The Centre on Saturday appointed former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar and Congress veteran SC Jamir as Governors of Nagaland and Odisha respectively.
Kumar, who was the Director of the agency from August 2008 to November 2010, is the first head of the agency to be appointed as a Governor. 62-year-old Kumar has worked in various positions in CBI and the Special Protection Group.
Besides, these two appointments, the Government also reshuffled three Governors from one State to the other.
President Pranab Mukherjee also transferred Governor of Tripura DY Patil to Bihar and shifted Bihar Governor Devanand Konwar to Tripura for the remainder of their five-year terms, a Rashtrapati Bhavan release said.
Former Delhi Police Commissioner Nikhil Kumar, who was serving as Governor of Nagaland, has been transferred and appointed as Governor of Kerala for the remainder of his tenure. A 1963-batch IPS officer, 72-year-old Kumar was appointed as Governor of Nagaland on October 15, 2009.
Karnataka Governor HR Bhardawaj was looking after Kerala after the death of MOH Farooqui on January 26, 2012.
While Patil took charge as Governor of Tripura on November 27, 2009, Konwar took over as Bihar Governor on September 26, 2009.
Four time Chief Minister of Nagaland and former Governor of Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat, 81-year-old Jamir was appointed as Governor of Odhisa. He succeeds 84-year-old MC Bhandare.