The state of Sikkim is in northeast India.
The governor of Sikkim is the head of state of the Indian 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
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
List of governors of Sikkim
#
Name
Took office
Left office
Term in Office
1
B. B. Lal
18 May 1975
9 January 1981
5 years, 7 months and 22 days
2
Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan
10 January 1981
17 June 1984
3 years, 5 months and 7 days
3
Kona Prabhakar Rao
18 June 1984
30 May 1985
11 months and 12 days
–
Bhishma Narain Singh (additional charge)
31 May 1985
20 November 1985
5 months and 20 days
4
T.V. Rajeswar
21 November 1985
1 March 1989
3 years, 3 months and 8 days
5
S.K. Bhatnagar
2 March 1989
7 February 1990
11 months and 5 days
6
Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
8 February 1990
20 September 1994
4 years, 7 months and 12 days
7
P. Shiv Shankar
21 September 1994
11 November 1995
11 months and 21 days
–
K.V. Raghunatha Reddy (additional charge)
12 November 1995
9 February 1996
2 months and 28 days
8
Chaudhary Randhir Singh
10 February 1996
17 May 2001
5 years, 3 months and 7 days
9
Kidar Nath Sahani
18 May 2001
25 October 2002
1 year, 5 months and 7 days
10
V. Rama Rao
26 October 2002
12 July 2006
3 years, 8 months and 16 days
—
R.S. Gavai (acting)
13 July 2006
12 August 2006
30 days
(10)
V. Rama Rao
13 August 2006
25 October 2007
1 year, 2 months and 12 days
11
Sudarshan Agarwal
25 October 2007
8 July 2008
8 months and 13 days
12
Balmiki Prasad Singh
9 July 2008
30 June 2013
4 years, 11 months and 21 days
13
Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil [1]
1 July 2013
26 August 2018
5 years, 1 month and 25 days
14
Ganga Prasad
26 August 2018[2]
12 February 2023
4 years, 5 months and 17 days
15
Lakshman Acharya
13 February 2023
Incumbent
1 year, 4 months and 3 days
See also
Notes and references
External links
§ - additional charge, # - acting