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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox official post
| honorific_prefix = [[Brigadier]]
|post = Governor
|title = Governor
|native_name =
|image = Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik in 2023.jpg
|body = [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|insignia =
|insigniacaption =
|incumbent = [[Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik]]
|incumbentsince = 16 February 2023
|style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
|residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Arunachal Pradesh)|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Itanagar]]
|termlength = Five Years
|appointer = [[President of India]]
|formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1987|02|20}}
|inaugural = [[Bhishma Narain Singh]]
|website = http://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/
}}

[[File:India Arunachal Pradesh locator map.svg|upright|thumb|Arunachal Pradesh is in northeast India.]]

The '''Governor of Arunachal Pradesh''' is a nominal head and representative of the [[President of India]] in the state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. The current governor is [[B. D. Mishra]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President Kovind Appoints 5 New Governors, Tamil Nadu Gets Its Own After A Year|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/president-approves-appointment-of-5-governors-1-lieutenant-governor-1757018|date=30 September 2017|access-date=31 January 2020|editor-first=Arun|editor-last=Nair|work=NDTV.com}}</ref>

==Powers and functions==
{{See also|Governors of India#Powers and functions|l1=Powers and functions of the Governor}}
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.

==List of chief commissioners of Arunachal Pradesh==
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
|-
! 1
| [[K. A. A. Raja]]
| 20 January 1972
| 1973
|-
! 2
| [[Manohar L. Kampani]]
| 1974
| 1975
|}

==List of lieutenant governors of Arunachal Pradesh==
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
|-
! 1
| [[K. A. A. Raja]]
| 15 August 1975
| 18 January 1979
|-
! 2
| [[R. N. Haldipur]]
| 18 January 1979
| 23 July 1981
|-
! 3
| [[H. S. Dubey]]
| 23 July 1981
| 10 August 1983
|-
! 4
| [[Thanjavelu Rajeshwar]]
| 10 August 1983
| 21 November 1985
|-
! 5
| [[Shiva Swaroop]]
| 21 November 1985
| 20 February 1987
|}

==List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh==
''Data from Arunachal Pradesh Governor's Secretariat<ref>{{cite web |title=The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh :: Past Governors |url=http://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/html/pastgovernors.htm |website=arunachalgovernor.gov.in |publisher=Governor Secretariat, Arunachal Pradesh |access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref> and Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh''<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Governor – Department of Information, Public Relation & Printing |url=http://www.arunachalipr.gov.in/?page_id=1071 |website=arunachalipr.gov.in |publisher=Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh |access-date=1 September 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
|-
! 1
| [[Bhishma Narain Singh]]
| 20 February 1987
| 18 March 1987
|-
! 2
| [[R. D. Pradhan]]
| 18 March 1987
| 16 March 1990
|-
! 3
| [[Raja Gopal Singh|Gopal Singh]]
| 16 March 1990
| 8 May 1990
|-
! 4
| [[Devi Das Thakur]]
| 8 May 1990
| 16 March 1991
|-
! 5
| [[Loknath Mishra]]
| 16 March 1991
| 25 March 1991
|-
! 6
| [[Surendranath Dwivedy]]
| 25 March 1991
| 4 July 1993
|-
! 7
| [[Madhukar Dighe]]
| 4 July 1993
| 20 October 1993
|-
! 8
| [[Mata Prasad]]
| 20 October 1993
| 16 May 1999
|-
! 9
| [[S. K. Sinha (Arunachal Pradesh politician)|S. K. Sinha]]
| 16 May 1999
| 1 August 1999
|-
! 10
| [[Arvind Dave]]
| 1 August 1999
| 12 June 2003
|-
! 11
| [[V. C. Pande]]
| 12 June 2003
| 15 December 2004
|-
! 12
| [[Shilendra Kumar Singh]]
| 16 December 2004
| 23 January 2007
|-
!—
| [[M. M. Jacob]] {{small|''(acting)''}}
| 24 January 2007
| 6 April 2007
|-
! —
| [[K. Sankaranarayanan]] {{small|''(acting)''}}
| 7 April 2007
| 14 April 2007
|-
! (12)
| [[Shilendra Kumar Singh]]
| 15 April 2007
| 3 September 2007
|-

! —
| [[K. Sankaranarayanan]] {{small|''(acting)''}}
| 3 September 2007
| 26 January 2008
|-
! 13
| [[Joginder Jaswant Singh]]
| 26 January 2008
| 28 May 2013
|-
! 14
| [[Nirbhay Sharma]]
| 28 May 2013
| 31 May 2015
|-
! 15
| [[Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa]]
| 1 June 2015
| 9 July 2016
|-
! 16
| [[Tathagata Roy]]
| 10 July 2016
| 12 August 2016
|-
! (15)
| [[Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa]]
| 13 August 2016
| 13 September 2016
|-
! 17
| [[V. Shanmuganathan]]
| 14 September 2016
| 27 January 2017 (resigned)
|-
! 18
| [[Padmanabha Acharya]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/jan/27/president-mukherjee-accepts-v-shanmuganathans-resignation-1564081.html|title=President Mukherjee accepts V Shanmuganathan's resignation|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
| 28 January 2017
| 2 October 2017
|-
! 19
| [[B. D. Mishra]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/president-ram-nath-kovind-appoints-new-governors-profiles-of-new-governors/article19776176.ece|title=Profiles of new Governors of T.N., Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh|first=Delhi|last=Bureau|date=30 September 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
| 3 October 2017
| 16 February 2023
|-
!20
|[[Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik]]
|16 February 2023
|''Incumbent''
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/ Home : Official website of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, India]

{{Current Indian governors}}

[[Category:Governors of Arunachal Pradesh| ]]
[[Category:Lists of governors of Indian states|Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Arunachal Pradesh-related lists|Governors]]

List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh - Revision history

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