Om Prakash Kohli

Om Prakash Kohli (9 August 1935 – 20 February 2023) was an Indian politician who was the Governor of Gujarat from 2014 to 2019.^[1] He was the president of the Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party from 1999 to 2000 and had served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1994 to 2000. He had been the president of the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) and of the ABVP. He studied at Ramjas School and Khalsa School, New Delhi. Kohli was a Master of Arts in Hindi from the University of Delhi and a lecturer at Hansraj College and Deshbandhu College for over 37 years. He was arrested under MISA during the Emergency.^[2]

Om Prakash Kohli
Kohli in 2016
Governor of Gujarat
In office 16 July 2014 – 15 July 2019
Chief Minister	Anandiben Patel Vijay Rupani
Preceded by	Margaret Alva
Succeeded by	Acharya Devvrat
Governor of Madhya Pradesh (Additional charge)
In office 8 September 2016 – 19 January 2018
Chief Minister	Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Preceded by	Ram Naresh Yadav
Succeeded by	Anandiben Patel
Governor of Maharashtra (Additional charge)
In office 24 August 2014 – 30 August 2014
Chief Minister	Prithviraj Chavan
Preceded by	K. Sankaranarayanan
Succeeded by	C. Vidyasagar Rao
Governor of Goa (Additional charge)
In office 6 August 2014 – 25 August 2014
Chief Minister	Manohar Parrikar
Preceded by	Margaret Alva
Succeeded by	Mridula Sinha
Personal details
Born	(1935-08-09)9 August 1935 Delhi, British India
Died	20 February 2023(2023-02-20) (aged 87)
Profession	Politician

From 8 September 2016 to 19 January 2018, he held the additional charge of the office of Governor of Madhya Pradesh^[1] along with Gujarat. He was also designated as the Chancellor of Gujarat Ayurved University, Jamnagar.^[3][4]

Kohli had a son (Vishu Kohli) and two daughters (Ritu Kohli and Suparna Khurana). He died on 20 February 2023, at the age of 87.^[5]