NEW DELHI: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah was on Friday appointed as the new Tamil Nadu governor while Jharkhand governor M O H Farook was shifted to Kerala in a slew of announcements for gubernatorial posts by President Pratibha Patil.
Konijeti Rosaiah (78) replaces Surjit Singh Barnala who took over the post on June 20, 2006. Rosaiah, a prominent leader from Guntur, assumed charge as AP chief minister on September 3, 2009 after the death of the then chief minister of the state Y S Rajsekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash, and held the post till November 24, 2010.
The President has also given additional charge of Goa to Maharashtra governor K Sankaranarayanan, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said.(PTI)