Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah was appointed as the new Governor of Tamil Nadu on 26 August 2011.
Rosaiah replaced Surjit Singh Barnala who had taken over as Tamil nadu Governor on 20 June 2006. Rosaiah was the finance minister in the Y S Rajashekhara Reddy Cabinet and was appointed Andhra Pradesh chief minister on 3 September 2009 after the death of Reddy in a helicopter crash. However, he was removed on 24 November 2010 after the demand for a separate state of Telangana resulted in violent protests.
Other Appointments:
The President also appointed former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Ram Naresh Yadav as Governor of Madhya Pradesh. Ram Naresh Yadav (83) from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh was the chief minister of the state from 1977 to 79 as Janata Party MLA. He had contested the 2004 Lok Sabha elections from Azamgarh on the Congress ticket but had lost.
Congress leader and former Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Vakkom Purushothaman was appointed as Governor of Mizoram and former Maharashtra minister Syed Ahmed as Governor of Jharkhand.
The President shifted Jharkhand Governor M O H Farook to Kerala while Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan was given additional charge of Goa.
The list of governors and the respective states they are appointed to
Ram Naresh Yadav: Madhya Pradesh
Vakkom Purushothaman: Mizoram
M O H Farook: Kerela
Syed Ahmed:Jharkhand
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