List of current Indian governors



In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states. The governor is appointed by the president of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the president's pleasure.

Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the Vice President of India on the eve of ‘2021 Governors Conference’, at Vice President's House, in New Delhi in November 2021.

The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the chief minister, which thus holds de facto executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend president's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent. Over the years, the exercise of these discretionary powers have given rise to conflict between the elected chief minister and the union government–appointed governor.[1]

Current governors of all Indian statesEdit

The following list consists of the list of the current governors of all the Indian states.[2]

State
(past governors)
Name Portrait Took office
(tenure length)
Profile link Ref.
Andhra Pradesh
(list)
S. Abdul Nazeer   20 February 2023
(2 years, 110 days)
[1]
Arunachal Pradesh
(list)
Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik   16 February 2023
(2 years, 114 days)
[2]
Assam
(list)
Gulab Chand Kataria   22 February 2023
(2 years, 108 days)
[3]
Bihar
(list)
Rajendra Arlekar   18 February 2023
(2 years, 112 days)
[4]
Chhattisgarh
(list)
Biswabhusan Harichandan   22 February 2023
(2 years, 108 days)
[5]
Goa
(list)
P. S. Sreedharan Pillai   15 July 2021
(3 years, 330 days)
[6]
Gujarat
(list)
Acharya Devvrat   22 July 2019
(5 years, 323 days)
[7] [3]
Haryana
(list)
Bandaru Dattatreya   15 July 2021
(3 years, 330 days)
[8]
Himachal Pradesh
(list)
Shiv Pratap Shukla   18 February 2023
(2 years, 112 days)
[9]
Jharkhand
(list)
C. P. Radhakrishnan   18 February 2023
(2 years, 112 days)
[10] [4]
Karnataka
(list)
Thawar Chand Gehlot   11 July 2021
(3 years, 334 days)
[11] [5]
Kerala
(list)
Arif Mohammad Khan   6 September 2019
(5 years, 277 days)
[12] [6]
Madhya Pradesh
(list)
Mangubhai C. Patel   8 July 2021
(3 years, 337 days)
[13] [7]
Maharashtra
(list)
Ramesh Bais   18 February 2023
(2 years, 112 days)
[14] [8]
Manipur
(list)
Anusuiya Uikey   22 February 2023
(2 years, 108 days)
[15]
Meghalaya
(list)
Phagu Chauhan   18 February 2023
(2 years, 112 days)
[16]
Mizoram
(list)
Kambhampati Hari Babu   19 July 2021
(3 years, 326 days)
[17] [9]
Nagaland
(list)
La. Ganesan   20 February 2023
(2 years, 110 days)
[18]
Odisha
(list)
Ganeshi Lal   29 May 2018
(7 years, 12 days)
[19] [10]
Punjab
(list)
Banwarilal Purohit   31 August 2021
(3 years, 283 days)
[20]
Rajasthan
(list)
Kalraj Mishra   9 September 2019
(5 years, 274 days)
[21] [11]
Sikkim
(list)
Lakshman Acharya   16 February 2023
(2 years, 114 days)
[22]
Tamil Nadu
(list)
R. N. Ravi   18 September 2021
(3 years, 265 days)
[23]
Telangana
(list)
Tamilisai Soundararajan   8 September 2019
(5 years, 275 days)
[24] [12]
Tripura
(list)
Satyadev Narayan Arya   14 July 2021
(3 years, 331 days)
[25]
Uttar Pradesh
(list)
Anandiben Patel   29 July 2019
(5 years, 316 days)
[26] [13]
Uttarakhand
(list)
Gurmit Singh   15 September 2021
(3 years, 268 days)
[27] [14]
West Bengal
(list)
C. V. Ananda Bose   23 November 2022
(2 years, 199 days)
[28] [15]

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44.
  2. "Governors" Archived 9 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine. India.gov.in. Retrieved on 29 August 2018.
  3. "Acharya Devvrat takes oath as new Gujarat governor". NDTV. 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. "C.P. Radhakrishnan takes oath as Jharkhand Governor". The Hindu. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  5. "Thawar Gehlot sworn in as Governor of Karnataka". The Hindu. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. "Arif Mohammed Khan sworn in as Kerala governor". Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  7. "Mangubhai Patel takes oath as Madhya Pradesh Governor". The Hindu. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. "Ramesh Bais to take over as Maharashtra Governor as Prez accepts Koshyari's resignation". Deccan Herald. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  9. Haribabu takes oath as Governor of Mizoram | Guwahati News - Times of India
  10. "Ganeshi Lal sworn in as new governor of Odisha". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. 30 May 2018.
  11. "Kalraj Mishra sworn in as Rajasthan Governor". India Today. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  12. "Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan sworn in as second Telangana Governor". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  13. "Anandiben Patel Takes Oath As Uttar Pradesh Governor". NDTV. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  14. "Lt Gen Gurmit Singh sworn-in as Governor of Uttarakhand". Indian Express. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  15. "C. V. Ananda Bose has been appointed as next West Bengal Governor". NDTV. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

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