Keshari Nath Tripathi

Keshari Nath Tripathi is an Indian Politician and the present Governor of West Bengal. He took oath as Governor of West Bengal on 24 July 2014 and as Governor of Bihar on 27 November, same year. He was sworn in as the Governor of Mizoram on 4 April 2015. He is a Veteran BJP leader. Earlier, he was the speaker of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly and the president of Uttar Pradesh unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.

He was born on 25 November 1934 in Allahabad to Pandit Harish Chandra Tripathi and Smt. Shiva Devi.

Keshari nath Tripathi is married to Sudha Tripathi and has three children, the eldest being Ms. Namita Tripathi, followed by son Mr. Neeraj Tripathi and youngest daughter Mrs. Nidhi Ojha. His son is an advocate at the Allahabad High Court. None of Mr. Tripathi's children are in politics.His daughter Nidhi Ojha is married to an Army officer. Mr.Tripathi's home town is at Allahabad but at the moment he resides at the Raj Bhavan of West Bengal.

He was a member of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly five times viz.1977-1980, 1989-1991,1991-1992,1993-1995, 1996-2002 and 2002-2007.He served as the Speaker of the UP Legislative Assembly from 1991-1993, 1997 to 2002 and from May 2002 to March 2004. He also held the position of Cabinet Minister, Institutional finance and Sales Tax in U.P. during the Janata Party regime from 1977-1979. He is also only Minister nominated 3 times as the Honorable Speaker of Vidhan Sabha.. On 14 July 2014 he was named as the next Governor of West Bengal. On 27 November 2014 he was sworn in as the Governor of Bihar and on 6 January 2015 he was sworn in as the Governor of Meghalaya Keshari Nath Tripathi on 4 April 2015 was sworn-in as the 16th Governor of Mizoram. He will discharge the functions of the Governor of Mizoram in addition to his own duties as Governor of West Bengal and Bihar. He replaced Aziz Qureshi, who was sacked by Union Government on 28 March 2015. Congress-ruled Mizoram has seen seven governors in eight months

Senior BJP leader Ram Nath Kovind replaced Keshari Nath Tripathi as the Governor of Bihar in August 2015

He practiced as a Senior Advocate at Allahabad High Court. He is also an author and a poet and has published several books. His chief literary works are two anthologies called 'Manonukriti' and 'Aayu Pankh. On the professional side, his commentary on The Representation of People Act, 1951 is still widely esteemed. Aside from that he has written many other books not only in Hindi but also in English. He is also a part of the Hindi poets gathering that takes place both in India and in Abroad.