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{{Infobox official post
|post = Governor of Sikkim
|image = Ganga Prasad in July 2018 (portrait).JPG
|insignia = Seal of Sikkim.svg
|insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Sikkim]]
|imagesize =
|incumbent =[[Ganga Prasad]]
|incumbentsince = 26 August 2018
|style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
|residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Sikkim)|Raj Bhavan]], [[Gangtok]]
|appointer = [[President of India]]
|termlength = 5 years
|inaugural = [[B. B. Lal (politician)|B. B. Lal]]
|formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1975|05|18}}
|website = [http://www.rajbhavansikkim.gov.in www.rajbhavansikkim.gov.in]
}}


[[File:India Sikkim locator map.svg|upright|thumb|The state of Sikkim is in northeast India.]]

The '''governor of Sikkim''' is the [[head of state]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Sikkim]]. The Governor is the representative of the [[President of India]] in the state and is the nominal head of the state's executive power. This is a list of '''the governors of [[Sikkim]]'''.

==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.

==Governors of Sikkim==
{| class="wikitable"
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''#'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Name'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Took office'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Left office'''
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[B. B. Lal (politician)|B. B. Lal]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 18 May 1975
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9 January 1981
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 10 January 1981
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 17 June 1984
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 3
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Kona Prabhakar Rao]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 18 June 1984
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 30 May 1985
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | –
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Bhishma Narain Singh]] ''(additional charge)''
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 31 May 1985
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 20 November 1985
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 4
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[T.V. Rajeswar]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21 November 1985
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1 March 1989
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 5
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[S.K. Bhatnagar]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 March 1989
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 7 February 1990
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 6
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8 February 1990
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 20 September 1994
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 7
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21 September 1994
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 11 November 1995
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | –
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[K. V. Raghunatha Reddy|K.V. Raghunatha Reddy]] ''(additional charge)''
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 12 November 1995
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9 February 1996
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Chaudhary Randhir Singh]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 10 February 1996
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 17 May 2001
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Kidar Nath Sahani]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 18 May 2001
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 25 October 2002
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 10
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[V. Rama Rao]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 26 October 2002
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 12 July 2006
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | —
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[R.S. Gavai]] ''(acting)''
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 13 July 2006
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 12 August 2006
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | (10)
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[V. Rama Rao]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 13 August 2006
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 25 October 2007
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 11
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Sudarshan Agarwal]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 25 October 2007
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8 July 2008
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 12
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Balmiki Prasad Singh]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9 July 2008
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 30 June 2013
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 13
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Shriniwas Patil named new Sikkim governor |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/shriniwas-patil-named-new-sikkim-governor-387537 |work=NDTV |agency=Press Trust of India |date=3 July 2013}}</ref>
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1 July 2013
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 26 August 2018
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Ganga Prasad]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 26 August 2018<ref>{{cite news |title=Ganga Prasad sworn in as Sikkim Governor |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ganga-prasad-sworn-in-as-sikkim-governor-118082600651_1.html |work=Business Standard |agency=Press Trust of India |date=26 August 2018}}</ref>
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | ''Incumbent''
|}

==See also==
* [[Sikkim]]
* [[Chief Minister of Sikkim]]
* [[Governors of India]]

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://rajbhavansikkim.gov.in/index.html The Raj Bhavan]

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