List of governors of Bihar - wikipedia List of governors of Bihar Governor of Bihar Incumbent Satya Pal Malik since 30 September 2017 Style His Excellency Residence Raj Bhavan ; Patna Appointer President of India Term length Five Years Inaugural holder Sir James David Sifton Formation 1 April 1936 ; 81 years ago ( 1936 - 04 - 01 ) Website http://governor.bih.nic.in Location of Bihar in India. The Governor of Bihar is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Bihar. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. Satya Pal Malik is the current governor of Bihar. Contents 1 Powers and functions 2 Governors of Bihar 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Powers and functions The Governor has : 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 Governor In his ex-officio capacity, the Governor of Bihar is Chancellor of the universities of Bihar ( at present 12 ) as per the Acts of the Universities. Sir Hugh Dow and Sir Frederick Seaford - Dow was the last governor of Bihar under British Raj Zakir Hussain ( sitting ) was 9th governor of Bihar and went on to become 3rd President of India Ram Nath Kovind was 32nd Governor of Bihar who went on to become 14th President of India. Governors of Bihar # Name Entered office Left office Sir James David Sifton 1 April 1936 10 March 1937 Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett 11 March 1937 15 May 1938 - Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart ( acting ) 15 May 1938 16 September 1938 ( 2 ) Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett 17 September 1938 5 August 1939 Sir Thomas Alexander Stewart 6 August 1939 2 February 1943 Sir Thomas George Rutherford 3 February 1943 6 September 1943 - Sir Francis Mudie ( acting ) 7 September 1943 23 April 1944 ( 4 ) Sir Thomas George Rutherford 24 April 1944 12 May 1946 5 Sir Hugh Dow 13 May 1946 14 August 1947 6 Jairamdas Daulatram 15 August 1947 11 January 1948 7 Madhav Shrihari Aney 12 January 1948 14 June 1952 8 R.R. Diwakar 15 June 1952 5 July 1957 9 Zakir Hussain 6 July 1957 11 May 1962 10 M.A.S. Ayyangar 12 May 1962 6 December 1967 11 Nityanand Kanungo 7 December 1967 20 January 1971 - Justice U.N. Sinha ( acting ) 21 January 1971 31 January 1971 12 Dev Kant Baruah 1 February 1971 4 February 1973 13 Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare 4 February 1973 15 June 1976 14 Jagannath Kaushal 16 June 1976 31 January 1979 - Justice K.B.N. Singh ( acting ) 31 January 1979 19 September 1979 15 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai 20 September 1979 15 March 1985 16 P. Venkatasubbaiah 15 March 1985 25 February 1988 17 Govind Narain Singh 26 February 1988 24 January 1989 - Justice Dipak Kumar Sen ( acting ) 24 January 1989 28 January 1989 18 R.D. Pradhan 29 January 1989 2 February 1989 19 Jagannath Pahadia 3 March 1989 2 February 1990 - Justice G.G. Sohoni ( acting ) 2 February 1990 16 February 1990 20 Mohammad Saleem 16 February 1990 13 February 1991 - B. Satyanarain Reddy ( acting ) 14 February 1991 18 March 1991 21 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi 19 March 1991 13 August 1993 ( 15 ) Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai 14 August 1993 26 April 1998 22 Sunder Singh Bhandari 27 April 1998 15 March 1999 - Justice B.M. Lall ( acting ) 15 March 1999 5 October 1999 - Surajbhan ( acting ) 6 October 1999 22 November 1999 23 V.C. Pande 23 November 1999 12 June 2003 24 MR Jois 12 June 2003 31 October 2004 - Ved Prakash Marwah ( acting ) 1 November 2004 4 November 2004 25 Buta Singh 5 November 2004 29 January 2006 26 Gopalkrishna Gandhi 31 January 2006 21 June 2006 27 R.S. Gavai 22 June 2006 9 July 2008 28 R.L. Bhatia 10 July 2008 28 June 2009 29 Devanand Konwar 29 June 2009 21 March 2013 30 D.Y. Patil 22 March 2013 26 November 2014 31 Keshari Nath Tripathi ( Addl. charge ) 27 November 2014 15 August 2015 32 Ram Nath Kovind 16 August 2015 20 June 2017 ( 31 ) Keshari Nath Tripathi ( Addl. charge ) 20 June 2017 29 September 2017 33 Satya Pal Malik 30 September 2017 Incumbent See also Bihar Governors of India List of Governors of Bihar and Orissa References Jump up ^ `` President Kovind Appoints 5 New Governors, Tamil Nadu Gets Its Own After A Year ''. NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017. Jump up ^ `` Profile of the President of India ''. presidentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 12. Jump up ^ `` Ram Nath Kovind resigns as Bihar Governor ''. The Hindu. PTI. 2017 - 06 - 20. ISSN 0971 - 751X. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 12. Jump up ^ `` Who is Satya Pal Malik ? ''. The Indian Express. 2017 - 09 - 30. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 12. External links http://governor.bih.nic.in Lists of governors, lieutenant governors and administrators of Indian states and union territories ( and current incumbents ) Andaman and Nicobar Devendra Kumar Joshi Andhra Pradesh E.S.L. Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh B.D. Mishra Assam Jagdish Mukhi Bihar Satya Pal Malik Chandigarh V.P. Singh Badnore Chhattisgarh Balram Das Tandon Dadra and Nagar Haveli Praful Khoda Patel Daman and Diu Praful Khoda Patel Delhi Anil Baijal Goa Mridula Sinha Gujarat Om Prakash Kohli Haryana Kaptan Singh Solanki Himachal Pradesh Acharya Dev Vrat Jammu and Kashmir Narinder Nath Vohra Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu Karnataka Vajubhai Vala Kerala P. Sathasivam Lakshadweep Farooq Khan Madhya Pradesh Anandiben Patel Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao Manipur Najma Heptulla Meghalaya Ganga Prasad Mizoram Nirbhay Sharma Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya Odisha S.C. Jamir Puducherry Kiran Bedi Punjab V.P. Singh Badnore Rajasthan Kalyan Singh Sikkim Shriniwas Patil Tamil Nadu Banwarilal Purohit Telangana E.S.L. Narasimhan Tripura Tathagata Roy Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul West Bengal Keshari Nath Tripathi Administrators of provinces in British India Governors Agra ( 1834 -- 1836 ) Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( 1945 -- 1947 ) Assam ( 1921 -- 1947 ) Bengal ( 1700 -- 1774, 1912 -- 1947 ) Bihar ( 1936 -- 1947 ) Bihar and Orissa ( 1920 -- 1936 ) Bombay ( 1694 -- 1947 ) Burma ( 1923 -- 1937 ) Central Provinces and Berar ( 1920 -- 1947 ) Madras ( 1698 -- 1947 ) North - West Frontier ( 1932 -- 1948 ) Orissa ( 1936 -- 1947 ) Punjab ( 1921 -- 1947 ) Sind ( 1936 -- 1947 ) United Provinces of British India ( 1921 -- 1937 ) United Provinces ( 1937 -- 1947 ) Lt. Governors Bengal, Bihar and Orissa ( 1854 -- 1912 ) Assam ( 1905 -- 1912 ) Bihar and Orissa ( 1912 -- 1920 ) Burma ( 1897 -- 1923 ) North - Western Provinces ( 1836 -- 1877 ) North - Western Provinces ( 1877 -- 1902 ) Punjab ( 1859 -- 1921 ) United Provinces of Agra and Oudh ( 1902 -- 1921 ) Chief Commissioners Ajmer - Merwara ( 1871 -- 1947 ) Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( 1872 -- 1945 ) Assam ( 1874 -- 1905, 1912 -- 1921 ) Balochistan ( 1877 -- 1947 ) Burma ( 1886 -- 1897 ) Central Provinces ( 1861 -- 1920 ) Coorg ( 1869 -- 1947 ) Delhi ( 1912 -- 1947 ) Lower Burma ( 1867 -- 1886 ) North - West Frontier ( 1901 -- 1932 ) Oudh ( 1856 -- 1877 ) Oudh ( 1877 -- 1902 ) Panth - Piploda ( 1942 -- 1947 ) Punjab ( 1853 -- 1859 ) Commissioners Assam ( 1828 -- 1874 ) Sind ( 1843 -- 1936 ) Superintendents Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( 1858 -- 1872 ) Office retained following Indian independence Governors of Bihar James Sifton Maurice Garnier Hallett Thomas Alexander Stewart Thomas George Rutherford Francis Mudie Thomas George Rutherford Hugh Dow Jairamdas Daulatram Madhav Shrihari Aney R.R. Diwakar Zakir Hussain M.A.S. Ayyangar Nityanand Kanungo Dev Kant Baruah Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare Jagannath Kaushal Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai P. Venkatasubbaiah Govind Narayan Singh R.D. Pradhan Jagannath Pahadia Mohammad Saleem Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Sunder Singh Bhandari V.C. Pande MR Jois Buta Singh Gopalkrishna Gandhi R.S. Gavai R.L. Bhatia Devanand Konwar D.Y. Patil Keshari Nath Tripathi Ram Nath Kovind Keshari Nath Tripathi * Satya Pal Malik * Acting Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_governors_of_Bihar&oldid=828601499 '' Categories : Governors of Bihar Lists of governors of Indian states Bihar - related lists Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from February 2011 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch हिन्दी Bahasa Indonesia Nederlands Simple English தமிழ் 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 3 March 2018, at 16 : 14. 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Question: who is the president of bihar in 2017
Answer: Satya Pal Malik