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The governor of Jharkhand is the nominal head of the Indian state of Jharkhand. [1] The governor is appointed by the president of India.Though all official affairs of the state are administered and carried out in the name of the governor, the real executive power rests with the chief minister who is a member of the legislative assembly and is the leader of the majority party in the house.
Governor Murmu with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015. Murmu was sworn in as the Governor of Jharkhand on 18 May 2015, becoming the first woman to hold the position. [23] The BJP was in power in the Jharkhand Government for most of her six-year tenure as a governor and was also in power in the Union Government throughout her tenure. [24]
Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Governor of Jharkhand.He is a former Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India. [1]
The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers , headed by the chief minister , which thus holds de facto executive authority at the state-level.
The Government of Jharkhand also known as the State Government of Jharkhand, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Jharkhand and its 24 districts. It consists of an executive , led by the Governor of Jharkhand , a judiciary and a legislative branch.
Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan (born 4 May 1957) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 24th and current Governor of Maharashtra since 31 July 2024. He also served as the Governor of Jharkhand from February 2023 to July 2024, and as the Governor of Telangana (Additional Charge) and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (Additional Charge) between March 2024 to July 2024.
The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. [1] Seven people have served as the state's chief minister since Jharkhand's formation on 15 November 2000. [2]
Jharkhand (/ ˈ dʒ ɑːr k ə n d /; [8] Hindi: [d͡ʒʱɑːɾkʰəɳɖ]; lit. ' the land of forests ') is a state in eastern India. [9] The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south.