List of Governors of Assam: The Governor is the chief executive head of state. Just like President, he is a nominal executive head or titular or constitutional head. He or she also acts as an agent of the central government. Therefore, the office of the Governor has a dual role. Mainly, there is a Governor for each state, but as per the 7th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1956, the appointment of the same person as a Governor for two or more states. Let us have a look at the list of Governors of Assam from 1947 to 2022.
List of Governors of Assam (1947-2022)
| Sr.No. | Name of Governors | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari | Aug 15, 1947 - Dec 28, 1948 |
| 2 | Sir Ronald Francis Lodge,ICS(Retd) | Dec 30, 1948 - Feb 15, 1949 |
| 3 | Shri Sri Prakasa | Feb 16, 1949 - May 27, 1950 |
| 4 | Shri Jairamdas Daulatram | May 27, 1950 - May 15, 1956 |
| 5 | Saiyid Fazal Ali | May 15, 1956 - Aug 22, 1959 |
| 6 | Shri Justice Chandreswar Prasad Sinha, Chief Justice,Assam | Aug 23, 1959 - Oct 13, 1959 |
| 7 | General Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh (Retd) | Oct 14, 1959 - Nov 12, 1960 |
| 8 | Shri Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd) | Nov 12, 1960 - Jan 13, 1961 |
| 9 | General Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh (Retd) | Jan 13, 1961 - Sep 7, 1962 |
| 10 | Shri Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd) | Sep 7, 1962 - Apr 17, 1968 |
| 11 | Shri Braj Kumar Nehru, ICS (Retd) | Apr 17, 1968 - Dec 7, 1970 |
| 12 | Shri Justice P.K. Goswami, Chief Justice, Assam | Dec 8, 1970 - Jan 4, 1971 |
| 13 | Shri Braj Kumar Nehru, ICS (Retd) | Jan 5, 1971 - Sep 18, 1973 |
| 14 | Shri Lallan Prasad Singh, ICS (Retired) | Sep 19, 1973 - Aug 10, 1981 |
| 15 | Shri Prakash Chandra Mehrotra | Aug 10, 1981 - Mar 28, 1984 |
| 16 | Shri Justice T.S. Misra | Mar 28, 1984 - Apr 15, 1984 |
| 17 | Shri Bhisma Narayan Singh | Apr 16, 1984 - May 10, 1989 |
| 18 | Shri Harideo Joshi | May 10, 1989 - Jul 21, 1989 |
| 19 | Shri Justice Anisetti Raghuvir, Chief Justice, Assam | Jul 27, 1989 - May 1, 1990 |
| 20 | Shri Devi Das Thakur | May 2, 1990 - Mar 17, 1991 |
| 21 | Shri Loknath Misra | Mar 17, 1991 - Sep 1, 1997 |
| 22 | Lt General (Retd) Srinivas Kumar Sinha, PVSM | Sep 1, 1997 - April 21, 2003 |
| 23 | Lt General (Retired) Ajai Singh | Jun 5, 2003 - Jul 4, 2008 |
| 24 | Shri Shiv Charan Mathur | Jul 4, 2008 - Jun 25, 2009 |
| 25 | Shri K. Sankaranarayanan | Jun 26, 2009 - Jul 27, 2009 |
| 26 | Syed Sibtey Razi | Jul 27, 2009 - Nov 27, 2009 |
| 27 | Shri Janaki Ballav Patnaik | Dec 11, 2009 - Dec 10, 2014 |
| 28 | Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya | Dec 12, 2014 - Aug 21, 2016 |
| 29 | Shri Banwarilal Purohit | Aug 22, 2016 - October 9, 2017 |
| 30 | Jagdish Mukhi | October 10, 2017 - Incumbent |
Key Facts
- Present Governor of Assam is Jagdish Mukhi and he assumed his office on 10 October 2017.
- Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari was the first Governor of Assam after India's independence and he assumed his office on 15 August 1947 .
- Articles 153 to 167 in Part VI of the Constitution deal with the state executive.
- The state executive consists of the governor, the chief minister, the council of ministers, and the advocate general of the state.
- Two qualifications are laid down in the Constitution for the appointment of a person as a governor namely he should be a citizen of India, and he should have completed the age of 35 years.
- A governor holds office for a term of five years from the date he or she enters his office. However, this term of five years is subject to the pleasure of the President. Also, he or she can resign at any time by addressing a letter to the President.
- However, the governor has no security of tenure and no fixed term of office. He may be removed by the President at any time.
- Governor can pardon, reprieve, respite, remit, suspend, or commute the punishment, or sentence of any person convicted of any office against a state law.
- Governor cannot pardon a death sentence. Even, if a state law prescribes for death sentence them the power to grant pardon lies with the President and not the governor. But the governor can suspend, remit or commute a death sentence.
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