| Governor of Uttarakhand | |
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| Style | His Excellency (within Uttarakhand) The Honourable (outside Uttarakhand) |
| Status | Head of state |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan,Dehradun Raj Bhavan,Nainital (summer residence) Raj Bhavan,Dehradun (winter) |
| Nominator | Union Government of India |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | Surjit Singh Barnala (2000–2003) |
| Formation | 9 November 2000; 25 years ago (2000-11-09) |
| Website | Governor of Uttarakhand |
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Thegovernor of Uttarakhand is the nominal head of the Indian state ofUttarakhand. Appointed by thepresident of India, the governor holds office at the president's pleasure. The governor isde 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 electedUttarakhand Council of Ministers, headed by thechief minister of Uttarakhand, who thus holdde facto executive authority at the state-level. TheConstitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon his or her own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss aministry, recommendPresident's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent. The governor of Uttarakhand has their official residences at theRaj Bhavans inDehradun andNainital.
Uttarakhand was created on 9 November 2000, when it was carved out from the Himalayan districts ofUttar Pradesh. The first governor of the state wasSurjit Singh Barnala who served in office between 2000 and 2003. The current governor is Lieutenant GeneralGurmit Singh (Retd.) who has been in office since 14 September 2021. As of date, eight individuals have served as the governor of the state including two women -Margaret Alva andBaby Rani Maurya. No governor has till date completed full term in office.Sudarshan Agarwal holds the record of the longest-serving governor with 4 years, 293 days in office.
Article 157 andArticle 158 of theConstitution of India specify eligibility requirements for the post of governor. They are as follows:
A governor must:
The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Uttarakhand is theex-officio Chancellor of the twelve state universities of Uttarakhand. The universities includeDoon University,G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology,Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University,Kumaun University,Soban Singh Jeena University,Sri Dev Suman Uttarakhand University,Uttarakhand Ayurved University,Uttarakhand Open University,Uttarakhand Residential University,Uttarakhand Sanskrit University,Uttarakhand Technical University, andVeer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) | Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
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| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  | Hormasji Pherozeshah Mody (1881–1969) | Bombay | 26 January 1950 | 1 June 1952 | 2 years, 127 days | Rajendra Prasad |
| 2 |  | Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887–1971) | Bombay | 2 June 1952 | 9 June 1957 | 5 years, 7 days | |
| 3 |  | V. V. Giri (1894–1980) | Madras | 10 June 1957 | 30 June 1960[§][α] | 3 years, 20 days | |
| 4 | .jpg) | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (1899–1967) | Andhra Pradesh | 1 July 1960 | 15 April 1962 | 1 year, 288 days | |
| 5 |  | Bishwanath Das (1889–1984) | Orissa | 16 April 1962 | 30 April 1967 | 5 years, 14 days | |
| 6 |  | Bezawada Gopala Reddy (1907–1997) | Andhra Pradesh | 1 May 1967 | 30 June 1972 | 5 years, 60 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| – | | Justice Shashi Kanta Verma Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court (Acting) | Uttar Pradesh | 1 July 1972 | 13 November 1972 | 135 days | V. V. Giri |
| 7 |  | Akbar Ali Khan (1899–1994) | Andhra Pradesh | 14 November 1972 | 24 October 1974[§][β] | 1 year, 344 days | |
| 8 | .jpg) | Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) | Andhra Pradesh | 25 October 1974 | 1 October 1977[‡] | 2 years, 341 days | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| 9 |  | Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (1909–1992) | Maharashtra | 2 October 1977 | 27 February 1980[§][γ] | 2 years, 148 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 10 |  | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (1901–1994) | Bihar | 28 February 1980 | 31 March 1985 | 5 years, 31 days | |
| 11 |  | Mohammed Usman Arif (1923–1995) | Rajasthan | 31 March 1985 | 11 February 1990 | 4 years, 317 days | Zail Singh |
| 12 |  | B. Satya Narayan Reddy (1927–2012) | Andhra Pradesh | 12 February 1990 | 25 May 1993[§][β] | 3 years, 102 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 13 |  | Motilal Vora (1928–2020) | Madhya Pradesh | 26 May 1993 | 3 May 1996[‡] | 2 years, 343 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| – | .jpg) | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2016) Governor of Madhya Pradesh (Additional Charge) | Jammu and Kashmir | 3 May 1996 | 19 July 1996 | 77 days | |
| 14 |  | Romesh Bhandari IFS (Retd) (1928–2013) | Punjab | 19 July 1996 | 17 March 1998[‡] | 1 year, 241 days | |
| – | | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2016) Governor of Madhya Pradesh (Additional Charge) | Jammu and Kashmir | 17 March 1998 | 19 April 1998 | 33 days | K. R. Narayanan |
| 15 |  | Suraj Bhan (1928–2006) | Haryana | 20 April 1998 | 23 November 2000[§][δ] | 2 years, 217 days | |
| 16 | .jpg) | Vishnu Kant Shastri (1929–2005) | West Bengal | 24 November 2000 | 2 July 2004[‡] | 3 years, 221 days | |
==List of governors==
| # | Portrait | Name (born–died) | Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
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| 1 |  | Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017) | Punjab | 9 November 2000 | 7 January 2003[§][α] | 2 years, 59 days | K. R. Narayanan |
| 2 | .jpg) | Sudarshan Agarwal IAS (Retd) (1931–2019) | Punjab | 8 January 2003 | 28 October 2007[§][β] | 4 years, 293 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 3 |  | Banwari Lal Joshi IPS (Retd) (1936–2017) | Rajasthan | 29 October 2007 | 5 August 2009[§][γ] | 1 year, 280 days | Pratibha Patil |
| 4 | .jpg) | Margaret Alva (born 1942) | Karnataka | 6 August 2009 | 14 May 2012[§][δ] | 2 years, 282 days | |
| 5 | .jpg) | Aziz Qureshi (1941–2024) | Madhya Pradesh | 15 May 2012 | 7 January 2015[§][ε] | 2 years, 237 days | |
| 6 | .jpg) | Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948) | Chandigarh | 8 January 2015 | 25 August 2018 | 3 years, 229 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 7 | .jpg) | Baby Rani Maurya (born 1956) | Uttar Pradesh | 26 August 2018 | 14 September 2021[‡] | 3 years, 19 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 8 | .jpg) | Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh(Retd) PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM (born 1956) | Punjab | 15 September 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 73 days | |
