List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh

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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. H.E. S K Singh is the current governor (assumed charge of office on December 16, 2004).

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.

See also: Powers and functions of the Governer


List of all previous governors of Arunachal Pradesh

# Name Took Office Left Office
1 Bhisma Narain Singh 0-02-1987 18-03-1987
2 R.D. Pradhan 19-03-1987 16-03-1990
3 Gopal Singh 17-03-1990 08-05-1990
4 D.D. Thakur 09-05-1990 16-03-1991
5 Loknath Mishra 17-03-1991 25-03-1991
6 S.N. Dwivedy 26-03-1991 04-07-1993
7 Madhukar Dighe 05-07-1993 20-10-1993
8 Mata Prasad 21-10-1993 16-05-1999
9 S.K. Sinha 17-05-1999 01-08-1999
10 Arvind Dave 02-08-1999 12-06-2003
11 V.C. Pande 13-06-2003 15-12-2004
12 S.K. Singh 16-12-2004 continuing

See also

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