Qureshi (72) was administered oath of office and secrecy by Chief Justice of Uttarakhand Barin Ghosh at a ceremony held at the Rajbhavan which was attended by Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and his cabinet colleagues among others.
Four former Chief Ministers, including Congress veteran N D Tiwari, Nityanand Swami, B C Khanduri and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank were also present during the brief oath-taking ceremony, which lasted only a few minutes.
Qureshi, a former Madhya Pradesh minister, has taken the place of Margaret Alva, who was recently transferred to Rajasthan as its new Governor.
He is the fifth Governor of over the decade-old hill state.
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