List of governors of Goa

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Governor of Goa
Flag of Goa, India.svg
The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, in New Delhi on June 30, 2016.jpg
since 26 July 2025
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan, Goa, Panaji
Appointer President of India
Term length At the pleasure of the president
PrecursorLieutenant Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu
Inaugural holder Gopal Singh
Formation30 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]

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Powers and functions

The governor has:

Ex officio powers

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]

#NamePortraitTook officeLeft office
1 Kunhiraman Palat Candeth Kunhiraman Palath Candeth-.jpg 19 December 19616 June 1962
2Tumkur Sivasankar No image available.svg 7 June 19621 September 1963
3 M. R. Sachdev No image available.svg 2 September 19638 December 1964
4 Hari Sharma No image available.svg 12 December 196423 February 1965
5K. R. Damle No image available.svg 24 February 196517 April 1967
6Nakul Sen No image available.svg 18 April 196715 November 1972
7S. K. Banerji No image available.svg 16 November 197215 November 1977
8P. S. Gill No image available.svg 16 November 197730 March 1981
9 Jagmohan The Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Shri Jagmohan briefing the media about further plans of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture for Yamuna Pushta Area and activities of ASI in New Delhi on February 13, 2004.jpg 31 March 198129 August 1982
10 Idris Hasan Latif ACM IH Latif.jpg 30 August 198223 February 1983
11 K. T. Satarawala No image available.svg 24 February 19833 July 1984
12Idris Hasan Latif ACM IH Latif.jpg 4 July 198423 September 1984
13 Gopal Singh No image available.svg 24 September 198429 May 1987

Governors of Goa (1987present)

Legend
Color key
#PortraitName
(born died)
Home stateTenure in officeAppointer
(President)
FromToTime in office
1 Gopal Singh Rajya Sabha photo.jpg Gopal Singh
(1917–1990)
Punjab 30 May
1987
17 July
1989 [§] [α]
2 years, 48 days Zail Singh
2 Khurshed Alam Khan (cropped).jpg Khurshed Alam Khan
(1919–2013)
Uttar Pradesh 18 July
1989
17 March
1991
1 year, 242 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
3 Bhanu Prakash Gupta, Governor of Goa (cropped).jpg Bhanu Prakash Singh
(1929–2019)
Madhya Pradesh 18 March
1991
3 April
1994 [‡]
3 years, 16 days
B. Rachaiah Lok Sabha photo.jpg B. Rachaiah
(1922–2000)
Governor of Kerala

(Additional Charge)
Karnataka 4 April
1994
3 August
1994
121 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
4 Gopala Ramanujam.jpg Gopala Ramanujam
(1915–2001)
Tamil Nadu 4 August
1994
15 June
1995 [§] [β]
315 days
5 Romesh Bhandari.jpg Romesh Bhandari
IFS (Retd)
(1928–2013)
Punjab 16 June
1995
18 July
1996 [§] [γ]
1 year, 32 days
P. C. Alexander (cropped).jpg P. C. Alexander
IAS (Retd)
(1921–2011)
Governor of Maharashtra

(Additional Charge)
Kerala 19 July
1996
15 January
1998
1 year, 180 days
6 No image (male).svg T. R. Satishchandran
IAS (Retd)
(1929–2009)
Karnataka 16 January
1998
18 April
1998 [‡]
92 days K. R. Narayanan
7 JFR Jacob.jpg Lieutenant General
J. F. R. Jacob (Retd)
PVSM
(1921–2016)
West Bengal 19 April
1998
26 November
1999 [§] [δ]
1 year, 221 days
8 Mohammad Fazal (cropped).jpg Mohammed Fazal
(1922–2014)
Uttar Pradesh 26 November
1999
25 October
2002 [§] [ε]
2 years, 333 days
9 Kidar Nath Sahani (cropped).jpg Kidar Nath Sahani
(1926–2012)
Delhi 26 October
2002
2 July
2004 [‡]
1 year, 250 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Mohammad Fazal (cropped).jpg Mohammed Fazal
(1922–2014)
Governor of Maharashtra

(Additional Charge)
Uttar Pradesh 3 July
2004
16 July
2004
13 days
10 Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg S. C. Jamir
(born 1931)
Nagaland 17 July
2004
20 July
2008 [§] [ε]
4 years, 3 days
11 Shivinder Singh Sidhu.jpg Shivinder Singh Sidhu
IAS (Retd)
(1929–2018)
Punjab 21 July
2008
7 September
2011
3 years, 48 days Pratibha Patil
Governor of Maharashtra, Shri K. Sankaranarayanan with Vice President Hamid Ansari at TISS in 2013.png Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
(1932–2022)
Governor of Maharashtra

(Additional Charge)
Kerala 8 September
2011
3 May
2012
238 days
12 Bharat Vir Wanchoo, Governor of Goa, India (14554691052).jpg Bharat Vir Wanchoo
IPS (Retd)
(born 1951)
Madhya Pradesh 4 May
2012
11 July
2014 [‡]
2 years, 68 days
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Shri Somnath Chatterjee addressing at the inauguration of the Orientation Programme for the media persons accredited to the press gallery of Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on July 28, 2006 (cropped).jpg Margaret Alva
(born 1942)
Governor of Rajasthan

(Additional Charge)
Karnataka 12 July
2014
5 August
2014
24 days Pranab Mukherjee
Om Prakash Kohli on 22 October 2016.jpg Om Prakash Kohli
(1935–2023)
Governor of Gujarat

(Additional Charge)
Delhi 6 August
2014
30 August
2014
24 days
13 Governor Mridula Sinha.jpg Mridula Sinha
(1942–2020)
Bihar 31 August
2014
2 November
2019
5 years, 63 days
14 The Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri Satya Pal Malik calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 10, 2018 (cropped).JPG Satya Pal Malik
(1946–2025)
Uttar Pradesh 3 November
2019
18 August
2020 [§] [ζ]
289 days Ram Nath Kovind
Karate Coach Dr. Pradeep Kumar Yadav honored by Honorable Governor of Maharashtra Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ji (cropped).jpg Bhagat Singh Koshyari
(born 1942)
Governor of Goa
Uttarakhand 18 August
2020
14 July
2021
322 days
15 PS Sreedharan Pillai.jpg P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
(born 1954)
Kerala 7 July
2021
25 July
2025
4 years, 18 days
16 The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, in New Delhi on June 30, 2016.jpg Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju
(born 1951)
Andhra Pradesh 26 July
2025
Incumbent10 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. 1 2 Transferred as the Governor of Maharashtra
  6. Transferred as the Governor of Meghalaya

See also

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.