List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh


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. The current governor is B. D. Mishra.

Powers and functions

The Governor enjoys many different types of powers:

List of Lieutenant Governors of Arunachal Pradesh

List of Governors of Arunachal Pradesh

Data from Arunachal Pradesh Governor's Secretariat and Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh
#NameTook OfficeLeft Office
1Bhishma Narain Singh20 February 198718 March 1987
2R. D. Pradhan18 March 198716 March 1990
3Gopal Singh16 March 19908 May 1990
4Devi Das Thakur8 May 199016 March 1991
5Loknath Mishra16 March 199125 March 1991
6Surendranath Dwivedy25 March 19914 July 1993
7Madhukar Dighe4 July 199320 October 1993
8Mata Prasad20 October 199316 May 1999
9S. K. Sinha16 May 19991 August 1999
10Arvind Dave1 August 199912 June 2003
11V. C. Pande12 June 200315 December 2004
12Shilendra Kumar Singh16 December 200423 January 2007
—M. M. Jacob 24 January 20076 April 2007
—K. Sankaranarayanan 7 April 200714 April 2007
Shilendra Kumar Singh15 April 20073 September 2007
—K. Sankaranarayanan 3 September 200726 January 2008
13Joginder Jaswant Singh26 January 200828 May 2013
14Nirbhay Sharma28 May 201331 May 2015
15Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa1 June 20159 July 2016
16Tathagata Roy10 July 201612 August 2016
Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa13 August 201613 September 2016
17V. Shanmuganathan14 September 201627 January 2017
18Padmanabha Acharya28 January 20172 October 2017
19B. D. Mishra3 October 2017Incumbent