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| List of Governors of Arunachal Pradesh |
Earlier, when Arunachal Pradesh was a union territory, similar constitutional powers and authority were held by Chief Commissioner and later Lt. Governor.
K. A. A. Raja is the first Chief Commissioner of the Arunachal Pradesh. He also later became first Lt. Governor of the Arunachal Pradesh.
Bhishma Narain Singh is the first Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. He took the charge on 20th February 1987, when Arunachal Pradesh was established as state.
Mata Prasad, eighth Governor of the state, was the longest serving Governor of the state. He held the office from 20 October 1993 to 16 May 1999.
B. D. Mishra is the current and 19th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh.
| # | Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Commissioners of Arunachal Pradesh | |||
| 1 | K. A. A. Raja | 1972 | 1973 |
| 2 | Manohar L. Kampani | 1974 | 1975 |
| Lieutenant Governors of Arunachal Pradesh | |||
| 1 | K. A. A. Raja | 15-Aug-75 | 18-Jan-79 |
| 2 | R. N. Haldipur | 18-Jan-79 | 23-Jul-81 |
| 3 | H. S. Dubey | 23-Jul-81 | 10-Aug-83 |
| 4 | Thanjavelu Rajeshwar | 10-Aug-83 | 21-Nov-85 |
| 5 | Shiva Swaroop | 21-Nov-85 | 20-Feb-87 |
| Governors of Arunachal Pradesh | |||
| 1 | Bhishma Narain Singh | 20-Feb-87 | 18-Mar-87 |
| 2 | R.D. Pradhan | 18-Mar-87 | 16-Mar-90 |
| 3 | Gopal Singh | 16-Mar-90 | 8-May-90 |
| 4 | Devi Das Thakur | 8-May-90 | 16-Mar-91 |
| 5 | Loknath Mishra | 16-Mar-91 | 25-Mar-91 |
| 6 | Surendranath Dwivedy | 25-Mar-91 | 4-Jul-93 |
| 7 | Madhukar Dighe | 4-Jul-93 | 20-Oct-93 |
| 8 | Mata Prasad | 20-Oct-93 | 16-May-99 |
| 9 | S.K. Sinha | 16-May-99 | 1-Aug-99 |
| 10 | Arvind Dave | 1-Aug-99 | 12-Jun-03 |
| 11 | V. C. Pande | 12-Jun-03 | 15-Dec-04 |
| 12 | Shilendra Kumar Singh | 15-Dec-04 | 3-Sep-07 |
| 13 | K. Sankaranarayanan | 3-Sep-07 | 26-Jan-08 |
| 14 | Joginder Jaswant Singh | 26-Jan-08 | 28-May-13 |
| 15 | Nirbhay Sharma | 28-May-13 | 12-May-15 |
| 16 | Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa | 12-May-15 | 14-Sep-16 |
| 17 | V. Shanmuganathan | 14-Sep-16 | 27-Jan-17 |
| 18 | Padmanabha Acharya | 27-Jan-17 | 3-Oct-17 |
| 19 | B. D. Mishra | 3-Oct-17 | Incumbent |