Governor of Chhattisgarh
Emblem of Chhattisgarh
Incumbent Biswabhusan Harichandan since 12 February 2023
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Raipur
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five Years
Inaugural holder	D. N. Sahay
Formation	1 November 2000; 23 years ago (2000-11-01)

The Governor of Chhattisgarh (Hindi: छत्तीसगढ़ के राज्यपाल) is the nominal head of state of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and a representative of the president of India. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. The official residence of the governor is Raj Bhavan.

The position of the governor of Chhattisgarh came into existence following the creation of the state in November 2000 as a result of the bifurcation of Madhya Pradesh. The first governor to be appointed was Dinesh Nandan Sahay who served in office between 2000 and 2003. The current governor is Biswabhusan Harichandan who has been in office since 23 February 2023.

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.

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Chhattisgarh is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Chhattisgarh. The universities include Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya, Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Memorial Health Sciences and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh, Bastar Vishwavidyalaya, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya, Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Sarguja University, etc.

History

The inaugural governor of Chhattisgarh was retired Indian Police Service officer and former Bihar DGP Dinesh Nandan Sahay who served in office since the state's creation in November 2000 until he swapped positions with then Governor of Tripura Lieutenant General Krishna Mohan Seth (retired) in June 2003. Seth served in office until retiring in January 2007 and was succeeded by former Intelligence Bureau director E. S. L. Narasimhan. Narasimhan served as the state's governor until being permanently transferred as Governor of Andhra Pradesh in January 2010, a position he was holding on additional basis since December 2009 following the resignation of N. D. Tiwari. Following the transfer of Narasimhan, former Defence Secretary Shekhar Dutt was appointed as the governor and he remained in office until resigning in June 2014.

Following Dutt's resignation, Madhya Pradesh governor Ram Naresh Yadav briefly acted as the state's governor. He was relieved of the additional duties following the appointment of Balram Das Tandon the following month. Tandon remained the governor until his demise in office on 14 August 2018, thus becoming the first and only sitting governor of the state to die in office. He was succeeded by Madhya Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel on acting basis who served till July the next year and was succeeded by Anusuiya Uikey. Uikey served as the state's governor until February 2023 and was transferred as Governor of Manipur and was succeeded by Andhra Pradesh governor Biswabhusan Harichandan. Harichandan has since then being the governor of the state.

List

Key

•   Caretaker or acting governor
• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Resigned

No.	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Immediate prior position held	Appointed by
				From	To	Time in office
1		Dinesh Nandan Sahay IPS (Retd.) (1936–2018)	Bihar	1 November 2000	1 June 2003	2 years, 212 days	Director-General of Bihar Police	K. R. Narayanan (President)
2		Lieutenant General (Retd.) Krishna Mohan Seth PVSM AVSM (born 1939)	Uttar Pradesh	2 June 2003	25 January 2007	3 years, 237 days	Governor of Tripura	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (President)
3		E. S. L. Narasimhan IPS (Retd.) (1945)	Tamil Nadu	26 January 2007	23 January 2010	2 years, 362 days	Director of the Intelligence Bureau
4		Shekhar Dutt SM IAS (Retd.) (born 1945)	Assam	23 January 2010	19 June 2014[§]	4 years, 147 days	Deputy National Security Advisor	Pratibha Patil (President)
–		Ram Naresh Yadav Governor of Madhya Pradesh (1928–2016) (Additional Charge)	Uttar Pradesh	19 June 2014	14 July 2014	25 days	Governor of Madhya Pradesh (continued)	Pranab Mukherjee (President)
5		Balram Das Tandon (1927–2018)	Punjab	18 July 2014	14 August 2018[†]	4 years, 27 days	Cabinet Minister, Punjab (until 2002)
–		Anandiben Patel Governor of Madhya Pradesh (born 1941) (Additional Charge)	Gujarat	15 August 2018	28 July 2019	347 days	Governor of Madhya Pradesh (continued)	Ram Nath Kovind (President)
6		Anusuiya Uikey (born 1957)	Madhya Pradesh	29 July 2019	22 February 2023	3 years, 208 days	Vice-Chairperson, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
7		Biswabhusan Harichandan (born 1934)	Odisha	23 February 2023[1]	Incumbent	1 year, 17 days	Governor of Andhra Pradesh	Droupadi Murmu (President)