Rajendra Arlekar

Rajendra Arlekar
Arlekar in 2025
23rd Governor of Kerala
Assumed office
2 January 2025 (2025-01-02)
Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan
Preceded byArif Mohammad Khan
Governor of Tamil Nadu
Additional charge
Assumed office
12 March 2026
Chief MinisterM. K. Stalin
Preceded byR. N. Ravi
28th Governor of Bihar
In office
16 February 2023 – 1 January 2025
Chief MinisterNitish Kumar
Preceded byPhagu Chauhan
Succeeded byArif Mohammad Khan
21st Governor of Himachal Pradesh
In office
13 July 2021 – 16 February 2023
Chief MinisterJai Ram Thakur
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
Succeeded byShiv 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 byDayanand Sopte
Succeeded byManohar Ajgaonkar
ConstituencyPernem
In office
2002–2007
Preceded byJose Philip D'Souza
Succeeded byJose Philip D'Souza
ConstituencyVasco
Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly
In office
2012–2015
Preceded byPratapsingh Rane
Succeeded byAnant Shet
Personal details
BornRajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
(1954-04-23) 23 April 1954
Panaji, Goa, Portuguese India
(present-day Goa, India)
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseAnagha Arlekar
Children2
ProfessionPolitician
Websitewww.rajendraarlekar.in

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.