Complete List of Chief Ministers and Governors of all States of India

Chief Ministers and Governors of all States of India

Here, we provide you with the concise list of Chief Ministers and Governors of all States of India. This list is important and useful for all type of competitive exams. It is very important to know the Chief Ministers and Governors of all States of India.

As of August 2018

Who is the Chief Minister?

The Chief Minister is the leader of the Legislative Assembly of the State. On Chief Minister’s advice, the Governor exercises his functions in matters like summoning, proroguing or, if necessary, dissolving the Legislative Assembly. Appointment of the Chief Minister is formally made by the Governor. The usual practice is that after the General Election is over, the Governor invites the leader of the majority party in the State Legislature to become the Chief Minister.

If the Chief Minister resigns, the entire Council of Ministers is bound to resign. The CM has to keep a watchful eye on the public opinion at the time of formulating government policy and performing his functions. The Chief Minister can ask any minister to resign if he is not happy with his work. No law can be framed without the will of the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister is the principal advisor of the Governor. He takes the advice of the Chief Minister on all the issue.

Tenure of the Chief Minister is maximum for five years.

Who is the Governor?

The Governor is the chief executive of a State in India. The powers and functions of the Governor of Indian State resemble that of the President of the Union Government. The Governor is appointed by the President of India. He holds office during the pleasure of the President. Any citizen of 35 years of age and above is eligible but he must not hold any other office of profit, nor be a Member of Parliament or State Legislature.

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Complete List of Chief Ministers and Governors of India

State	Chief Minister	Governor
Andhra Pradesh	N. Chandrababu Naidu	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Arunachal Pradesh	Pema Khandu	Brigadier BD Mishra (Retd)
Assam	Sarabananda Sonowal	Jagdish Mukhi
Bihar	Nitish Kumar	Satya Pal Malik
Chhattisgarh	Dr. Raman Singh	Balram Das Tandon
Delhi	Arvind Kejriwal	Anil Baijal (Lt. Governor)
Goa	Manohar Parrikar	Mridula Sinha
Gujarat	Vijaybhai R. Rupani	Om Prakash Kohli
Haryana	Manohar Lal Khattar	Kaptan Singh Solanki
Himachal Pradesh	Jairam Thakur	Kaptan Singh Solanki (Additional Charge)
Jammu and Kashmir	(State under Governor’s Rule)	Narinder Nath Vohra
Jharkhand	Raghuvar Das	Draupadi Murmu
Karnataka	HD Kumaraswamy	Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala
Kerala	Pinarayi Vijayan	P. Sathasivam
Madhya Pradesh	Shivraj Singh Chauhan	Anandiben Patel
Maharashtra	Devendra Fadnavis	C. Vidyasagar Rao
Manipur	N Biren Singh	Najma Heptulla
Meghalaya	Conrad Kongkal Sangma	Ganga Prasad
Mizoram	Lal Thanhawla	Kummanam Rajasekharan
Nagaland	Neiphiu Rio	Padmanabha Acharya
Odisha	Naveen Patnaik	Professor Ganeshi Lal
Puducherry	V  Narayanasamy	Kiran Bedi (Lt. Governor)
Punjab	Amarinder Singh	VP Singh Badnore
Rajasthan	Vasundhara Raje	Kalyan Singh
Sikkim	Pawan Kumar Chamling	Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
Tamil Nadu	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	Banwarilal Purohit
Telangana	K. Chandrashekar Rao	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Tripura	Biplab Kumar Deb	Keshari Nath Tripathi (Additional Charge)
Uttar Pradesh	Yogi Adityanath	Ram Naik
Uttarakhand	Trivendra Singh Rawat	Krishan Kant Paul
West Bengal	Mamata Banerjee	Keshari Nath Tripathi