List of governors of Haryana

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Governor of Haryana
Emblem of Haryana.svg
Ashim Kumar Ghosh.jpg
since 21 July 2025
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan; Chandigarh
Appointer President of India
Term length At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder Dharma Vira
Formation1 November 1966;58 years ago (1966-11-01)
Website http://haryanarajbhavan.gov.in

This is a list of governors of the Indian state of Haryana, which was carved out from Punjab on 1 November 1966.

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Color key
#PortraitName
(born died)
Home stateTenure in officeAppointer
(President)
FromToTime in office
1 Dharma Vir, ICS.jpg Dharma Vira
ICS (Retd)
(1906–2000)
Governor of Punjab
Uttar Pradesh 1 November
1966
14 September
1967 [§] [α]
317 days Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2 Birendra Narayan Chakravarty photo.jpg Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
ICS (Retd)
(1904–1976)
West Bengal 15 September
1967
26 March
1976 [†]
8 years, 193 days Zakir Husain
No image (male).svg Justice
Ranjit Singh Narula
(1908–2005)
Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court
Punjab 27 March
1976
13 August
1976
139 days Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
3 Jaisukh lal Hathi.png Jaisukh Lal Hathi
(1909–1982)
Gujarat 14 August
1976
23 September
1977 [§] [β]
1 year, 40 days
4 Harcharan Singh Brar ex CM.png Harcharan Singh Brar
(1922–2009)
Punjab 24 September
1977
9 December
1979 [‡]
2 years, 76 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
No image (male).svg Justice
Surjit Singh Sandhawalia
(1925–2007)
Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court
Punjab 10 December
1979
27 February
1980
79 days
5 Ganpatrao Devji Tapase portrait.jpg Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
(1909–1992)
Maharashtra 28 February
1980
13 June
1984
4 years, 106 days
6 No image (male).svg S. M. H. Burney
IAS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
Uttar Pradesh 14 June
1984
21 February
1988
3 years, 252 days Zail Singh
7 No image (male).svg Hari Anand Barari
IPS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
West Bengal 22 February
1988
6 February
1990 [‡]
1 year, 349 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
8 Dhanik Lal Mandal Lok Sabha photo.jpg Dhanik Lal Mandal
(1932–2022)
Bihar 7 February
1990
13 June
1995
5 years, 126 days
9 Mahabir Prasad addressing the third meeting of the National Khadi and Village Industries Board (NKVIB), in New Delhi on July 16, 2008.jpg Mahabir Prasad
(1939–2010)
Uttar Pradesh 14 June
1995
18 June
2000
5 years, 4 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
10 No image (male).svg Babu Parmanand
(1932–2008)
Jammu and Kashmir 19 June
2000
1 July
2004 [‡]
4 years, 12 days K. R. Narayanan
Justice Om Prakash Verma, Governor (cropped).jpg Justice (Retd)
Om Prakash Verma
(1937–2015)
Governor of Punjab
Uttar Pradesh 2 July
2004
7 July
2004
5 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
11 A. R. Kidwai in 2009 (cropped).jpg Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
(1921–2016)
Delhi 7 July
2004
27 July
2009
5 years, 20 days
12 Jagannath Pahadia.jpg Jagannath Pahadia
(1932–2021)
Rajasthan 27 July
2009
26 July
2014
4 years, 364 days Pratibha Patil
13 Kaptan Singh Solanki (cropped).jpg Kaptan Singh Solanki
(born 1939)
Madhya Pradesh 27 July
2014
25 August
2018 [§] [γ]
4 years, 29 days Pranab Mukherjee
14 Governor of Haryana Satyadev Narayan Arya in August 2018.JPG Satyadev Narayan Arya
(born 1939)
Bihar 25 August
2018
6 July
2021 [§] [γ]
2 years, 315 days Ram Nath Kovind
15 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 Bandaru Dattatreya
(born 1947)
Telangana 7 July
2021
20 July
2025
4 years, 13 days
16 Ashim Kumar Ghosh.jpg Ashim Kumar Ghosh
(born 1944)
West Bengal 21 July
2025
Incumbent7 days Droupadi Murmu
  1. Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
  2. Transferred as the Governor of Punjab
  3. 1 2 Transferred as the Governor of Tripura

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