Governor of Tripura in October
Kamla Beniwal took which position in Oct 2009?
Kamla Beniwal Kamla Beniwal ( born 12 January 1927 ) is an Indian politician . She was a senior member of Indian National Congress party . She served as a minister on different posts and Deputy Chief Minister during different time in Rajasthan . Later she served as Governor of different Indian states between 2009 and 2014 . She became the first woman minister in Rajasthan in 1954 at the age of 27 . She served as Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan in 2003 . She also served as governor of Tripura ( 2009 ) , Gujarat ( 2009-2014 ) and Mizoram ( 2014 ) . She has been the first ever woman Governor of any northeastern state . She was awarded Tamrapatra by former prime minister Indira Gandhi in recognition of her contribution in the freedom struggle . Political career . After completing her education she joined Indian National Congress . In 1954 , at the age of 27 , she won the Legislative Assembly election and became a minister in the Rajasthan state government . Beniwal has been a minister in successive Congress governments in Rajasthan since 1954 , holding various important portfolios including home , medical and health , education and agriculture . She was the revenue minister in the Ashok Gehlot government . For a decade , from 1980 to 1990 , she was a cabinet minister in the Rajasthan government . During this time she held a sheer diversity of portfolios such as Agriculture , Animal husbandry , Irrigation , Labor and Employment , Education , Art and Culture , Tourism and Integrated Rural development . In 1993 she was no longer a minister but still was elected to the Legislative Assembly from Bairath ( now Viratnagar ) , Jaipur . She became a cabinet minister again in 1998 , and was the Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 2003 . In her long career she has been closely associated with the functioning of the state Congress party and is a member of the All India Congress Committee . Among the party posts she has held as the joint secretary of the Pradesh Congress Committee during 1977 elections , member of the Rajasthan Congress Executive Committee , President of the Rajasthan Mahila Congress , member of the Rajasthan Pradesh Election Committee , and then the Chairman of the Election Campaign Committee . Beniwal was a minister in the State Government of Rajasthan for an extensive period of time , holding different cabinets . As a minister , she has served the Rajasthan Government for nearly 50 years . She was appointed Governor of Tripura in October 2009 . She was the first female governor of any state of Northeast India . A month later , she was appointed as the Governor of Gujarat on 27 November 2009 where she served for more than four years . On 6 July 2014 , she was transferred to the post of Governor of Mizoram . Various positions held . - Positions held for Indian National Congress - Member – All India Congress Committee , New Delhi . - Member – Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee . - Member – Rajasthan Pradesh Election Committee ( PEC ) . - Member – Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Executive Committee , Jaipur . - Member – Jaipur Rural District Congress Executive Committee . - Chairman – Election Campaign Committee , Rajasthan . - Joint Secretary – Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee from 1977–80 . - President – Rajasthan Pradesh Mahila Congress . - Member – Pradesh Congress Sub-Committee for drafting message with respect to the letdowns of the Bharitiya Janata Party Government in Rajasthan . - Convener – Rajasthan Pradesh Sadbhavna Yatra Publicity Sub-Committee . - Other posts - Member of the Executive Committee of All India Panchayat . - Chairperson – Rajasthan State Social Welfare Board and per se launched the projects for Women and Child Welfare in the state . - Vice-President , S.O.S . Children Village , Jaipur . - Executive Committee Member , Banasthali Vidhyapeeth , District Tonk , Rajasthan - President , Rajasthan Sanskrit Sahitya Sammelan , Jaipur - Positions held in Co-operative Campaign after 1955 ; Beniwal is one of the founder members of the Co-operative Movement and different important organisations in the state of Rajasthan . She held the following positions in these organisations : - President of Rajasthan State Co-operative Union , Jaipur . - General Secretary of Rajasthan State Co-operative Union , Jaipur . - Member , General Body , Executive Committee , and Governing Council of National Co-operative Union of India , Khelgaon , New Delhi . - Member , General Body and Executive Committee of All India Co-Operative Union , Jorbagh , New Delhi . - Chairman , Women Co-operative Advisory Committee ( NCUI ) , New Delhi . - President , Co-Operative College Jaipur . - Member , Women Committee of International Co-operative Alliance , London – UK . - Member – Women Consultative Committee ( NCUI ) New Delhi . - Member – Co-operative Training College ( NCUI ) , Jaipur . Achievements . Other than being a quite senior member of the Indian National Congress , Beniwal is famous as a minister of good quality , honesty , and excellent performance . She had managed all the operations of her departments with comprehensive learning and diligence . She has lucid ideas about her task and was quite energetic to muster her officials to keep high standards of operation . As Agriculture Minister of the state , she was a key functionary in the setting up of Rajasthan Agriculture University in Bikaner . As an Irrigation Minister , she completed the fabulous task of making district programmes of approximately 48,000 water harvesting plants in Rajasthan . As a result , a huge number of small , medium , and big projects are underway . This is certainly good news for farmers who suffer from drought . She had a key role in setting up the National Institute of Ayurved , at Jaipur . With her firm endeavour , she has also set up a Sanskrit University at Jaipur . Beniwal is one of the most committed and senior co-operators in India . She has served as the representative of the Rajasthan unit in National Co-operative Union of India in different ranks for nearly 20 years . As one of the limited and leading co-operators in India , Beniwal has been linked with the primary association of the All India Co-operative Union , Jorbagh , New Delhi , which is currently named as the National Co-operative Union of India ( NCUI ) . From the very start of Co-operative Union , Beniwal was dynamically involved in the campaign to turn it into a real spokesperson establishment of the countrywide co-operative campaign . She received the Best Co-operator of India Award conferred by IFFCO in 1994 – 95 . Controversies . Appointment of Gujarat Lokayukta . The Lokayukta is a state-level body for monitoring the government , particularly for corruption . In August 2011 , Beniwal appointed Justice R A Mehta as the Lokayukta . She did this under Section 3 of the Gujarat Lokayukta Act , 1986 , which gives the governor the right to appoint Lokayukta without consulting the government , when there has been a long delay in making the appointment . In so doing , Beniwal bypassed the Narendra Modi government of Gujarat , which had been sitting on the matter since 2004 . Justice Mehta had been recommended by the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court in June 2011 , but the government did not act on the suggestion . In August , the father of murdered RTI activist Amit Jethwa filed Public Interest Litigation in the High Court , which then served a show cause notice on the government for the delay in the appointment of the Lokayukta . In response , the Gujarat state cabinet set up a committee of five ministers to look into the matter . The unilateral action of the governor was challenged in the Gujarat High Court by the government of Gujarat . On 18 January 2012 , the Lokyukta appointment was upheld by the court . The next day , the government of Gujarat further appealed to the Supreme Court by filing a special leave petition . On 2 January 2013 , the Supreme Court too upheld the appointment , while noting that the Lokayukta post lying vacant for nine years reflected a very sorry state of affairs . The bench said the process of consultation by the Governor with the then Chief Justice stood complete , and in such a situation , the appointment of Justice Mehta cannot be held illegal . It noted that the Governor is bound to act under the advice of the Council of Ministers , but the appointment of Justice Mehta is right as it was done in consultation with the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court . It also observed that the Governor has misjudged her role and has insisted that under the Lokayukta Act , the Council of Ministers has no role to play in the appointment of the Lokayukta . On 6 July 2014 , Beniwal became governor of Mizoram .