Governors of Bihar

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The Governor of Bihar is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Bihar. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. H.E. R K Gavai is the current governor (assumed charge of office on June 22, 2006).

Contents 1 Powers and functions 2 List of all previous governors of Bihar 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] 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.

See also: Powers and functions of the Governer

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.

[edit] List of all previous governors of Bihar

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	J Daulatram	August 15, 1947	January 11, 1948
2	M Aney	January 12, 1948	June 14, 1952
3	R R Diwakar	January 15, 1952	July 5, 1957
4	Zakir Hussain	July 6, 1957	May 11, 1962
5	M A S Ayyangar	May 12, 1962	December 6, 1967
6	Nityanand Kanungo	December 7, 1967	January 20, 1971
7	D Barooah	February 1, 1971	February 4, 1971
8	R D Bhandare	February 4, 1973	June 15, 1976
9	J Kaushal	June 16, 1976	January 31, 1979
10	A R Kidwai	September 20, 1979	March 15, 1985
11	P Venkatasubbian	March 15, 1985	February 25, 1988
12	G N Singh	February 26, 1988	January 24, 1989
13	R D Pradhan	January 29, 1989	February 2, 1989
14	J Pahadia	March 3, 1989	February 2, 1990
15	Mohammad Saleem	February 16, 1990	February 13, 1991
16	Mohammad Qureshi	March 19, 1991	August 13, 1993
17	A R Kidwai	August 14, 1993	April 26, 1998
18	S S Bhandari	April 27, 1998	March 15, 1999
19	V C Pande	November 23, 1999	June 12, 2003
20	M R Jois	June 12, 2003	October 31, 2004
21	Buta Singh	November 5, 2004	January 29, 2006
22	Gopalkrishna Gandhi	January 31, 2006	June 21, 2006
23	R K Gavai	June 22, 2006	present

[edit] See also

• Bihar
• Governors of India

[edit] External links

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