Governor of Goa | |
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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 |
Website | www |
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]
The governor has:
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 |
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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 |
# | Portrait | Name (born –died) | Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
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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 (Retd) PVSM (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) | 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) | 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 Goa | 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 | 10 days | Droupadi Murmu |