C. P. Radhakrishnan

C. P. Radhakrishnan
24th Governor of Maharashtra
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 July 2024[1]
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy Chief Ministers	Devendra Fadnavis Ajit Pawar
Preceded by	Ramesh Bais
10th Governor of Jharkhand
In office 18 February 2023[2] – 30 July 2024[3]
Chief Minister	Hemant Soren Champai Soren Hemant Soren
Preceded by	Ramesh Bais
Succeeded by	Santosh Gangwar
Governor of Telangana
(Additional Charge)
In office 20 March 2024[4] – 30 July 2024[5]
Chief Minister	Anumula Revanth Reddy
Preceded by	Tamilisai Soundarrajan
Succeeded by	Jishnu Dev Varma
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
(Additional Charge)
In office 22 March 2024[6] – 1 August 2024[7]
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Chief Minister	N. Rangaswamy
Preceded by	Tamilisai Soundararajan
Succeeded by	Kuniyil Kailashnathan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1998–2004
Preceded by	M. Ramanathan
Succeeded by	K. Subbarayan
Constituency	Coimbatore
Personal details
Born	(1957-05-04) 4 May 1957 (age 67) Tiruppur, Madras State (present–day Tamil Nadu), India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	R. Sumathi
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Maharashtra (Official Residence)
Alma mater	V.O. Chidambaram College
Occupation	Agriculturist and politician

C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 4 May 1957) is an Indian politician who is serving 24th and current Governor of Maharashtra since 31 July 2024. He also served as the Governor of Jharkhand from February 2023 to July 2024, and as the as Governor of Telangana (Additional Charge) and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (Additional Charge) between March 2024 to July 2024.^[8][9] He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was elected to the Lok Sabha from Coimbatore twice.^[10] He was also the former state president of the BJP for Tamil Nadu.^[11]