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	[[File:India Nagaland locator map.svg\|upright\|thumb\|The state of Nagaland is on the border with Burma.]]		[[File:India Nagaland locator map.svg\|upright\|thumb\|The state of Nagaland is on the border with Burma.]]

	~~This is a~~ '''~~list of the governors~~ of [[Nagaland]]'''~~, a~~ [[~~States and union territories~~ of ~~India\|~~state]] in [[~~Northeast~~ India]]. The current Governor of Nagaland is [[Jagdish Mukhi]] ''(additional charge)'' from September 17, 2021.		The '''Governor of Nagaland''' is the [[head of state]] of [[Nagaland]] and the representative of the [[President of India]] in the state. The current Governor of Nagaland is [[Jagdish Mukhi]] ''(additional charge)'' from September 17, 2021.

	==Powers and functions==		==Powers and functions==

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{{Infobox official post
|post = Governor
|title = Governor
|native_name =
|body = [[Nagaland]]
|image = The Governor of Assam, Shri Jagdish Mukhi meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 28, 2018 (cropped).JPG
|insigniacaption =
|incumbent = [[Jagdish Mukhi]] ''(additional charge)''
|incumbentsince = 17 September 2021
|style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
|residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Nagaland)|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Kohima]]
|termlength = Five years
|appointer = [[President of India]]
|formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1963|12|1}}
|inaugural = [[Vishnu Sahay]], ICS (Retd.)
|website = [https://rajbhavan.nagaland.gov.in/index.html]
}}

[[File:India Nagaland locator map.svg|upright|thumb|The state of Nagaland is on the border with Burma.]]

This is a '''list of the governors of [[Nagaland]]''', a [[States and union territories of India|state]] in [[Northeast India]]. The current Governor of Nagaland is [[Jagdish Mukhi]] ''(additional charge)'' from September 17, 2021.

==Powers and functions==
{{See also|Governors of India#Powers and functions|l1=Powers and functions of the Governor}}
The Governor enjoys many different types of powers:

*'''Executive powers''' related to administration, appointments and removals,
*'''Legislative powers''' related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
*'''Discretionary powers''' to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

==Governors of Nagaland==

{| class="wikitable"
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''#'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Name'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Took office'''
| bgcolor=#cccccc | '''Left office'''
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Vishnu Sahay]], ICS (Retd.)
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1 December 1963
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 16 April 1968
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[B.K. Nehru]], ICS (Retd.)
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 17 April 1968
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 18 September 1973
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 3
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[L.P. Singh]], ICS (Retd.)
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 19 September 1973
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9 August 1981
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 4
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[S. M. H. Burney]], IAS (Retd.)
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 10 August 1981
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 12 June 1984
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 5
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Gen.(Retd.) [[K. V. Krishna Rao]], PVSM.
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 13 June 1984
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 19 July 1989
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 6
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Dr. [[Gopal Singh (politician)|Gopal Singh]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 20 July 1989
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 3 May 1990
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 7
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Dr. [[M. M. Thomas]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9 May 1990
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 12 April 1992
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Loknath Mishra]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 13 April 1992
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1 October 1993
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Lt. Gen.(Retd.)[[V. K. Nayar]] PVSM, SM
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 October 1993
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 4 August 1994
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 10
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Oudh Narayan Shrivastava|O. N. Shrivastava]], IPS (Retd.)
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 5 August 1994
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 11 November 1996
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 11
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Om Prakash Sharma, IPS]] (Retd.)
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 12 November 1996
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 27 January 2002
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 12
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Shyamal Datta]], IPS (Retd.)
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 28 January 2002
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 February 2007
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 13
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[K. Sankaranarayanan]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 3 February 2007
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 28 July 2009
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Gurbachan Jagat]], IPS (Retd.)
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 28 July 2009
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14 Oct 2009
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 15
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Nikhil Kumar]], IPS (Retd.)
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 15 Oct 2009
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 20 March 2013
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 16
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Ashwani Kumar (IPS)|Ashwani Kumar]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21 March 2013
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 27 June 2014
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 17
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Krishan Kant Paul]] ''(additional charge)''<ref>{{cite news |title=Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul takes additional charge of Nagaland |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/meghalaya-governor-krishan-kant-paul-takes-additional-charge-of-nagaland/articleshow/37634253.cms |access-date=28 August 2018 |work=The Economic Times|date=2 July 2014}}</ref>
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 July 2014
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 19 July 2014
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 18
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Padmanabha Acharya]]<ref>{{cite news |title=P B Acharya sworn in as Nagaland Governor |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/420582/p-b-acharya-sworn-nagaland.html |access-date=28 August 2018 |work=Deccan Herald|date=19 July 2014}}</ref>
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 19 July 2014
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 31 July 2019
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 19
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[R. N. Ravi]]
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1 August 2019
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 17 September 2021
|-
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 20
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Jagdish Mukhi]] ''(additional charge)''
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 17 September 2021
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | ''Incumbent''
|}

==See also==
* [[Nagaland]]
* [[Governors of India]]
* [[Chief Minister of Nagaland]]

==Notes and references==

{{More citations needed|date=September 2014}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070208084406/http://www.nagaland.nic.in/functionaries/rajbhavan/list.htm

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