R. N. Ravi

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Ravindra Narayana Ravi (born 3 April 1952) is an Indian politician serving as governor of West Bengal since 2026. Earlier, he served as the Governor of Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tamil Nadu. He is a former bureaucrat and a spymaster, who held various positions with the Government of India. Born in Patna in Bihar, Ravi joined the Indian Police Service in 1976 after a brief stint as a journalist. He served in the Central Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence Bureau. He was appointed the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee in 2014. In October 2018, he became the deputy National Security Advisor. After retiring from his bureaucrat career, Ravi was appointed the governor of Nagaland in August 2019 and served till September 2021. He also held additional responsibility as the governor of Meghalaya from December 2019 to January 2020 when then governor Tathagata Roy went on a leave. On 18 September 2021, Ravi took charge as the governor of Tamil Nadu. In March 2026, he was transferred...

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