Ramesh Bais

Ramesh Bais (born 2 August 1947) is an Indian politician and was the governor of Maharashtra from 2023 to 2024. He also was the governor of Jharkhand from 2021 to 2023, and the governor of Tripura from 2019 to 2021. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Ramesh Bais
Ramesh Bais in 2024
23rd Governor of Maharashtra
In office 18 February 2023 – 31 July 2024
Chief Minister	Eknath Shinde
Deputy Chief Ministers	Devendra Fadnavis Ajit Pawar (since 3 July 2023)
Preceded by	Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Succeeded by	C. P. Radhakrishnan
9th Governor of Jharkhand
In office 14 July 2021 – 12 February 2023
Chief Minister	Hemant Soren
Preceded by	Droupadi Murmu
Succeeded by	C. P. Radhakrishnan
18th Governor of Tripura
In office 29 July 2019 – 13 July 2021
Chief Minister	Biplab Kumar Deb
Deputy CM	Jishnu Dev Varma
Preceded by	Kaptan Singh Solanki
Succeeded by	Satyadev Narayan Arya
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1996–2019
Preceded by	Vidya Charan Shukla
Succeeded by	Sunil Kumar Soni
Constituency	Raipur, Chhattisgarh
In office 1989–1991
Preceded by	Keyur Bhushan
Succeeded by	Vidya Charan Shukla
Constituency	Raipur, Madhya Pradesh
Union Minister of Environment & Forests
MoS Independent Charge
In office 9 January 2004 – 23 May 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	T. R. Baalu
Succeeded by	Andimuthu Raja
Union Minister of Mines Government of India
MoS Independent Charge
In office 29 January 2003 – 8 January 2004
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Uma Bharti
Succeeded by	Mamata Banerjee
Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Government of India
In office 30 September 2000 – 28 January 2003
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Government of India
In office 13 October 1999 – 30 September 2000
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Union Minister of State for Steel and Mines Government of India
In office March 1998 – October 1999
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Personal details
Born	2 August 1947 (aged 78) Raipur, Central Provinces and Berar, British India (now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Rambai Bais
Children	3
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Mumbai, India (official residence) New Delhi, India (personal residence) Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India (personal residence)
Website	rajbhavan-maharashtra.gov.in