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class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />18 September 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chief Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/M._K._Stalin" title="M. K. Stalin">M. K. Stalin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Dy. Chief Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Udhayanidhi_Stalin" title="Udhayanidhi Stalin">Udhayanidhi Stalin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Banwarilal_Purohit" title="Banwarilal Purohit">Banwarilal Purohit</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nagaland" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nagaland">Governor of Nagaland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 August 2019 – 17 September 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chief Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Neiphiu_Rio" title="Neiphiu Rio">Neiphiu Rio</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Padmanabha_Acharya" title="Padmanabha Acharya">Padmanabha Acharya</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Mukhi" title="Jagdish Mukhi">Jagdish Mukhi</a> <i>(additional charge)</i></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Meghalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Meghalaya">Governor of Meghalaya</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b>Additional charge</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 December 2019 – 26 January 2020</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chief Minister</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Sangma" title="Conrad Sangma">Conrad Sangma</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tathagata_Roy" title="Tathagata Roy">Tathagata Roy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Tathagata Roy</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Deputy <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(India)" title="National Security Advisor (India)">National Security Advisor of India</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 October 2018 – 31 July 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Gupta_(administrator)" title="Arvind Gupta (administrator)">Arvind Gupta</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dattatray_Padsalgikar" title="Dattatray Padsalgikar">Dattatray Padsalgikar</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Interlocutor of India–Naga Peace Talks</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 2014 – March 2022</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Office established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">A. K. Mishra</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1952-04-03</span>) </span>3 April 1952<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 72)</span><sup id="cite_ref-Governor_TN_Profile_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Governor_TN_Profile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, India<sup id="cite_ref-tn_assembly_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tn_assembly-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bhavan,_Chennai" title="Raj Bhavan, Chennai">Raj Bhavan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in/">Governor profile</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div>Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://assembly.tn.gov.in/16thassembly/governor.php">[1]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ravindra Narayana Ravi</b> (born 3 April 1952)<sup id="cite_ref-Governor_TN_Profile_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Governor_TN_Profile-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an Indian politician and former bureaucrat serving as the current <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="List of governors of Tamil Nadu">governor of Tamil Nadu</a>. Ravi served as <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nagaland" title="List of governors of Nagaland">governor of Nagaland</a> from 1 August 2019 to 9 September 2021 and as <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Meghalaya" title="List of governors of Meghalaya">Governor of Meghalaya</a> from 18 December 2019 to 26 January 2020. </p><p>His current tenure as the governor of Tamil Nadu has repeatedly been criticised as being dictatorial by <a href="/wiki/M._K._Stalin" title="M. K. Stalin">M. K. Stalin</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu">Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His reluctance to fulfill his gubernatorial duties punctually prompted the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly" title="Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly">assembly of Tamil Nadu</a> to pass a resolution urging the government of India to specify time limits for state governors to give assent to bills.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2></div> <p>Ravi was born in <a href="/wiki/Patna,_Bihar" class="mw-redirect" title="Patna, Bihar">Patna, Bihar</a> completed his master's in physics in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-tn_assembly_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tn_assembly-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a brief stint in journalism, he joined the Indian Police Service in 1976 and was allotted to Kerala Cadre, where he served for over a decade.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his tenure in the <a href="/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Central Bureau of Investigation">Central Bureau of Investigation</a> (CBI), Ravi led several anti-corruption crusades against organised criminal gangs, including mining mafias. While serving in the <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Bureau_(India)" title="Intelligence Bureau (India)">Intelligence Bureau</a>, Ravi was largely involved in theatres of insurgency and violence in <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>, the North East, and Maoist-affected regions. After retiring from government service in 2012, Ravi wrote regular columns in national newspapers.<sup id="cite_ref-tn_assembly_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tn_assembly-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2></div> <p>Ravi was in 2014 appointed the Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Intelligence_Committee_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Intelligence Committee (India)">Joint Intelligence Committee</a>. He was appointed Deputy <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Advisor_(India)" title="National Security Advisor (India)">National Security Advisor of India</a> on 5 October 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also served as the interlocutor for the talks between <a href="/wiki/NSCN-IM" class="mw-redirect" title="NSCN-IM">NSCN-IM</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>, from 2014 to 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governor_of_Nagaland">Governor of Nagaland</h3></div> <p>Ravi was appointed the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nagaland" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nagaland">Governor of Nagaland</a> on 20 July 2019 by the order of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Kovind" title="Ram Nath Kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ND1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ND1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Nagaland_Peace_Accord" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagaland Peace Accord">Nagaland Peace Accord</a> between Naga's and Indian government was achieved during his stint in August 2015 which made way for peace in the region since the 1997 ceasefire agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As <a href="/wiki/Interlocutory" title="Interlocutory">interlocutor</a>, Ravi had a fallout with the Isak Muivah-led National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) in 2020 with whom he manoeuvred the signing of the 2015 Framework Agreement after he allegedly misinterpreted the agreement and tried to manipulate it. Subsequently, the NSCN (IM) sought to have him removed as interlocutor.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ravi was also perceived to be targeting the NCSN (IM) group while being soft on its rival Naga National Political Groups comprising seven <a href="/wiki/Extremism" title="Extremism">extremist</a> groups.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his appointment to Tamil Nadu, the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party">Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party</a> president <a href="/wiki/Chingwang_Konyak" title="Chingwang Konyak">Chingwang Konyak</a> said the Nagaland government was not happy with the way Ravi functioned and said he interfered in the affairs of a popular government.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Journalists of the Kohima Press Club (KPC), boycotted the state farewell programme for Ravi to show their resentment when he was shifted to Tamil Nadu since Ravi refused to interact with the media despite numerous approaches.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governor_of_Tamil_Nadu">Governor of Tamil Nadu</h3></div> <p>On 9 September 2021, R. N. Ravi was appointed the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Tamil Nadu">Governor of Tamil Nadu</a> by <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a> <a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Kovind" title="Ram Nath Kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took charge as Governor of Tamil Nadu on 18 September 2021. <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Chief_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Nadu Chief Minister">Tamil Nadu Chief Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/M._K._Stalin" title="M. K. Stalin">M. K. Stalin</a> greeted Ravi and welcomed him.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, his appointment was questioned by <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> and <a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi</a>, allies to the ruling party <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (DMK) claiming that there is an ulterior motive in his appointment.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Supreme Court in April 2022 brought into question Ravi's action to refer Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict <a href="/wiki/A._G._Perarivalan" title="A. G. Perarivalan">A. G. Perarivalan</a>'s remission plea to the President, saying such a move strikes at the "very roots" of the country's "federal structure."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ravi had rejected approval for 19 bills passed by the assembly from September 2021 to April 2022 including the anti-NEET bill. Ravi has been criticised by political analysts in Tamil Nadu for interfering in the administration of the government.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 31 May 2022, he had 21 bills passed in the Tamil Nadu assembly pending before him.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2023, Ravi suggested that "<a href="/wiki/Tamilakam" title="Tamilakam">Tamilagam</a>" would be a more suitable name for <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> and mentioned that the ruling political parties have been regressive in the past fifty years.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Ravi's remarks were condemned by the DMK, the opposition party <a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and political leaders from <a href="/wiki/Amma_Makkal_Munnettra_Kazhagam" class="mw-redirect" title="Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam">Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marumalarchi_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> and <a href="/wiki/CPI(M)" class="mw-redirect" title="CPI(M)">CPI(M)</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the state unit of BJP supported Ravi.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Students from colleges protested against his remarks in many places all over Tamil Nadu.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 January 2023, during the governor speech in the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly" title="Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly">Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly</a>, Ravi omitted words such as <a href="/wiki/Women_empowerment" class="mw-redirect" title="Women empowerment">women empowerment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Secularism" title="Secularism">secularism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Self-respect" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-respect">self-respect</a>, compassion and portions on <a href="/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar" title="B. R. Ambedkar">B. R. Ambedkar</a> and Dravidian leaders from the speech submitted by the Government to the Governor's office. It is the convention that the Governor should bound to the prepared speech.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> M.K. Stalin, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, moved a resolution requesting that the Speaker to relax rule 17 of the state assembly rules<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to only record the speech prepared by the state administration and strike out any passages that the governor inserted or omitted. The Assembly passed a resolution that only the Governor's original speech, prepared by the state government and translated by the Speaker, would be documented. RN Ravi then walked off from the Assembly in the middle of Chief minister's speech on the resolution, before the <a href="/wiki/Indian_national_anthem" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian national anthem">Indian national anthem</a>, which was sung moments later.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Again on 12 February 2024, Ravi declined to read the entire customary address produced by the State government, except for the introductory parts. 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rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nagaland" title="List of governors of Nagaland">Governor of Nagaland</a> </b><br />1 August 2019 - 17 September 2021 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jagdish_Mukhi" title="Jagdish Mukhi">Jagdish Mukhi</a><br />Additional Charge</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tathagata_Roy" title="Tathagata Roy">Tathagata Roy</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Meghalaya" title="List of governors of Meghalaya">Governor of Meghalaya</a><br />Additional Charge </b><br />18 December 2019 - 26 January 2020 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tathagata_Roy" title="Tathagata Roy">Tathagata Roy</a></div> 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