List of governors of Nagaland

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Governor of Nagaland
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceLok Bhavan; Kohima
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holderVishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.)
Formation1 December 1963; 62 years ago (1963-12-01)
Websiterajbhavan.nagaland.gov.in
The state of Nagaland is on the border with Burma.

The Governor of Nagaland is the head of state of Nagaland. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The current governor is Nand Kishore Yadav since 6 March 2026.

Powers and functions[edit | edit source]

See also: 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.

Oath[edit | edit source]

I, A. B., do swear in the name of God/solemly affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor (or discharge the functions of the Governor) of Nagaland and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of Nagaland.}}

List[edit | edit source]

Legend
  • † Died in office
  • § Transferred
  • ‡ Resigned/removed
Color key
  •    indicates acting/additional charge
# Portrait Name
(born – died) 		Home state/ UT Tenure in office Appointer
(President)
From To Time in office
1 Vishnu Sahay

ICS (Retd)
(1901–1989)

Uttar Pradesh

1 December
1963[lower-greek 1]

16 April
1968

4 years, 137 days Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2 Braj Kumar Nehru

ICS (Retd)
(1909–2001)

17 April
1968[lower-greek 2]

18 September
1973

5 years, 154 days Zakir Husain
3 Lallan Prasad Singh

ICS (Retd)
(1912–1998)

Bihar

19 September
1973[lower-greek 3]

9 August
1981

7 years, 324 days V. V. Giri
4 S. M. H. Burney

IAS (Retd)
(1924–2014)

Uttar Pradesh

10 August
1981[lower-greek 4]

12 June
1984[§][lower-greek 5]

2 years, 307 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
5

General
K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd)
PVSM
(1923–2016)

Andhra Pradesh

13 June
1984[lower-greek 4]

19 July
1989[§][lower-greek 6]

5 years, 36 days Zail Singh
6 Gopal Singh

(1917–1990)

Punjab

20 July
1989

3 May
1990[‡]

287 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
7 M. M. Thomas

(1916–1996)

Kerala

9 May
1990

12 April
1992[‡]

1 year, 339 days
8 Lokanath Misra

(1921–2009)
(Additional Charge)

Orissa

13 April
1992

1 October
1993

1 year, 171 days
9

Lieutenant General
V. K. Nayar (Retd)
PVSM SM
(d. 2015)
(Additional Charge)

–

2 October
1993

4 August
1994

306 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
10 Oudh Narayan Shrivastava

IPS (Retd)
(born 1935)

Madhya Pradesh

23 December
1994

11 November
1996[§][lower-greek 7]

4 years, 343 days
11 Om Prakash Sharma

IPS (Retd)

Punjab

12 November
1996

27 January
2002

5 years, 76 days
12 Shyamal Datta

IPS (Retd)
(born 1941)

West Bengal

28 January
2002

2 February
2007

5 years, 5 days K. R. Narayanan
13 Kateekal Sankaranarayanan

(1932–2022)

Kerala

3 February
2007

28 July
2009[§][lower-greek 8]

2 years, 175 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
14 Gurbachan Jagat

IPS (Retd)
(born 1942)
(Additional Charge)

Chandigarh

28 July
2009

14 Oct
2009

78 days Pratibha Patil
15 Nikhil Kumar

IPS (Retd)
(born 1941)

Bihar

15 October
2009

20 March
2013[§][lower-greek 9]

3 years, 156 days
16 Ashwani Kumar

IPS (Retd)
(1950–2020)

Himachal Pradesh

21 March
2013

1 July
2014[‡]

1 year, 102 days Pranab Mukherjee
17 Krishan Kant Paul

IPS (Retd)
(born 1948)
(Additional Charge)

Chandigarh 2 July
2014

19 July
2014[lower-greek 10]

17 days
18 Padmanabha Acharya

(1931–2023)

Karnataka

19 July
2014

31 July
2019

5 years, 12 days
19 R. N. Ravi

IPS (Retd)
(born 1952)

Bihar

1 August
2019

17 September
2021[§][lower-greek 11]

2 years, 16 days Ram Nath Kovind
20 File:The Governor of Assam, Shri Jagdish Mukhi meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 28, 2018 (cropped).JPG Jagdish Mukhi

(born 1942)
(Additional Charge)

National Capital Territory of Delhi

17 September
2021

19 February
2023

1 year, 155 days
21 La. Ganesan

(1945–2025)

Tamil Nadu

20 February
2023

15 August
2025[†]

2 years, 176 days Droupadi Murmu
22 File:Ajay Bhalla in 2025 (cropped).jpg Ajay Kumar Bhalla

IAS (Retd)
(born 1960)
(Additional Charge)

Punjab

25 August
2025

13 March

2026

200 days
23 File:Governor of Nagaland Nand Kishor Yadav.jpg Nand Kishore Yadav

(born 1953)

Bihar 13 March

2026

Incumbent 187 days
  1. ↑ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam
  2. ↑ Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam (1968–1973); and as the Governor of Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura (1972–1973)
  3. ↑ Concurrently also served as the Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, and Tripura
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Concurrently also served as the Governor of Manipur and Tripura
  5. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Haryana
  6. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
  7. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Manipur
  8. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Jharkhand
  9. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Kerala
  10. ↑ Although his successor, Vakkom Purushothaman was appointed, he was never sworn in, so Paul continued till 19th July 2014
  11. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu

See also[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

https://nagaland.gov.in/governors

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