jaswant Singh was the first Sikh chief of army staff of India. He served as chief of army staff from January 31, 2005, to September 30, 2007....

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 or Vidhan Parishad, and
Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

List of Chief Commissioners of Arunachal Pradesh

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	K. A. A. Raja	20 January 1972	1973
2	Manohar L. Kampani	1974	1975

List of Lieutenant Governors of Arunachal Pradesh

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	K. A. A. Raja	15 August 1975	18 January 1979
2	R. N. Haldipur	18 January 1979	23 July 1981
3	H. S. Dubey	23 July 1981	10 August 1983
4	Thanjavelu Rajeshwar	10 August 1983	21 November 1985
5	Shiva Swaroop	21 November 1985	20 February 1987

List of Governors of Arunachal Pradesh

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Bhisma Narain Singh	20 February 1987	18 March 1987
2	R.D. Pradhan	19 March 1987	16 March 1990
3	Gopal Singh Gopal Singh Gopal Singh is a former Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He served as speaker in Janata Party rule from 25 September 1979 to 7 July 1980. Gopal Singh belongs to Rajput esrwhile Thakur family of Bhadrajun thikana. He currently looks after affairs of family heritage hotel He was MLA from...	17 March 1990	8 May 1990
4	Devi Das Thakur	9 May 1990	16 March 1991
5	Loknath Mishra	17 March 1991	25 March 1991
6	Surandra Nath Dwivedy	26 March 1991	4 July 1993
7	Madhukar Dighe	5 July 1993	20 October 1993
8	Mata Prasad	21 October 1993	16 May 1999
9	S.K. Sinha	17 May 1999	1 August 1999
10	Arvind Dave Arvind Dave Arvind Dave is the former Governor of four states in India. He was the governor of Arunachal Pradesh during 1999-2003; of Manipur, from 2003 until August 6, 2004 and acting governor of Meghalaya and Assam briefly during 2002 and 2003 respectively...	2 August 1999	12 June 2003
11	V. C. Pande	13 June 2003	15 December. 2004
12	S.K. Singh	16 December 2004	3 September 2007
13	K. Sankaranarayanan K. Sankaranarayanan Kateekal Sankaranarayanan is the current governor of the Indian state of Maharashtra and Goa. He had also served as the Governor of Nagaland and Jharkhand. Prior to his appointment as Governor, he had served as a Minister in several Congress led governments of Kerala headed by Chief Ministers A....	4 September 2007	26 January 2008
14	Joginder Jaswant Singh Joginder Jaswant Singh General Joginder Jaswant Singh was the first Sikh chief of army staff of India. He served as chief of army staff from January 31, 2005, to September 30, 2007....	27 January 2008	present

Powers and functions

List of Chief Commissioners of Arunachal Pradesh

List of Lieutenant Governors of Arunachal Pradesh

List of Governors of Arunachal Pradesh

See also