Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan (born 1945) is an Indian former civil servant and politician who served as the first

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. He assumed office of the

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in December 2009 to 01 June 2014,He was last Governor of

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. Later he took on 2 June 2014 as 1st Governor of Andhra, with

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as additional charge. A retired

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officer, he previously served as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau from February 2005 to December 2006. He also served as the

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from 2007 to 2009. Narasimhan served as Governor for 12 years making him the longest-serving Governor in India.

Early life

Narasimhan was born in Tamil Nadu in 1945. After an initial two years schooling at

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, he completed his entire education from Chennai. Migrating from Physics to Political science, Narasimhan was awarded the gold medal at the

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. He is also a graduate in Law from the

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Career

Narasimhan belongs to the 1968 batch of IPS from

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cadre. He served as the First Secretary in the

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from 1981 to 1984. He is highly respected police official. He worked in the Intelligence Bureau for many years until retiring as the director of the bureau on 31 December 2006."Narasimhan to take oath as Chhattisgarh Governor on Jan. 25"
''The Hindu'', 21 January 2007. He is also an alumnus of the prestigious National Defence College, New Delhi. On 19 January 2007, Narasimhan was appointed

, and took office on 25 January. On 27 December 2009, he took additional charge as

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, from

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, who resigned after a

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. On 23 January 2010, he was formally appointed to the governorship of Andhra Pradesh, upon leaving office in Chhattisgarh. With the process for formation of a separate

state entering crucial phase,

Governor Narasimhan held a series of meeting with central leaders in the national capital on 23 October 2013. Summoned by the Centre for consultations before the efforts to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh are intensified, Narasimhan held separate meetings with

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(UPA) chairperson

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, Union Home Minister

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and Union Finance Minister

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. Narasimhan first met Chidambaram, who is a member of the Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted to work out modalities for formation of the

state. During the meeting, which lasted for 30 minutes, the governor is believed to have discussed various issues that may arise post-bifurcation. The governor later called on the UPA chairperson and briefed her on the latest situation in the state in the wake of the decision to carve Telangana state. He is learnt to have presented a report on the bifurcation issue. The

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has taken strong exception to Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan's meetings with Congress top leaders in

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and questioned if it was part of his official duties. Leader of Opposition in

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and

politburo member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu criticised the governor for meeting

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general secretary Digvijay Singh in

on Wednesday. "Why should the governor go to Digvijay's residence and brief him? Is it part of governor's official duties?", Yanamala questioned. He alleged the governor was "doing the rounds of Congress leaders' houses" carrying official files. "Is the governor going to decide the fate of 8.47 crore Telugu people?", Yanamala said. During the controversial president rule from 1 May 2014 to 1 June 2014, he, as Governor of undivided AP, issued many extra constitutional government orders without having taken approval from the Parliament under article 356(1) or sanction of parliament under article 357(1) of the constitution. He took oath of office as state governor to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and the law. On 13 June 2017 Narasimhan became longest serving

by surpassing

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References

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