List of governors of Goa

Governor of Goa
Emblem of Goa
Incumbent Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju since 26 July 2025
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Goa, Panaji
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Precursor	Lieutenant Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu
Inaugural holder	Gopal Singh
Formation	30 May 1987;38 years ago (1987-05-30)
Website	www.rajbhavan.goa.gov.in

The governor of Goa is the nominal head of the Indian state of Goa. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju became 20th governor on 26 July 2025. ^[1]

Powers and functions

See also: Powers and functions of the governor

The governor has:

• 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.

Ex officio powers

• The governor is the chancellor of Goa University and exercises powers delegated under the Goa University Act, 1984, and the statutes of the university.
• The governor is the ex officio president of the Indian Red Cross Society, Goa Branch, and has the powers to appoint the chairman, hon. secretary, etc.
• The governor is the president of the Goa State Environment Protection Council, which is an advisory body, set up by the government of Goa. The council consisting of government authorities and the NGOs engaged in environmental and the related areas meets once in six months and deliberates on various issues on the environment and ecology of the state.
• The governor is the chairman of the Special Fund for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Ex-Servicemen and Widows.

Lieutenant governors of Goa, Daman and Diu

Goa, along with Daman and Diu was a union territory of India until 30 May 1987. As such it had a lieutenant governor till that time. ^[2]

#	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office
1	Kunhiraman Palat Candeth		19 December 1961	6 June 1962
2	Tumkur Sivasankar		7 June 1962	1 September 1963
3	M. R. Sachdev		2 September 1963	8 December 1964
4	Hari Sharma		12 December 1964	23 February 1965
5	K. R. Damle		24 February 1965	17 April 1967
6	Nakul Sen		18 April 1967	15 November 1972
7	S. K. Banerji		16 November 1972	15 November 1977
8	P. S. Gill		16 November 1977	30 March 1981
9	Jagmohan		31 March 1981	29 August 1982
10	Idris Hasan Latif		30 August 1982	23 February 1983
11	K. T. Satarawala		24 February 1983	3 July 1984
12	Idris Hasan Latif		4 July 1984	23 September 1984
13	Gopal Singh		24 September 1984	29 May 1987

Governors of Goa (1987–present)

Legend

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Transferred
• ^‡ Resigned/removed

Color key

•    indicates acting/additional charge

#	Portrait	Name (born –died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
				From	To	Time in office
1		Gopal Singh (1917–1990)	Punjab	30 May 1987	17 July 1989 [§] [α]	2 years, 48 days	Zail Singh
2		Khurshed Alam Khan (1919–2013)	Uttar Pradesh	18 July 1989	17 March 1991	1 year, 242 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
3		Bhanu Prakash Singh (1929–2019)	Madhya Pradesh	18 March 1991	3 April 1994 [‡]	3 years, 16 days
–		B. Rachaiah (1922–2000) Governor of Kerala (Additional Charge)	Karnataka	4 April 1994	3 August 1994	121 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
4		Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001)	Tamil Nadu	4 August 1994	15 June 1995 [§] [β]	315 days
5		Romesh Bhandari IFS (Retd) (1928–2013)	Punjab	16 June 1995	18 July 1996 [§] [γ]	1 year, 32 days
–		P. C. Alexander IAS (Retd) (1921–2011) Governor of Maharashtra (Additional Charge)	Kerala	19 July 1996	15 January 1998	1 year, 180 days
6		T. R. Satishchandran IAS (Retd) (1929–2009)	Karnataka	16 January 1998	18 April 1998 [‡]	92 days	K. R. Narayanan
7		Lieutenant General J. F. R. Jacob PVSM (Retd.) (1921–2016)	West Bengal	19 April 1998	26 November 1999 [§] [δ]	1 year, 221 days
8		Mohammed Fazal (1922–2014)	Uttar Pradesh	26 November 1999	25 October 2002 [§] [ε]	2 years, 333 days
9		Kidar Nath Sahani (1926–2012)	National Capital Territory of Delhi	26 October 2002	2 July 2004 [‡]	1 year, 250 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
–		Mohammed Fazal (1922–2014) Governor of Maharashtra (Additional Charge)	Uttar Pradesh	3 July 2004	16 July 2004	13 days
10		S. C. Jamir (born 1931)	Nagaland	17 July 2004	20 July 2008 [§] [ε]	4 years, 3 days
11		Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd) (1929–2018)	Punjab	21 July 2008	7 September 2011	3 years, 48 days	Pratibha Patil
–		Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) Governor of Maharashtra (Additional Charge)	Kerala	8 September 2011	3 May 2012	238 days
12		Bharat Vir Wanchoo IPS (Retd) (born 1951)	Madhya Pradesh	4 May 2012	11 July 2014 [‡]	2 years, 68 days
–		Margaret Alva (born 1942) Governor of Rajasthan (Additional Charge)	Karnataka	12 July 2014	5 August 2014	24 days	Pranab Mukherjee
–		Om Prakash Kohli (1935–2023) Governor of Gujarat (Additional Charge)	National Capital Territory of Delhi	6 August 2014	30 August 2014	24 days
13		Mridula Sinha (1942–2020)	Bihar	31 August 2014	2 November 2019	5 years, 63 days
14		Satya Pal Malik (1946–2025)	Uttar Pradesh	3 November 2019	18 August 2020 [§] [ζ]	289 days	Ram Nath Kovind
–		Bhagat Singh Koshyari (born 1942) Governor of Maharashtra (Additional Charge)	Uttarakhand	18 August 2020	14 July 2021	322 days
15		P. S. Sreedharan Pillai (born 1954)	Kerala	7 July 2021	25 July 2025	4 years, 18 days
16		Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 1951)	Andhra Pradesh	26 July 2025	Incumbent	56 days	Droupadi Murmu

1. Transferred as the Governor of Nagaland
2. Transferred as the Governor of Orissa
3. Transferred as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh
4. Transferred as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh
5. Transferred as the Governor of Maharashtra
6. Transferred as the Governor of Meghalaya

See also

• History of Goa
• Governors of India

References

1. Prakash Kamat (31 August 2014). "Mridula Sinha sworn-in as Goa Governor". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
2. "Governors of Goa since Liberation". rajbhavangoa.org. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2011.