Governor of Gujarat

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The Governor of Gujarat is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Gujarat, appointed by the President of India to oversee state governance and uphold the provisions of the Constitution.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional office ⓘ
state governor ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Gujarat ⓘ
appointedBy President of India ⓘ
appointedUnderArticle Article 155 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
associatedWithLegislature Gujarat Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Gujarat Legislative Council (when in existence historically) ⓘ
category Governors of Indian states ⓘ
commanderInChiefRole nominal head of state executive in Gujarat ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
duty oversee state governance as per constitutional provisions ⓘ
uphold the Constitution of India in the state of Gujarat ⓘ
emblem Emblem of India ⓘ
firstHolder Mehdi Nawaz Jung ⓘ
flag Flag of India ⓘ
formationDate 1960-05-01 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Gandhinagar district ⓘ
memberOf Council of Governors (India) ⓘ
nativeLabel ગુજરાતના રાજ્યપાલ ⓘ
nativeLanguage Gujarati ⓘ
officeHolder Devendra Kumar Joshi ⓘ
officialLanguageOfOffice English ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
oversees Government of Gujarat ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Gujarat ⓘ
power appoint members of the Gujarat Public Service Commission ⓘ
appoint the Advocate General of Gujarat ⓘ
appoint the Chairman of the Gujarat Public Service Commission ⓘ
appoint the Chief Minister of Gujarat ⓘ
appoint the State Election Commissioner of Gujarat ⓘ
dissolve the Gujarat Legislative Assembly on advice of the Chief Minister ⓘ
give assent to bills passed by the Gujarat Legislative Assembly ⓘ
promulgate ordinances when the Gujarat Legislative Assembly is not in session ⓘ
prorogue the Gujarat Legislative Assembly ⓘ
reserve certain state bills for consideration of the President of India ⓘ
summon the Gujarat Legislative Assembly ⓘ
predecessorOffice Governor of Bombay State ⓘ
reappointment renewable at the pleasure of the President of India ⓘ
reportsTo President of India ⓘ
residence Raj Bhavan, Gandhinagar ⓘ
linked to: Raj Bhavan, Gujarat
residesIn Gujarat ⓘ
role constitutional head of the state of Gujarat ⓘ
seat Gandhinagar ⓘ
style His Excellency ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
worksWith Chief Minister of Gujarat ⓘ
Council of Ministers of Gujarat ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gujarat Legislative Assembly → canBeDissolvedBy → Governor of Gujarat ⓘ
Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court → relatedTo → Governor of Gujarat (for certain constitutional functions) ⓘ
linked to: Governor of Gujarat
Chief Minister of Gujarat → reportsTo → Governor of Gujarat ⓘ
Office of the Chief Minister of Gujarat → collaboratesWith → Office of the Governor of Gujarat ⓘ
linked to: Governor of Gujarat
Raj Bhavan, Gujarat → servesAsOfficeOf → Governor of Gujarat ⓘ
Raj Bhavan, Gujarat → occupantTitle → Governor of Gujarat ⓘ
Saurashtra University → hasChancellorRole → Governor of Gujarat ⓘ
subject linked to: SU
Kailashpati Mishra → heldPosition → Governor of Gujarat ⓘ
Margaret Alva → positionHeld → Governor of Gujarat ⓘ