Rajendra Arlekar

Rajendra Arlekar
29th Governor of Bihar
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 February 2023
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Dy. Chief MinisterVijay Kumar Sinha
Samrat Chaudhary
Preceded byPhagu Chauhan
21st Governor of Himachal Pradesh
In office
13 July 2021 – 16 February 2023
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Droupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Chief MinisterJai Ram Thakur
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
Succeeded byShiv Pratap Shukla
Cabinet Minister of Forest, Environment and Panchayat
Government of Goa
In office
1 October 2015 – 2017 [1]
Chief MinisterLaxmikant Parsekar
Member of Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
2012–2017
Preceded byDayanand Sopte
Succeeded byManohar Ajgaonkar
ConstituencyPernem
In office
2002–2007
Preceded byJose Philip D'Souza
Succeeded byJose Philip D'Souza
ConstituencyVasco
Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
2012–2015
Preceded byPratapsingh Rane
Succeeded byAnant Shet
Personal details
Born (1954-04-23) 23 April 1954 (age 70)
Panaji, Portuguese Empire, Portuguese India
(present-day Goa, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseAnagha Arlekar
Children2
Residence(s)Raj Bhavan, Patna, Bihar, India
ProfessionPolitician
Websitewww.rajendraarlekar.in

Rajendra Arlekar (born 23 April 1954) is an Indian statesman who is current and 29th Governor of Bihar.[2] He previously served as the 21st Governor of Himachal Pradesh, being the first person serving as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh from Goa. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa and a former speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.

  1. ^ "Pernem MLA Rajendra Arlekar takes oath as minister ia". Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ "New Bihar governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar takes oath". The Hindu. 17 February 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 8 August 2023.