The Governor of Bihar 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 Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. H.E.

Excellency

Excellency is an honorific style given to certain members of an organization or state.Usually, people styled "Excellency" are heads of state, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, certain ecclesiastics, royalty, aristocracy, and military, and others holding equivalent rank .It is...

 Devanand Konwar

Devanand Konwar

Devanand Konwar is a senior congressman from Assam and presently the Governor of Indian state Bihar. -Career:He started his career as a Lecturer in the English Department in Cotton College, Guwahati. Later he has given his services to American Standard Vacuum Oil Co. in Mumbai in 1961 as...

 is the current governor since July 2009.

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.

In his ex-officio capacity, the Governor of Bihar is Chancellor of the universities of Bihar (at present 12) as per the Acts of the Universities.

List of governors of Bihar

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Sir James Sifton	1 April 1936	11 March 1937
2	Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett	11 March 1937	5 August 1939
3	Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart	5 August 1939	9 January 1943
4	Sir Thomas George Rutherford	9 January 1943	March 1943
5	Sir Francis Mudie Francis Mudie Sir Robert Francis Mudie KCSI, KCIE, OBE was a member of the Indian Civil Service during the British Raj. He was the last British Governor of Sind and after the partition of India and Pakistan in August 1947, he continued to serve as Governor of the West Punjab.-Education:Robert Francis Mudie...  (acting)	March 1943	1944
6	Sir Thomas George Rutherford	1944	13 May 1946
7	Sir Hugh Dow Hugh Dow Sir Hugh Dow, GCIE, KCSI was an Indian civil servant during the British Raj.-Career:Dow entered the Indian Civil Service in 1909 and served in various senior administrative and advisory capacities in pre-war India. From 1939 to 1941 he was Director-General of Supply and President of the War Supply...	13 May 1946	15 August 1947
8	Jairamdas Daulatram	15 August 1947	11 January 1948
9	Madhav Shrihari Aney	12 January 1948	14 June 1952
10	R R Diwakar	15 January 1952	5 July 1957
11	Zakir Hussain Zakir Hussain (politician) Dr. Zakir Hussain , was the third President of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. He was the first elected Muslim president of India....	6 July 1957	11 May 1962
12	M. A. S. Ayyangar	12 May 1962	6 December 1967
13	Nityanand Kanungo	7 December 1967	20 January 1971
14	Devkant Barooah Dev Kant Baruah Debakanta Barua was an Indian politician from Assam, who served as the President of the Indian National Congress during the Indian Emergency and was one of the most loyal supporters of then-Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi...	1 February 1971	4 February 1971
15	Ramchandra Dhondhiba Bhandare	4 February 1973	15 June 1976
16	Jagannath Kaushal	16 June 1976	31 January 1979
17	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai is an Indian politician. He served as Governor of Bihar and Haryana states. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian parliament from 2000-2004.-Early life and Education:...	20 September 1979	15 March 1985
18	P. Venkatasubbaiah	15 March 1985	25 February 1988
19	Govind Narain Singh Govind Narayan Singh Govind Narayan Singh , was an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress. He was born to Awadhesh Pratap Singh, the first chief minister of Vindhya Pradesh and Maharaj Kumari. He did his PhD from the Benaras Hindu University in literature...	26 February 1988	24 January 1989
20	R.D. Pradhan	29 January 1989	2 February 1989
21	Jagannath Pahadia Jagannath Pahadia Jagannath Pahadia is an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress party. He is the current Governor of the state of Haryana since 27 July 2009.-Early life and education:...	3 March 1989	2 February 1990
22	Mohammad Saleem	16 February 1990	13 February 1991
23	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi	19 March 1991	13 August 1993
24	A R Kidwai	14 August 1993	26 April 1998
25	S S Bhandari	27 April 1998	15 March 1999
26	V. C. Pande	23 November 1999	12 June 2003
27	M R Jois	12 June 2003	31 October 2004
28	Buta Singh	5 November 2004	29 January 2006
29	Gopalkrishna Gandhi Gopalkrishna Gandhi Gopalkrishna Gandhi was the Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, and son of Devadas Gandhi and Lakshmi Gandhi. His maternal grandfather was C. Rajagopalachari...	31 January 2006	21 June 2006
30	R. S. Gavai	22 June 2006	10 July 2008
31	R. L. Bhatia R. L. Bhatia Raghunanthanlal Bhatia, also known as Raghunandan Lal Bhatia, or R. L. Bhatia is an Indian political figure. He was the Governor of Kerala from June 23, 2004 to July 10, 2008, and he has been the Governor of Bihar since July 10, 2008.Bhatia was born to Arooramal Bhatia and Lal Devi Bhatia, in...	10 July 2008	23 July 2009
32	Devanand Konwar Devanand Konwar Devanand Konwar is a senior congressman from Assam and presently the Governor of Indian state Bihar. -Career:He started his career as a Lecturer in the English Department in Cotton College, Guwahati. Later he has given his services to American Standard Vacuum Oil Co. in Mumbai in 1961 as...	24 July 2009	present

See also

• Bihar
  Bihar
  Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
  
  
• Governor of Bihar and Orissa
• Governors of India

External links

• http://gov.bih.nic.in/Governance/OldGovernors.htm