| Governor of Arunachal Pradesh | |
|---|---|
 | |
 | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan;Itanagar |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | Bhishma Narain Singh |
| Formation | 20 February 1987; 38 years ago (1987-02-20) |
| Website | http://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/ |
TheGovernor of Arunachal Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state ofArunachal Pradesh. The governor is appointed by thepresident of India. The current governor isKaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik.[1]
The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. A. A. Raja |  | 20 January 1972 | 1973 | 1 year |
| 2 | Manohar L. Kampani | | 1974 | 1975 | 1 year |
| # | Name | Image | Took office | Left office | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. A. A. Raja | | 15 August 1975 | 18 January 1979 | 3 years, 5 months and 4 days |
| 2 | R. N. Haldipur | | 18 January 1979 | 23 July 1981 | |
| 3 | H. S. Dubey | | 23 July 1981 | 10 August 1983 | |
| 4 | Thanjavelu Rajeshwar | .jpg) | 10 August 1983 | 21 November 1985 | |
| 5 | Shiva Swaroop | | 21 November 1985 | 20 February 1987 |
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) | Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | .jpg) | Bhishma Narain Singh (1933–2018) Governor of Assam and Meghalaya | Bihar | 20 February 1987 | 18 March 1987 | 26 days | Zail Singh |
| 2 |  | R. D. Pradhan IAS (Retd) (1928–2020) | Maharashtra | 18 March 1987 | 16 March 1990[‡] | 2 years, 363 days | |
| - |  | Gopal Singh (1917–1990) Governor of Nagaland (Additional Charge) | Punjab | 16 March 1990 | 8 May 1990[‡] | 53 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| - | | Devi Das Thakur (1929–2007) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge) | Jammu and Kashmir | 8 May 1990 | 16 March 1991[‡] | 312 days | |
| - |  | Lokanath Misra (1921–2009) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge) | Orissa | 17 March 1991 | 25 March 1991 | 8 days | |
| 4 |  | Surendranath Dwivedy (1913–2001) | Orissa | 26 March 1991 | 4 July 1993[‡] | 2 years, 100 days | |
| - | | Madhukar Dighe (1920–2014) Governor of Meghalaya (Additional Charge) | Uttar Pradesh | 4 July 1993 | 20 October 1993 | 108 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 5 |  | Mata Prasad (1925–2021) | Uttar Pradesh | 20 October 1993 | 16 May 1999 | 5 years, 208 days | |
| - | .jpg) | Lieutenant General Srinivas Kumar Sinha(Retd) PVSM ADC (1926–2016) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge) | Bihar | 16 May 1999 | 1 August 1999 | 77 days | K. R. Narayanan |
| 6 |  | Arvind Dave IPS (Retd) (born 1940) | Uttar Pradesh | 1 August 1999 | 12 June 2003[§][α] | 3 years, 315 days | |
| 7 |  | Vinod Chandra Pande IAS (Retd) (1938–2005) | Uttar Pradesh | 12 June 2003 | 15 December 2004 | 1 year, 186 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 8 | .jpg) | Shilendra Kumar Singh IFS (Retd) (1932–2009) | Delhi | 16 December 2004 | 23 January 2007 | 2 years, 38 days | |
| - |  | M. M. Jacob (1926–2018) Governor of Meghalaya (Acting) | Kerala | 24 January 2007 | 6 April 2007 | 72 days | |
| - |  | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) Governor of Nagaland (Acting) | Kerala | 7 April 2007 | 14 April 2007 | 7 days | |
| 9 | | Shilendra Kumar Singh IFS (Retd) (1932–2009) | Delhi | 15 April 2007 | 3 September 2007[§][β] | 141 days | |
| - | | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) Governor of Nagaland (Acting) | Kerala | 4 September 2007 | 26 January 2008 | 144 days | Pratibha Patil |
| 10 |  | General Joginder Jaswant Singh(Retd) PVSM AVSM VSM ADC (born 1945) | Punjab | 26 January 2008 | 28 May 2013 | 5 years, 122 days | |
| 11 | .jpg) | Lieutenant General Nirbhay Sharma(Retd) PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM (born 1946) | Uttar Pradesh | 28 May 2013 | 31 May 2015[§][γ] | 2 years, 3 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 12 | .jpg) | Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa IAS (Retd) (born 1944) | Assam | 1 June 2015 | 9 July 2016 | 1 year, 38 days | |
| - |  | Tathagata Roy (born 1945) Governor of Tripura (Acting) | West Bengal | 10 July 2016 | 12 August 2016 | 33 days | |
| 13 | | Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa IAS (Retd) (born 1944) | Assam | 13 August 2016 | 13 September 2016[‡] | 31 days | |
| - | .jpg) | V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949) Governor of Meghalaya (Additional Charge) | Tamil Nadu | 14 September 2016 | 27 January 2017[‡] | 135 days | |
| - | .jpg) | Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (1931–2023) Governor of Nagaland (Additional Charge) | Karnataka | 28 January 2017 | 2 October 2017 | 247 days | |
| 14 | %2c_Shri_Alphons_Kannanthanam_meeting_the_Governor_of_Arunachal_Pradesh%2c_Brigadier_(Retd.)_(Dr.)_B.D._Mishra%2c_in_New_Delhi_on_July_31%2c_2018_(cropped).JPG) | Brigadier B. D. Mishra(Retd) (born 1939) | Uttar Pradesh | 3 October 2017 | 15 February 2023[§][δ] | 5 years, 135 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 15 |  | Lieutenant General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik(Retd) PVSM UYSM YSM (born 1953) | Maharashtra | 16 February 2023 | Incumbent | 3 years, 1 day | Droupadi Murmu |
“I, A. B., do swear in the name of God/solemly affirm that I will faithfullyexecute the office of Governor (or discharge the functionsof the Governor) of .............(name of the State) and will tothe best of my ability preserve, protect and defend theConstitution and the law and that I will devote myself tothe service and well-being of the people of ..………(nameof the State).”