From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Governor of Goa is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Goa. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. H.E. S C Jamir is the current governor (assumed charge of office on July 17, 2004).

Contents 1 Powers and functions 1.1 Ex Officio Powers 2 List of all previous governors of Goa 2.1 Portuguese Governor Generals 2.2 Indian Military Governor 2.3 Lieutenant Governors 2.4 Governors after 1987 3 See also 4 External links

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.

See also: Powers and functions of the Governer

• The Governor is the Chancellor of the Goa University and exercises powers delegated under the Goa University Act, 1984 and the Statutes of the University.

• The Governor is the ex-officio President of the Indian Red Cross Society, Goa Branch and has the powers to appoint the Chairman, Hon. Secretary, etc.

• The Governor is the President of the Goa State Environment Protection Council, which is an Advisory Body, set up by the Government of Goa. The Council consisting of Government Authorities and the NGOs engaged in environmental and the related areas meets once in six months and deliberates on various issues on the environment and ecology of the State.

• The Governor is the Chairman of the Special Fund for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Ex-Servicemen and Widows.

The first Portuguese Governor General was Francisco de Almeida in 1505 and the last Manuel Antonio Vassalo E Silva who left office in 1961. In total there have been 163 Governor Generals. For a complete list see [1].

After the state joined the Indian Union in 1961 Maj. Gen. K.P. Candeth was appointed the Military Governor for the state. He served from 19 Dec 1961 to 6 June 1962.

Goa, along with Daman and Diu was a Union Territory in the Indian Union till 30 May 1987. As such it had a Lieutenant Governor till that time.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	T. Sivasankar	7/6/1962	1/9/1963
2	M. R. Sachdev	2/9/1963	8/12/1964
3	Hari Sharma	12/12/1964	23/2/1965
4	K. R. Damle	24/2/1965	17/4/1967
5	Nakul Sen	18/4/1967	15/11/1972
6	S. K. Banerji	16/11/1972	15/11/1977
7	P. S. Gill	16/11/1977	30/3/1981
8	Jagmohan	31/3/1981	29/8/1982
9	I. H. Latif	30/8/1982	23/2/1983
10	K. T. Satarawala	24/2/1983	3/7/1984
11	I.H. Latif	4/7/1984	23/9/1984
12	Gopal Singh	24/9/1984	29/5/1987

Goa became a full fledged state of the Indian Union in 1987 and since then has had the following governors:

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Gopal Singh	30/5/1987	17/7/1989
2	Khurshed Alam Khan	18/7/1989	17/3/1991
3	Bhanu Prakash Singh	18/3/1991	3/4/1994
4	B. Rachaiah	4/4/1994	3/8/1994
5	Gopala Ramanujam	4/8/1994	15/6/1995
6	Romesh Bhandari	16/6/1995	18/7/1996
7	P. C. Alexander	19/7/1996	15/1/1998
8	T. R. Satish Chandran	16/1/1998	18/4/1998
9	J. F. R. Jacob	19/4/1998	26/11/1999
10	Mohd. Fazal	26/11/1999	25/10/2002
11	Kidar Nath Sahani	26/10/2002	2/7/2004
12	Mohd. Fazal	3/7/2004	16/7/2004
13	S. C. Jamir	17/7/2004	present

• Goa
• History of Goa
• Governors of India

• http://www.rajbhavangoa.org/