Ramesh Bais

Ramesh Bais
Ramesh Bais in 2024
23rd Governor of Maharashtra
In office
18 February 2023 – 31 July 2024
Chief MinisterEknath Shinde
Dy Chief Minister
Preceded byBhagat Singh Koshyari
Succeeded byC. P. Radhakrishnan
9th Governor of Jharkhand
In office
14 July 2021 – 12 February 2023
Chief MinisterHemant Soren
Preceded byDroupadi Murmu
Succeeded byC. P. Radhakrishnan
18th Governor of Tripura
In office
29 July 2019 – 13 July 2021
Chief MinisterBiplab Kumar Deb
Deputy CMJishnu Dev Varma
Preceded byKaptan Singh Solanki
Succeeded bySatyadev Narayan Arya
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1996–2019
Preceded byVidya Charan Shukla
Succeeded bySunil Kumar Soni
ConstituencyRaipur, Chhattisgarh
In office
1989–1991
Preceded byKeyur Bhushan
Succeeded byVidya Charan Shukla
ConstituencyRaipur, Madhya Pradesh
Union Minister of Environment & Forests
MoS Independent Charge
In office
9 January 2004 – 23 May 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byT. R. Baalu
Succeeded byAndimuthu Raja
Union Minister of Mines Government of India
MoS Independent Charge
In office
29 January 2003 – 8 January 2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byUma Bharti
Succeeded byMamata Banerjee
Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Government of India
In office
30 September 2000 – 28 January 2003
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Government of India
In office
13 October 1999 – 30 September 2000
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Union Minister of State for Steel and Mines Government of India
In office
March 1998 – October 1999
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Personal details
Born (1947-08-02) 2 August 1947 (age 77)
Raipur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
(now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseRambai Bais
Children3
Residences
Websiterajbhavan-maharashtra.gov.in

Ramesh Bais (born 2 August 1947) is an Indian politician and was the governor of Maharashtra from 2023 to 2024. He also served as the governor of Jharkhand from 2021 to 2023 and the governor of Tripura from 2019 to 2021.[1] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and has served as union minister of state (Independent Charge) for environment and forests in the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Bais has been elected seven times to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament, representing the Raipur constituency, including serving as a member of the 9th Lok Sabha (1989) and 11th to 16th Lok Sabha (1996–2019).

  1. ^ Das, Pinaki (13 July 2021). "Tripura On Road To Development, Says Outgoing Governor Ramesh Bais". Outlook. Retrieved 13 July 2021.