List of current Indian governors

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Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the President of India at the '2024 Governors Conference', at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi in August 2024. President chairs 2024 governors conference.jpg
Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the President of India at the ‘2024 Governors Conference’, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi in August 2024.

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.

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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. [1]

Current governors of all Indian states

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

State
(past governors)
NamePortraitTook office
(tenure length)
Appointed byProfile linkRef.
Andhra Pradesh
(list)
Syed Abdul Nazeer The Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer called on the President of India.jpg 24 February 2023
(1 year, 179 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Arunachal Pradesh
(list)
Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik.jpg 16 February 2023
(1 year, 187 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Assam
(list)
Lakshman Acharya Lakshman Prasad Acharya.jpg 30 July 2024
(22 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Bihar
(list)
Rajendra Arlekar Rajendra Arlekar.jpg 17 February 2023
(1 year, 186 days)
Droupadi Murmu

Archived 24 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine

Chhattisgarh
(list)
Ramen Deka Ramen Deka with President Murmu (cropped).jpg 31 July 2024
(21 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Goa
(list)
P. S. Sreedharan Pillai PS Sreedharan Pillai.jpg 15 July 2021
(3 years, 37 days)
Ram Nath Kovind Archived 20 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Gujarat
(list)
Acharya Devvrat The Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Acharya Devvrat calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on July 29, 2016 (cropped).jpg 22 July 2019
(5 years, 30 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [3]
Haryana
(list)
Bandaru Dattatreya The ILO Deputy Director General (Policy) International Labour Organization, Ms. Deborah Greenfield meeting the Minister of State for Labour and Employment (Independent Charge), Shri Bandaru Dattatreya, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg 15 July 2021
(3 years, 37 days)
Ram Nath Kovind
Himachal Pradesh
(list)
Shiv Pratap Shukla Shivpratap Shukla.jpg 18 February 2023
(1 year, 185 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Jharkhand
(list)
Santosh Gangwar Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg 31 July 2024
(21 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Karnataka
(list)
Thawar Chand Gehlot Thawar Chand Gehlot.jpg 11 July 2021
(3 years, 41 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [4]
Kerala
(list)
Arif Mohammad Khan Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.jpg 6 September 2019
(4 years, 350 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [5]
Madhya Pradesh
(list)
Mangubhai C. Patel Mangubhai Patel MP Governor (cropped).jpg 8 July 2021
(3 years, 44 days)
Ram Nath Kovind Archived 28 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine [6]
Maharashtra
(list)
C. P. Radhakrishnan Governor of Jharkhand Radhakrishnan.jpg 31 July 2024
(21 days)
Droupadi Murmu [7]
Manipur
(list)
Lakshman Acharya
(additional charge)
Lakshman Prasad Acharya.jpg 31 July 2024
(21 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Meghalaya
(list)
C. H. Vijayashankar C H Vijayashankar.jpg 30 July 2024
(22 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Mizoram
(list)
Kambhampati Hari Babu K. Hari Babu.jpg 6 November 2021
(2 years, 289 days)
Ram Nath Kovind Archived 22 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Nagaland
(list)
La. Ganesan La Ganesan Ji (cropped).jpg 20 February 2023
(1 year, 183 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Odisha
(list)
Raghubar Das Raghubar Das with Jual Oram (cropped).jpg 31 October 2023
(295 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Punjab
(list)
Gulab Chand Kataria GC Kataria.jpg 31 July 2024
(21 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Rajasthan
(list)
Haribhau Bagade Haribhau Bagade (cropped).jpg 31 July 2024
(21 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Sikkim
(list)
Om Prakash Mathur Om Prakash Mathur, 18th Governer of Sikkim.jpg 31 July 2024
(21 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Tamil Nadu
(list)
R. N. Ravi R.N. Ravi.jpg 18 September 2021
(2 years, 338 days)
Ram Nath Kovind
Telangana
(list)
Jishnu Dev Varma The Chief Minister of Tripura, Shri Biplab Kumar Deb and the Deputy Chief Minister, Shri Jishnu Debbarma calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on March 20, 2018 (cropped).jpg 31 July 2024
(21 days)
Droupadi Murmu [8] [9]
Tripura
(list)
Nallu Indrasena Reddy Indrasena Reddy.jpg 26 October 2023
(300 days)
Droupadi Murmu
Uttar Pradesh
(list)
Anandiben Patel The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Smt. Anandiben Patel meeting the Minister of State for Commerce & Industry (Independent Charge), Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, in New Delhi on June 10, 2014 (cropped).jpg 29 July 2019
(5 years, 23 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [10]
Uttarakhand
(list)
Gurmit Singh GurmitSingh.jpg 15 September 2021
(2 years, 341 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [11]
West Bengal
(list)
C. V. Ananda Bose C. V. Ananda Bose (4x5).jpg 23 November 2022
(1 year, 272 days)
Droupadi Murmu [12]

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