Rajendra Arlekar
Rajendra Arlekar | |
|---|---|
Arlekar in 2025 | |
| 23rd Governor of Kerala | |
| Assumed office 2 January 2025 | |
| Chief Minister | Pinarayi Vijayan |
| Preceded by | Arif Mohammad Khan |
| Governor of Tamil Nadu | |
Additional charge | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2026 | |
| Chief Minister | M. K. Stalin |
| Preceded by | R. N. Ravi |
| 28th Governor of Bihar | |
| In office 16 February 2023 – 1 January 2025 | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Phagu Chauhan |
| Succeeded by | Arif Mohammad Khan |
| 21st Governor of Himachal Pradesh | |
| In office 13 July 2021 – 16 February 2023 | |
| Chief Minister | Jai Ram Thakur |
| Preceded by | Bandaru Dattatreya |
| Succeeded by | Shiv Pratap Shukla |
| Minister of Forest, Environment and Panchayat of Government of Goa | |
| In office 1 October 2015 – 2017 | |
| Member of Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2012–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Dayanand Sopte |
| Succeeded by | Manohar Ajgaonkar |
| Constituency | Pernem |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Jose Philip D'Souza |
| Succeeded by | Jose Philip D'Souza |
| Constituency | Vasco |
| Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2012–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Pratapsingh Rane |
| Succeeded by | Anant Shet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar 23 April 1954 |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Anagha Arlekar |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | www |
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar (born 23 April 1954) is an Indian politician, serving as the Governor of Kerala since January 2025. He took additional charge as the Governor of Tamil Nadu on 12 March 2026. Previously, he had served as the Governor of Bihar and Himachal Pradesh. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he was elected twice to the Goa Legislative Assembly. He served as a cabinet minister in the Government of Goa from 2015 to 2017 and was the speaker of the Goa assembly from 2012 to 2015.