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List of governors. Following is the list of governors of Jharkhand since its inception on 15 November 2000. As of date, ten governors have been appointed to office. The first governor was Prabhat Kumar who served from 2000 till 2002. The current governor is C. P. Radhakrishnan who has been in office since 18 February 2023.
The Government of Jharkhand also known as the State Government of Jharkhand, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Jharkhand and its 24 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Jharkhand, a judiciary and a legislative branch. Like other states of India, the head of state ...
Pages in category "Governors of Jharkhand" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Jharkhand (/ ˈ dʒ ɑːr k ə n d /; [8] Hindi: [d͡ʒʱɑːɾkʰəɳɖ]; lit. ' the land of forests ') is a state in eastern India. [9] The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south.
The BJP was in power in the Jharkhand Government for most of her six-year tenure as a governor and was also in power in the Union Government throughout her tenure. [24] She administered the oath of office to Hemant Soren as Chief Minister of Jharkhand in 2019. Her six-year tenure as Governor began in May 2015 and ended in July 2021. [18]
The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. [1] Seven people have served as the state's chief minister since Jharkhand's formation on 15 November 2000. [2]
Profession. Civil servant, politician. Prabhat Kumar is an Indian politician and retired civil servant. An Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1963 batch, he served as the Cabinet Secretary between 1998 and 2000. [1] Upon creation of the State of Jharkhand in November 2000, he was made the first governor. [2][3]
The office of the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir is vacant with no elections held since the former state was reorganized in 2019. Only one of the incumbents is a woman — Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, who is serving since 20 March 2011 (for 13 years, 113 days), having the longest continuous incumbency. Kerala 's Pinarayi Vijayan (aged ...