Keshari Nath Tripathi

Keshari Nath Tripathi
Tripathi in 2016
19th Governor of West Bengal
In office
24 July 2014 – 29 July 2019
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byD. Y. Patil (additional charge)
Succeeded byJagdeep Dhankhar
Governor of Bihar
(Additional Charge)
In office
20 June 2017 – 29 September 2017
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Preceded byRam Nath Kovind
Succeeded bySatya Pal Malik
In office
27 November 2014 – 15 August 2015
Chief MinisterJitan Ram Manjhi
Nitish Kumar
Preceded byD. Y. Patil
Succeeded byRam Nath Kovind
Governor of Mizoram
(Additional Charge)
In office
4 April 2015 – 25 May 2015
Chief MinisterLal Thanhawla
Preceded byAziz Qureshi
Succeeded byNirbhay Sharma
14th Governor of Meghalaya
(Additional Charge)
In office
6 January 2015 – 19 May 2015
Chief MinisterMukul Sangma
Preceded byKrishan Kant Paul
Succeeded byV. Shanmuganathan
Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
30 July 1991–15 December 1993
Preceded byHari Krishna Srivastava
Succeeded byDhaniram Verma
In office
27 March 1997–19 May 2004
Preceded byBarkhu Ram Verma
Succeeded byMata Prasad Pandey
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1989–2007
Preceded bySatish Chandra Jaiswal
Succeeded byNand Gopal Gupta
ConstituencyAllahabad South
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byVidya Dhar
Succeeded byBaij Nath Prasad Kushwaha
ConstituencyJhusi
Personal details
Born(1934-11-10)10 November 1934
Died8 January 2023(2023-01-08) (aged 88)
PartyBharatiya 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. He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the Speaker of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly three times, and the president of BJP Uttar Pradesh.

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.