Rameshwar Thakur

Rameshwar Thakur
15th Governor of Madhya Pradesh
In office
30 June 2009 – 7 September 2011
Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chauhan
Preceded byBalram Jakhar
Succeeded byRam Naresh Yadav
10th Governor of Karnataka
In office
21 August 2007 – 24 June 2009
Chief MinisterH. D. Kumaraswamy
B. S. Yediyurappa
Preceded byT. N. Chaturvedi
Succeeded byHansraj Bhardwaj
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
(Additional Charge)
In office
29 January 2006 – 22 August 2007
Chief MinisterY. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Preceded bySushil Kumar Shinde
Succeeded byNarayan Dutt Tiwari
22nd Governor of Odisha
In office
18 November 2004 – 21 August 2007
Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik
Preceded byM. M. Rajendran
Succeeded byMurlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
Union Minister of India
President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides
In office
1998–2001
President of the ICAI
In office
1966–1967
Preceded byCA. M.P. Chitale
Succeeded byCA. V.B. Haribhakti
Personal details
Born(1925-07-28)28 July 1925
Thakurgangti, Bihar-Orissa, British India
(now in Jharkhand, India)
Died15 January 2015(2015-01-15) (aged 89)
Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseNarmada Thakur
Children4

Rameshwar Thakur (28 July 1925 – 15 January 2015) was a politician and former union minister of India, he also served as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 2009 to 2011, Governor of Odisha from 2004 to 2006, Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 2006 to 2007 and Governor of Karnataka from 2007 to 2009. He was a Chartered Accountant. He was also President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India from 1966 to 1967.