Rameshwar Thakur

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Shri Rameshwar Thakur (born 28 July 1927 in Village Thakur Gangti, Godda District, Jharkhand), a senior Indian National Congress politician and former union minister of India, is the Governor of Karnataka and a former Governor of Orissa from 2004 to 2006 and Andhra Pradesh from 2006 to 2007. He is a chartered accountant. He was also President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India from 1966 to 1967.

Thakur was sworn-in as the 15th Governor of Karnataka on August 21, 2007.^[1] He has been recently acting as a Agent of Indian Congress Party helping them to have bureaucrats of their choice.

He served as President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from November 1998 to November 2001, and again after November 2004.

Preceded by Shankarrao Chavan	Presidents of the Bharat Scouts and Guides 1998–2001	Succeeded by Sharad Pawar
Preceded by Sharad Pawar	Presidents of the Bharat Scouts and Guides 2004–	Succeeded by '