List of current Indian governors

List of current Indian governors

In the Republic of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-nine states. The governor is
appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure. 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, who thus
hold de facto executive authority at the state-level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon
his or her own discretion, such as the ability 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 central governmentappointed governor.[1]
The union territories of Andaman and Nicobar, Delhi and Puducherry are headed by lieutenant-governors. Since
Delhi and Puducherry have a measure of self-government with an elected legislature and council of ministers, the
role of the lieutenant-governor there is a mostly ceremonial one, akin to that of a state's governor. The other four
union territoriesChandigarh; Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Daman and Diu; and Lakshadweepare governed by an
administrator. Unlike the administrators of other territories, who are drawn from amongst the Indian Administrative
Service cadre, since 1985 the Governor of Punjab has acted as the ex-officio Administrator of Chandigarh.

Current governors of states

Assam Governor Janaki Ballabh

Patnaik has formerly served as the
Chief Minister of Odisha for over 13
years.

Kerala Governor Sheila Dikshit is a

former Chief Minister of Delhi.

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Shivraj Patil, the Governor of Punjab

and Administrator of Chandigarh,
previously served as the Union
Minister of Home Affairs.

Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governor

K. Rosaiah is a former chief minister
of neighbouring state Andhra
Pradesh.

State
(past governors)

Name

Took office
(tenure length)

Ref

Andhra Pradesh
(list)

Narasimhan, E. S. L.E. S. L. Narasimhan

28 December 2009
(4years, 209days)

[2]

Arunachal Pradesh
(list)

Sharma, NirbhayNirbhay Sharma

29 May 2013
(1year, 57days)

[3]

Assam
(list)

Patnaik, Janaki BallabhJanaki Ballabh Patnaik

11 December 2009
(4years, 226days)

[4]

Bihar
(list)

Patil, D. Y.D. Y. Patil

22 March 2013
(1year, 125days)

[5]

Chhattisgarh
(list)

Tandon, Balramji DasBalramji Das Tandon

14 July 2014
(0years, 11days)

[6]

Goa
(list)

Alva, MargaretMargaret Alva

12 July 2014
(0years, 13days)

Gujarat
(list)

Kohli, Om PrakashOm Prakash Kohli

17 July 2014
(0years, 8days)

[7]

Haryana
(list)

Pahadia, JagannathJagannath Pahadia

27 July 2009
(4years, 363days)

[8]

Himachal Pradesh
(list)

Singh, UrmilaUrmila Singh

25 January 2010
(4years, 181days)

[9]

Jammu and
Kashmir
(list)

Vohra, Narinder NathNarinder Nath Vohra

25 June 2008
(6years, 30days)

[10]

Jharkhand
(list)

Ahmed, SyedSyed Ahmed

Karnataka
(list)

Rosaiah, K.K. Rosaiah

Kerala
(list)

Dikshit, SheilaSheila Dikshit

11 March 2014
[13]
(0years, 136days)

Madhya Pradesh
(list)

Yadav, Ram NareshRam Naresh Yadav

8 September 2011 [14]

(2years, 320days)

4 September 2011 [11]

(2years, 324days)
29 June 2014
(0years, 26days)

[12]

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Maharashtra
(list)

Sankaranarayanan, K.K. Sankaranarayanan

22 January 2010 [15]

(4years, 184days)

Manipur
(list)

Duggal, Vinod KumarVinod Kumar Duggal

31 December 2013 [16]

(0years, 206days)

Meghalaya
(list)

Paul, Krishan KantKrishan Kant Paul

8 July 2013
(1year, 17days)

Mizoram
(list)

Beniwal, KamlaKamla Beniwal

6 July 2014
(0years, 19days)

Nagaland
(list)

Acharya, PadmanabhaPadmanabha Acharya

14 July 2014
(0years, 11days)

Odisha
(list)

Jamir, S. C.S. C. Jamir

21 March 2013
[19]
(1year, 126days)

Punjab
(list)

Patil, ShivrajShivraj Patil

22 January 2010 [20]

(4years, 184days)

Rajasthan
(list)

Alva, MargaretMargaret Alva

12 May 2012
(2years, 74days)

[21]

Sikkim
(list)

Patil, Shriniwas DadasahebShriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

20 July 2013
(1year, 5days)

[22]

Tamil Nadu
(list)

Rosaiah, K.K. Rosaiah

Telangana
(list)

Narasimhan, E. S. L.E. S. L. Narasimhan

2 June 2014
(0years, 53days)

Tripura
(list)

Purushothaman, VakkomVakkom Purushothaman

30 June 2014
(0years, 25days)

Uttar Pradesh
(list)

Naik, RamRam Naik

14 July 2014
(0years, 11days)

[25]

Uttarakhand
(list)

Qureshi, AzizAziz Qureshi

15 May 2012
(2years, 71days)

[26]

West Bengal
(list)

Tripathi, Keshari NathKeshari Nath Tripathi

14 July 2014
(0years, 11days)

[18]

[17]

[18]

31 August 2011 [23]

(2years, 328days)
[24]

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Current lieutenant governors and administrators of union territories

Najeeb Jung, a former IAS officer

and vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia
Islamia, is the 20th Lieutenant
Governor of Delhi.

Office and union territory

(past officeholders)

Name

Took office
(tenure length)

Ref

Lieutenant Governor of
Andaman and Nicobar
Islands
(list)

Singh, A. K.A. K. Singh

8 July 2013
(1year, 17days)

[27]

Administrator of
Chandigarh
(list)

Patil, ShivrajShivraj Patil

22 January 2010
(4years, 184days)

Administrator of
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(list)

Bhalla, B. S.B. S. Bhalla

28 August 2012 [28]

(1year, 331days)

Administrator of
Daman and Diu
(list)

Bhalla, B. S.B. S. Bhalla

28 August 2012 [29]

(1year, 331days)

Lieutenant Governor of
Delhi
(list)

Jung, NajeebNajeeb Jung

9 July 2013
(1year, 16days)

Administrator of
Lakshadweep
(list)
Lieutenant Governor of
Puducherry
(list)

[30]

Prasad, H. RajeshH. Rajesh Prasad 7 November 2012 [31]

(1year, 260days)

Singh, A. K.A. K. Singh

10 July 2013
(0years, 12days)

[32]

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