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List of governors of Mizoram

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Governor of Mizoram
Incumbent
V. K. Singh
since 26 December 2024
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Aizawl
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holderS.P.Mukherjee
Formation20 February 1987; 37 years ago (1987-02-20)
Websitehttps://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in
The state of Mizoram is in northeastern India.

This is a list of governors of Mizoram, an Indian state part of Northeast India.

Powers and functions

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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.

Before statehood

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S.J.Das was the chief commissioner of Mizoram from 21 January 1972 to 23 April 1972. He was followed by these Lieutenant Governors:

# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration
1 S. P. Mukherjee 24 April 1972 12 June 1974
2 S. K. Chibber 13 June 1974 26 September 1977
3 N. P. Mathur 27 September 1977 15 April 1981
4 S. N. Kohli 16 April 1981 9 August 1983
5 H. S. Dubey 10 August 1983 10 December 1986
6 Hiteswar Saikia 11 December 1986 19 February 1987

Governors of Mizoram

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Key
 • indicates that this was an additional charge
# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration Home State Appointed by
1. Hiteswar Saikia 20 February 1987 30 April 1989 2 years, 69 days Assam Zail Singh
- K. V. Krishna Rao 1 May 1989 20 July 1989 80 days Andhra Pradesh R. Venkataraman
2. Williamson A. Sangma 21 July 1989 7 February 1990 201 days Meghalaya
3. Swaraj Kaushal 8 February 1990 9 February 1993 3 years, 1 day Himachal Pradesh
4. P. R. Kyndiah 10 February 1993 13 January 1998 4 years, 337 days Meghalaya Shankar Dayal Sharma
- Siddheshwar Prasad 14 January 1998 28 January 1998 14 days Bihar K. R. Narayan
5. Arun Prasad Mukherjee 29 January 1998 1 May 1998 92 days West Bengal
6. A. Padmanabhan 2 May 1998 30 November 2000 2 years, 212 days Tamil Nadu
- Ved Marwah 1 December 2000 17 May 2001 167 days Not Known
7. Amolak Rattan Kohli 18 May 2001 24 July 2006 5 years, 67 days Delhi
8. M. M. Lakhera 25 July 2006 1 September 2011 5 years, 38 days Uttarakhand A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
9. Vakkom Purushothaman 2 September 2011 9 July 2014 2 years, 310 days Kerala Pratibha Patil
10. Kamla Beniwal 9 July 2014 6 August 2014 28 days Rajasthan Pranab Mukherjee
- Vinod Kumar Duggal 8 August 2014 28 August 2014 20 days Punjab
- K. K. Paul[1] 16 September 2014 8 January 2015 114 days
11. Aziz Qureshi[2] 9 January 2015 28 March 2015 78 days Madhya Pradesh
- Keshari Nath Tripathi 4 April 2015 25 May 2015 51 days Uttar Pradesh
12. Nirbhay Sharma 26 May 2015 24 May 2018 2 years, 363 days
13. Kummanam Rajasekharan 25 May 2018 8 March 2019 287 days Kerala Ram Nath Kovind
- Jagdish Mukhi 9 March 2019 4 November 2019 240 days Delhi
14. P. S. Sreedharan Pillai 5 November 2019 18 July 2021 1 year, 255 days Kerala
15. Kambhampati Hari Babu 19 July 2021 10 August 2021 22 days Andhra Pradesh
- B. D. Mishra 11 August 2021 6 November 2021 87 days Uttar Pradesh
(15). Kambhampati Hari Babu 7 November 2021 26 December 2024 3 years, 49 days Andhra Pradesh
16. V. K. Singh 26 December 2024 Incumbent −1 day Haryana Droupadi Murmu

Secretariat[3]

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Name Designation
V Lalsangliana IAS Secretary to Governor
Joseph Lalrinawma MCS Addl. Secretary to Governor
Lalngaihzuala MCS PS to Governor
Saurabh Khamar OSD to Governor

References

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  1. ^ "KK Paul to be sworn in as Mizoram governor on September 16". The Times of India. 12 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Aziz Qureshi to take oath as Mizoram governor on Friday". The Economic Times. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 16 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Who's Who | Raj Bhavan Mizoram | India". Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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See also

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