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from: 01/11/1956 till: 01/08/1957 color:PA text:"[[Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi]]" |
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from: 01/08/1957 till: 08/09/1962 color:PA text:"[[Kodardas Kalidas Shah]]" |
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from: 16/06/1976 till: 08/04/1977 color:PA text:"[[Mohan Lal Sukhadia]]" |
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from: 09/04/1977 till: 26/04/1977 color:GP text:"[[P. Govindan Nair]]" |
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from: 27/04/1977 till: 26/10/1980 color:PA text:"[[Prabhudas Patwari]]" |
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from: 27/10/1980 till: 03/11/1980 color:GP text:"[[M. M. Ismail]]" |
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from: 04/11/1980 till: 02/09/1982 color:PA text:"[[Sadiq Ali]]" |
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from: 03/09/1982 till: 16/02/1988 color:PA text:"[[Sundar Lal Khurana]]" |
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from: 17/02/1988 till: 23/05/1990 color:PA text:"[[P. C. Alexander]]" |
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from: 24/05/1990 till: 14/02/1991 color:PA text:"[[Surjit Singh Barnala]]" |
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from: 15/02/1991 till: 30/05/1993 color:PA text:"[[Bhishma Narain Singh]]" |
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from: 31/05/1993 till: 02/12/1996 color:PA text:"[[Marri Chenna Reddy]]" |
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from: 02/12/1996 till: 24/01/1997 color:GP text:"[[Krishan Kant]]" |
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from: 25/01/1997 till: 02/07/2001 color:PA text:"[[M. Fathima Beevi]]" |
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from: 03/07/2001 till: 17/01/2002 color:GP text:"[[C. Rangarajan]]" |
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from: 18/01/2002 till: 02/11/2004 color:PA text:"[[P. S. Ramamohan Rao]]" |
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from: 03/11/2004 till: 30/08/2011 color:PA text:"[[Surjit Singh Barnala]]" |
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from: 31/08/2011 till: 01/09/2016 color:PA text:"[[Konijeti Rosaiah]]" |
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from: 02/09/2016 till: 05/10/2017 color:GP text:"[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]" |
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from: 06/10/2017 till: 17/09/2021 color:PA text:"[[Banwarilal Purohit]]" |
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from: 18/09/2021 till: {{#time:d/m/Y}} color:PA text:"[[R. N. Ravi]]" |
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Revision as of 11:05, 20 March 2024
Governor of Andhra Pradesh ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ గవర్నరు | |
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ĀndhraPradēś Governoru | |
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since 24 February 2023 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Status | Head of State |
Reports to | President of India Government of India |
Residence | Raj Bhavan, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | 5 years |
Precursor | Governor of Andhra State |
Inaugural holder | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi |
Formation | 1 November 1956 |
Salary | ₹350,000 (US$4,200) (per month) |
Website | www |
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The Governor of Andhra Pradesh is the head of state of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Governors in India have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at the central level. They exist in the state appointed by the president of India for a term of five years and they are not local to the state that they are appointed to govern. The factors based on which the president evaluates the candidates is not mentioned in the constitution. The governor acts as the nominal head whereas the real power lies with the Chief Minister of the state and their council of ministers.This is a list of governors of Andhra Pradesh, including Andhra State and united Andhra Pradesh, in office from 1953 to the present date. The official residence of the governor is the Raj Bhavan, situated in Vijayawada. E. S. L. Narasimhan is the longest serving governor. The current incumbent is S. Abdul Nazeer since 24 February 2023.
Qualifications
Article 157 and Article 158 of the Constitution of India specify eligibility requirements for the post of governor. They are as follows:
A governor must:
- be a citizen of India.
- be at least 35 years of age.
- not be a member of either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature.
- not hold any office of profit.
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 Saasana Sabha (Legislative Assembly) or Saasana Mandali (Legislative Council), and
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.
Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Andhra Pradesh is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Andhra Pradesh. The universities include Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Adikavi Nannaya University, Andhra University, Cluster University, Dr. Abdul Haq Urdu University, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Dr. YSR Architecture & Fine Arts University, Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Dravidian University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Anantapur), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Kakinada), Krishna University, Rayalaseema University, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Sri Venkateswara University, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Vikrama Simhapuri University and Yogi Vemana University
Governors
Andhra state
Governors of Andhra State, Andhra State consisted of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. This state was carved out of Madras State in 1953.
Data from Andhra Pradesh State Portal.[1]
# | Name | Portrait | From | To | Term length | Previous post | Appointed by |
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1 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | ![]() |
1 October 1953 | 31 October 1956 | 1,127 days | Governor of Punjab | Rajendra Prasad |
Andhra Pradesh
On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State ceased to exist; its Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions were merged into Mysore State and Bombay State respectively. Its remaining Telugu-speaking portion, was merged with Andhra State to form the new state of United Andhra Pradesh. The state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
Graphical
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See also
Notes
- ^ Also served as Governor of Telangana
- ^ After 58 years, the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.
References
- ^ "List of Governors". AP State Portal. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 27 August 2018.