Acharya Devvrat
Acharya Devvrat | |
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Devvrat in 2023 | |
| Governor of Gujarat | |
| Assumed office 22 July 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Vijay Rupani Bhupendra Patel |
| Preceded by | Om Prakash Kohli |
| Governor of Himachal Pradesh | |
| In office 12 August 2015 – 21 July 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | Virbhadra Singh Jai Ram Thakur |
| Preceded by | Kalyan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Kalraj Mishra |
| 12th Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith | |
| Assumed office 20 October 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ela Bhatt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1959 Samalkha, Punjab (now Haryana), India |
| Spouse | Darsana Devi |
| Residence(s) | Raj Bhavan, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India |
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Acharya Devvrat (born 18 January 1959) is an Indian politician and former educator who has served as Governor of Gujarat since 2019. He is an Arya Samaj pracharak and served previously as the principal of a Gurukul in Kurukshetra, Haryana. Being the Governor of Gujarat, he is also the Chancellor of state universities of Gujarat.
In August 2015, Devvrat was appointed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh. He continued till 21 July 2019, when he was replaced by Kalraj Mishra.
In June 2019, he was named as Governor of Gujarat replacing Om Prakash Kohli.
Devvrat was born in Samalkha, then in East Punjab, now in Haryana. He is married to Darsana Devi.