The governor of Arunachal Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of

Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and la ...

. The governor is appointed by the

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. The current governor is

Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik Lieutenant General K. T. Parnaik (born 28 June 1953) is a retired general officer of the Indian Army who is serving as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. He is the first person from Maharashtra who take over as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief ...

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.

List of chief commissioners of Arunachal Pradesh

List of lieutenant governors of Arunachal Pradesh

List of governors of Arunachal Pradesh

''Data from Arunachal Pradesh Governor's Secretariat and Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh''

References

External links

Home : Official website of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, India
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