Keshari Nath Tripathi

He was born in Allahabad[3] to Pandit Harish Chandra Tripathi and Smt. Shiva Devi.

Keshari Nath Tripathi is married to Sudha Tripathi and has three children.

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[4] Keshari Nath Tripathi[5] 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.[6]

Kesrinath Tripathi had been given additional charge as Governor of Bihar on 20 June 2017.[7]

Tripathi 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 abroad.

• UP Legislative Assembly Website