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 Joginder Jaswant Singh.

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 Governor

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	04-09-2007
13	K. Sankaranarayanan	04-09-2007	January 2008 Joginder Jaswant Singh (2008-present)	) See also Arunachal Pradesh Governors of India v â€¢ d â€¢ e Governors, Lt Governors and Administrators of Indian States and Union Territories States Andhra Pradesh Â· Arunachal Pradesh Â· Assam Â· Bihar Â· Chhattisgarh Â· Goa Â· Gujarat Â· Haryana Â· Himachal Pradesh Â· Jammu and Kashmir Â· Jharkhand Â· Karnataka Â· Kerala Â· Madhya Pradesh Â· Maharashtra Â· Manipur Â· Meghalaya Â· Mizoram Â· Nagaland Â· Orissa Â· Punjab Â· Rajasthan Â· Sikkim Â· Tamil Nadu Â· Tripura Â· Uttarakhand Â· Uttar Pradesh Â· West Bengal Union territories Andaman and Nicobar Islands Â· Chandigarh Â· Dadra and Nagar Haveli Â· National Capital Territory of Delhi Â· Daman and Diu Â· Lakshadweep Â· Pondicherry External links http://arunachalgovernor.gov.in/  This article about government in India is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

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