 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.