List of governors of Goa

The Governor of Goa is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Goa. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. Mridula Sinha became the Governor on 26 August 2014.

Powers and functions

See also: Powers and functions of the Governor

The Governor has:

• 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.

Ex Officio powers

• The Governor is the Chancellor of the Goa University and exercises powers delegated under the Goa University Act, 1984 and the Statutes of the University.
• The Governor is the ex officio President of the Indian Red Cross Society, Goa Branch and has the powers to appoint the Chairman, Hon. Secretary, etc.
• The Governor is the President of the Goa State Environment Protection Council, which is an Advisory Body, set up by the Government of Goa. The Council consisting of Government Authorities and the NGOs engaged in environmental and the related areas meets once in six months and deliberates on various issues on the environment and ecology of the State.
• The Governor is the Chairman of the Special Fund for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Ex-Servicemen and Widows.

Previous governors of Goa

Portuguese Governors General

The first Portuguese Governor General was Francisco de Almeida in 1505 and the last Manuel Antonio Vassalo E Silva who left office in 1961. In total there have been 163 Governor Generals. For a complete list see http://www.rajbhavangoa.org/html/09_body_portgov.htm .

Lieutenant Governors of Goa, Daman and Diu

Goa, along with Daman and Diu was a Union Territory in the Indian Union till 30 May 1987. As such it had a Lieutenant Governor till that time.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Maj Gen K. P. Candeth (Military Governor)	19 December 1961	6 June 1962
2	T. Sivasankar	7 June 1962	1 September 1963
3	M. R. Sachdev	2 September 1963	8 December 1964
4	Hari Sharma	12 December 1964	23 February 1965
5	K. R. Damle	24 February 1965	17 April 1967
6	Nakul Sen	18 April 1967	15 November 1972
7	S. K. Banerji	16 November 1972	15 November 1977
8	P. S. Gill	16 November 1977	30 March 1981
9	Jagmohan	31 March 1981	29 August 1982
10	I H Latif	30 August 1982	23 February 1983
11	K. T. Satarawala	24 February 1983	3 July 1984
12	I H Latif	4 July 1984	23 September 1984
13	Gopal Singh	24 September 1984	29 May 1987

Governors after 1987

Goa became a full-fledged state of the Indian Union in 1987 and since then has had the following governors:

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Gopal Singh	30 May 1987	17 July 1989
2	Khurshed Alam Khan	18 July 1989	17 March 1991
3	Bhanu Prakash Singh	18 March 1991	3 April 1994
4	B. Rachaiah	4 April 1994	3 August 1994
5	Gopala Ramanujam	4 August 1994	15 June 1995
6	Romesh Bhandari	16 June 1995	18 July 1996
7	P.C. Alexander	19 July 1996	15 January 1998
8	T. R. Satish Chandran	16 January 1998	18 April 1998
9	J. F. R. Jacob	19 April 1998	26 November 1999
10	Mohammed Fazal	26 November 1999	25 October 2002
11	Kidar Nath Sahani	26 October 2002	2 July 2004
12	Mohammed Fazal	3 July 2004	16 July 2004
13	S. C. Jamir	17 July 2004	21 July 2008
14	Shivinder Singh Sidhu	22 July 2008	26 August 2011
15	Kateekal Sankaranarayanan	27 August 2011	3 May 2012
16	Bharat Vir Wanchoo	4 May 2012	4 July 2014
17	Margaret Alva	12 July 2014	5 August 2014
18	Om Prakash Kohli	6 August 2014	25 August 2014
19	Mridula Sinha	26 August 2014	Incumbent

See also

• Goa
• History of Goa
• Governors of India

External links

• http://www.rajbhavangoa.org/