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List of governors of Chhattisgarh

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Seat of Government
  
Raipur

Chief Minister
  
Raman Singh

Governor
  
Balram Das Tandon

Speaker
  
Gauri Shankar Agrawal

List of governors of Chhattisgarh

Assembly
  
Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha

High Court
  
Chhattisgarh High Court

The Governor of Chhattisgarh is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Chhattisgarh. The Governor is appointed by the President for a maximum period of 5 years. The current governor, since 14 July 2014, is Balramji Dass Tandon

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.

    • References

    List of governors of Chhattisgarh Wikipedia
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