Governors of Gujarat
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The Governor of Gujarat is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Gujarat. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. H.E. Nawal Kishore Sharma is the current governor (assumed charge of office on July 24, 2004).
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[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
[edit] List of all previous governors of Gujarat
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Mehdi Nawaz Jung | 1 May 1960 | 1 Aug 1965 |
| 2 | Nityanand Kanungo | 1 Aug 1965 | 7 Dec 1967 |
| 3 | P.N. Bhagwati | 7 Dec 1967 | 26 Dec 1967 |
| 4 | Shriman Narayan | 26 Dec 1967 | 17 Mar 1973 |
| 5 | P.N. Bhagwati | 17 Mar 1973 | 4 Apr 1973 |
| 6 | Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham | 4 Apr 1973 | 14 Aug 1978 |
| 7 | Sharada Mukherjee | 14 Aug 1978 | 6 Aug 1983 |
| 8 | Kizhekethil Mathew Chandy | 6 Aug 1983 | 26 Apr 1984 |
| 9 | Braj Kumar Nehru | 26 Apr 1984 | 26 Feb 1986 |
| 10 | Ram Krishna Trivedi | 26 Feb 1986 | 2 May 1990 |
| 11 | Mahipal Shastri | 2 May 1990 | 21 Dec 1990 |
| 12 | Sarup Singh | 21 Dec 1990 | 1 Jul 1995 |
| 13 | Naresh Chandra | 1 Jul 1995 | 1 Mar 1996 |
| 14 | Krishna Pal Singh | 1 Mar 1996 | 25 Apr 1998 |
| 15 | Anshuman Singh | 25 Apr 1998 | 16 Jan 1999 |
| 16 | K.G. Balakrishnan | 16 Jan 1999 | 18 Mar 1999 |
| 17 | Sunder Singh Bhandari | 18 Mar 1999 | 7 May 2003 |
| 18 | Kailashpati Mishra | 7 May 2003 | 2 Jul 2004 |
| 19 | Balram Jakhar | 2 Jul 2004 | 24 Jul 2004 |
| 20 | Nawal Kishore Sharma | 24 Jul 2004 | present |
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