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{{Infobox official post<br />
| post = Governor<br />
| title = Governor<br />
| native_name = <br />
| body = [[Gujarat]]<br />
| insignia = <br />
| insigniacaption = <br />
| incumbent = [[Acharya Devvrat]]<br />
| incumbentsince = 21 July 2019<br />
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]<br />
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Gujarat)|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Gandhinagar]]<br />
| termlength = Five Years<br />
| appointer = [[President of India]]<br />
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1960|05|01}}<br />
| inaugural = [[Mehdi Nawaz Jung]]<br />
| website = https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in<br />
| image = Acharya Dev Vrat in December 2015.jpg<br />
}}<br />
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[[File:India Gujarat locator map.svg|upright|thumb|Gujarat is in western India.]]<br />
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 and resides in [[Raj Bhavan (Gujarat)|Raj Bhavan]] in [[Gandhinagar]]. [[Acharya Devvrat]] took charge as the Governor on 22 July 2019.<br />
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==Powers and functions==<br />
{{See also|Governors of India#Powers and functions}}<br />
The Governor enjoys many different types of powers:<br />
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*'''Executive powers''' related to administration, appointments and removals,<br />
*'''Legislative powers''' related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and<br />
*'''Discretionary powers''' to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.<br />
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==Governors of Gujarat==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''#'''<br />
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Name'''<br />
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Took Office'''<br />
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Left Office'''<br />
!Party<br />
|-<br />
! | 1<br />
| [[Mehdi Nawaz Jung]]<br />
| 1 May 1960<br />
| 1 Aug 1965<br />
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />
|-<br />
! | 2<br />
| [[Nityanand Kanungo]]<br />
| 1 Aug 1965<br />
| 7 Dec 1967<br />
|[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|-<br />
! | -<br />
| |[[P.N. Bhagwati]] ''(acting)''<br />
| 7 Dec 1967<br />
| 26 Dec 1967<br />
| rowspan="4" |Independent<br />
|-<br />
! | 3<br />
| [[Shriman Narayan]]<br />
| 26 Dec 1967<br />
| 17 Mar 1973<br />
|-<br />
! | -<br />
| |[[P.N. Bhagwati]] ''(acting)''<br />
| 17 Mar 1973<br />
| 4 Apr 1973<br />
|-<br />
! | 4<br />
| [[Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham]]<br />
| 4 Apr 1973<br />
| 14 Aug 1978<br />
|-<br />
! | 5<br />
| [[Sharda Mukherjee]]<br />
| 14 Aug 1978<br />
| 6 Aug 1983<br />
| rowspan="2" |Indian National Congress<br />
|-<br />
! | 6<br />
| [[K.M. Chandy (politician)|K.M. Chandy]]<br />
| 6 Aug 1983<br />
| 26 Apr 1984<br />
|-<br />
! | 7<br />
| [[Braj Kumar Nehru]]<br />
| 26 Apr 1984<br />
| 26 Feb 1986<br />
|Independent<br />
|-<br />
! | 8<br />
| [[R. K. Trivedi|Ram Krishna Trivedi]]<br />
| 26 Feb 1986<br />
| 2 May 1990<br />
| rowspan="3" |Indian National Congress<br />
|-<br />
! | 9<br />
| [[Mahipal Shastri]]<br />
| 2 May 1990<br />
| 21 Dec 1990<br />
|-<br />
! | 10<br />
| [[Sarup Singh]]<br />
| 21 Dec 1990<br />
| 1 Jul 1995<br />
|-<br />
! | 11<br />
| [[Naresh Chandra]]<br />
| 1 Jul 1995<br />
| 1 Mar 1996<br />
|Independent<br />
|-<br />
! | 12<br />
| [[Krishna Pal Singh]]<br />
| 1 Mar 1996<br />
| 25 Apr 1998<br />
|Indian National Congress<br />
|-<br />
! | 13<br />
| [[Anshuman Singh]]<br />
| 25 Apr 1998<br />
| 16 Jan 1999<br />
| rowspan="2" |Independent<br />
|-<br />
! | -<br />
| |[[K.G. Balakrishnan]]<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990114/01450725.html K.G. Balakrishnan as Governor of Gujarat] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124935/http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990114/01450725.html |date=2007-09-29 }}</ref> ''(acting)''<br />
| 16 Jan 1999<br />
| 18 Mar 1999<br />
|-<br />
! | 14<br />
| [[Sunder Singh Bhandari]]<br />
| 18 Mar 1999<br />
| 7 May 2003<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janta Party]]<br />
|-<br />
! | 15<br />
| [[Kailashpati Mishra]]<br />
| 7 May 2003<br />
| 2 Jul 2004<br />
|-<br />
! | <br />
| [[Balram Jakhar]]<br />
''(additional charge)'' <br />
| 2 Jul 2004<br />
| 24 Jul 2004<br />
| rowspan="5" |Indian National Congress<br />
|-<br />
! | 16<br />
| [[Nawal Kishore Sharma]]<br />
| 24 Jul 2004<br />
| 24 Jul 2009<br />
|-<br />
! | -<br />
| [[S. C. Jamir]] ''(additional charge)'' <ref>Jamir served as acting governor during Dwivedi's official term of service as well as after his death.</ref><br />
| 30 Jul 2009<br />
| 26 Nov 2009<br />
|-<br />
! | 17<br />
| [[Kamla Beniwal]]<br />
| 27 Nov 2009<br />
| 6 July 2014<br />
|-<br />
! | -<br />
| [[ Margaret Alva ]] ''(additional charge)''<br />
| 7 July 2014<br />
| 15 July 2014<br />
|-<br />
! | 18<br />
| [[Om Prakash Kohli]]<br />
| 16 July 2014<ref>{{cite web|title=O P Kohli takes oath as Gujarat governor|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/O-P-Kohli-takes-oath-as-Gujarat-governor/articleshow/38497415.cms|work=Timesofindia Journal|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref><br />
| 21 July 2019<br />
| rowspan="2" |Independent<br />
|-<br />
! | 19<br />
| [[Acharya Devvrat]]<br />
| 22 July 2019<br />
| ''Incumbent''<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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{{Governor of Gujarat}}<br />
{{Current Indian governors}}<br />
{{Gujarat}}<br />
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[[Category:Lists of governors of Indian states|Gujurat]]<br />
[[Category:Governors of Gujarat| ]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarat-related lists|Governors]]</div>
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