E. S. L. Narasimhan

First Governor of Telangana and bifurcated Andhra Pradesh

Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan (born 1945)[4] is an Indian politician. He was the 1st Governor of Telangana from 2014 to 2019.[5][6] He also was Governor of Andhra Pradesh from December 2009 to July 2019 and Governor of Chhattisgarh from January 2007 to December 2009.[7]

E. S. L Narasimhan
1st Governor of Telangana
In office
2 June 2014 – 7 September 2019
Chief MinisterK. Chandrasekhar Rao
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byTamilisai Soundararajan
22nd Governor of Andhra Pradesh
In office
27 December 2009 – 23 July 2019
Chief MinisterK. Rosaiah
N. Kiran Kumar Reddy
N. Chandrababu Naidu
Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Preceded byNarayan Dutt Tiwari
Succeeded byBiswabhusan Harichandan[1][2]
3rd Governor of Chhattisgarh
In office
25 January 2007 – 27 December 2009
Chief MinisterRaman Singh
Preceded byKrishna Mohan Seth
Succeeded byShekhar Dutt
Director of Intelligence Bureau
In office
February 2005 – December 2006
Personal details
Born1945 (age 78–79)[3]
Madras Presidency, British India
(now Tamil Nadu, India)
Spouse(s)Vimala Narasimhan
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Hyderabad
Alma materPresidency College, Madras Law College

He was the Director of the Intelligence Bureau from February 2005 to December 2006.[8]

Narasimhan was Governor for 12 years making him the longest-serving Governor in India.[9]

References change

  1. "Anusuiya Uikey appointed Chhattisgarh Governor, Biswa Bhusan Harichandan is new Governor of Andhra Pradesh". Zee News. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. "Veteran BJP leader Biswa Bhusan Harichandan appointed as Governor of Andhra Pradesh". The News Minute. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. "SHRI E.S.L. Narasimhan". Official Website of Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  4. "Welcome to the official Website of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Raj Bhavan". governor.tsap.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  5. "New Governors Appointed In 5 States, Tamil Nadu BJP Chief Gets Telangana". NDTV.com. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  6. "Sex sting fallout: Chhattisgarh governor gets additional charge of Andhra". The Times of India. 27 December 2009.
  7. "TRS chief KCR to be sworn-in as first CM of Telangana on Monday". 1 June 2014.
  8. "Directors of Intelligence Bureau" (PDF). 2013-08-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  9. "ESL Narasimhan's stint as India's longest-serving governor comes to an end". The News Minute. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.