Former bureaucrat Dr C V Ananda Bose was on Thursday appointed governor of West Bengal, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said.
Dr Bose, 71, is a 1977 batch (retired) Indian Administrative Service officer of the Kerala cadre.
He last served as an administrator of the National Museum in New Delhi before superannuating in 2011.
'The President of India is pleased to appoint Dr C V Ananda Bose as regular governor of West Bengal,' the Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said.
His appointment will take effect on the date he assumes charge of his office.
Manipur Governor La Ganesan had been holding the additional charge of West Bengal since July after incumbent Jagdeep Dhankhar was nominated as the vice president candidate by the National Democratic Alliance
West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar had on Wednesday claimed that the state would soon get a new governor who would follow the footsteps of Dhankhar, who had frequent run-ins with the Trinamool Congress government.
Prior to his election as vice president of India, Dhankhar was West Bengal governor for nearly three years. He had engaged in tussles with the Mamata Banerjee government on multiple occasions over the law and order situation and other issues in the state.
La Ganesan, however, shares a cordial relationship with the state government.
Banerjee had travelled to Tamil Nadu earlier this month to attend a family function at La Ganesan'sinvitation.
Dr Bose has worked both in his cadre state Kerala and at the Centre in different positions.
He has been the district collector of Quilon district (now Kollam) in Kerala, served as the secretary to the then chief minister of the state and as additional secretary in the ministry of agriculture, among others, according to his official records.
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