Keshari Nath Tripathi | |
|---|---|
 Tripathi in 2016 | |
| 20th Governor of West Bengal | |
| In office 24 July 2014 – 29 July 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Preceded by | D. Y. Patil (additional charge) |
| Succeeded by | Jagdeep Dhankhar |
| Governor of Bihar | |
(Additional Charge) | |
| In office 20 June 2017 – 29 September 2017 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Succeeded by | Satya Pal Malik |
| In office 27 November 2014 – 15 August 2015 | |
| Chief Minister | Jitan Ram Manjhi Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | D. Y. Patil |
| Succeeded by | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Governor of Mizoram | |
(Additional Charge) | |
| In office 4 April 2015 – 25 May 2015 | |
| Chief Minister | Lal Thanhawla |
| Preceded by | Aziz Qureshi |
| Succeeded by | Nirbhay Sharma |
| 14th Governor of Meghalaya | |
| In office 6 January 2015 – 19 May 2015 | |
| Chief Minister | Mukul Sangma |
| Preceded by | Krishan Kant Paul |
| Succeeded by | V. Shanmuganathan |
| Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1991–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Hari Krishna Srivastava |
| Succeeded by | Dhaniram Verma |
| In office 1997–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Barkhu Ram Verma |
| Succeeded by | Mata Prasad Pandey |
| Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1989–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Satish Chandra Jaiswal |
| Succeeded by | Nand Gopal Gupta |
| Constituency | Allahabad South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 November 1934 Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 8 January 2023 (aged 88) Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Keshari Nath Tripathi (10 November 1934 – 8 January 2023) was an Indian politician, who served as Governor of West Bengal from July 2014 to July 2019 and also as Governor of Bihar, Meghalaya, and Mizoram at various times.[1] He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Speaker of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly three times, and the president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh.
Keshari Nath Tripathi, was a multifaceted personality who excelled in the fields of law, politics and literature. His legal and political career spanned more than five decades during which he contributed richly in the fields of law, administration, literature and public good.