List of governors of Telangana
| Governor of Telangana | |
|---|---|
| Telaṅgāṇa Governoru | |
since 31 July 2024 | |
| Style |
|
| Status | Head of the State |
| Abbreviation | GOV |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Precursor | Governor of Andhra Pradesh |
| Inaugural holder | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| Formation | 2 June 2014 |
| Website | governor |
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The governor of Telangana is the nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Telangana. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years.
Since 31 July 2024, Jishnu Dev Varma is the Governor of Telangana.
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 Saasana Sabha or Saasana Mandali, and
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.
List of governors
| No. | Portrait | Name (born – died) (Home State) |
Tenure in office | Immediate prior position held | Appointed by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| - | E. S. L. Narasimhan (born 1945) (Additional charge until 23 July 2019) (Tamil Nadu) |
2 June 2014 |
23 July 2019 |
5 years, 97 days | Governor of Andhra Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| 1 | 24 July 2019 |
7 September 2019 | |||||
| 2 | Tamilisai Soundararajan (born 1961) (Tamil Nadu) |
8 September 2019 |
Resigned 19 March 2024[1] |
4 years, 193 days | State President, Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| - | C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 1957) (Additional charge) (Tamil Nadu) |
20 March 2024 |
30 July 2024 |
132 days | Governor of Jharkhand (continued) | Droupadi Murmu | |
| 3 | Jishnu Dev Varma (born 1957) (Tripura) |
31 July 2024[2] |
Incumbent | 345 days | Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura | ||
See also
References
- ^ The Hindu (18 March 2024). "Tamilisai, Telangana Governor and Puducherry Lt. Governor, resigns to contest Lok Sabha polls". Archived from the original on 18 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Jishnu Dev Varma takes oath as Governor of Telangana". Deccan Chronicle. 31 July 2024. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024.