| Governor of Madhya Pradesh | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Status | Head of State |
| Residence |
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| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | Pattabhi Sitaramayya |
| Formation | 1 November 1956 |
| Website | http://governor.mp.gov.in |
The governor of Madhya Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. There are 22 governors.
| # | Portrait | Name (born –died) | Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 |  | Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya (1880–1959) | Andhra Pradesh | 1 November 1956 | 13 June 1957 [‡] | 224 days | Rajendra Prasad |
| 2 |  | Hari Vinayak Pataskar (1892–1970) | Bombay State | 14 June 1957 | 10 February 1965 | 7 years, 241 days | |
| 3 |  | K. Chengalaraya Reddy (1902–1976) | Mysore State | 11 February 1965 | 2 February 1966 | 356 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| – |  | Justice P. V. Dixit Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh High Court (Acting) | Madhya Pradesh | 3 February 1966 | 9 February 1966 | 6 days | |
| (3) | | K. Chengalaraya Reddy (1902–1976) | Mysore State | 10 February 1966 | 7 March 1971 | 5 years, 25 days | |
| 4 |  | Satya Narayan Sinha (1900–1983) | Bihar | 8 March 1971 | 13 October 1977 | 6 years, 219 days | V. V. Giri |
| 5 | | N. N. Wanchoo ICS (Retd) (1910–1982) | Madhya Pradesh | 14 October 1977 | 16 August 1978 | 306 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 6 |  | C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) | Karnataka | 17 August 1978 | 29 April 1980 [§] [α] | 1 year, 256 days | |
| 7 |  | Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (1918–1993) | Haryana | 30 April 1980 | 25 May 1981 | 1 year, 25 days | |
| – | | Justice Guru Prasanna Singh (1922–2013) Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh High Court (Acting) | Madhya Pradesh | 26 May 1981 | 9 July 1981 | 44 days | |
| (7) | | Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (1918–1993) | Haryana | 10 July 1981 | 20 September 1983 | 2 years, 72 days | |
| – | | Justice Guru Prasanna Singh (1922–2013) Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh High Court (Acting) | Madhya Pradesh | 21 September 1983 | 7 October 1983 | 16 days | Zail Singh |
| 8 | | Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (1918–1993) | Haryana | 8 October 1983 | 14 May 1984 | 219 days | |
| 9 |  | K. M. Chandy (1921–1998) | Kerala | 15 May 1984 | 30 November 1987 | 3 years, 199 days | |
| – | | Justice Narayan Dutta Ojha (1926–?) Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh High Court (Acting) | Madhya Pradesh | 1 December 1987 | 29 December 1987 | 28 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 10 | | K. M. Chandy (1921–1998) | Kerala | 30 December 1987 | 30 March 1989 | 1 year, 90 days | |
| 11 |  | Sarla Grewal IAS (Retd) (1927–2002) | Punjab | 31 March 1989 | 5 February 1990 [‡] | 311 days | |
| 12 |  | Kunwar Mahmud Ali Khan (1920–2001) | Uttar Pradesh | 6 February 1990 | 23 June 1993 [‡] | 3 years, 137 days | |
| 13 |  | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2016) | Jammu and Kashmir | 24 June 1993 | 21 April 1998 | 4 years, 301 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 14 |  | Bhai Mahavir (1922–2016) | Punjab | 22 April 1998 | 7 May 2003 | 5 years, 15 days | K. R. Narayanan |
| 15 |  | Ram Prakash Gupta (1923–2004) | Uttar Pradesh | 7 May 2003 | 1 May 2004 [†] | 360 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| – |  | Lieutenant General Krishna Mohan Seth (Retd) PVSM AVSM (born 1939) Governor of Chhattisgarh (Additional Charge) | Uttar Pradesh | 2 May 2004 | 29 June 2004 | 58 days | |
| 16 |  | Balram Jakhar (1923–2016) | Punjab | 30 June 2004 | 30 June 2009 | 5 years, 0 days | |
| 17 |  | Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015) | Jharkhand | 30 June 2009 | 8 September 2011 | 2 years, 70 days | Pratibha Patil |
| 18 |  | Ram Naresh Yadav (1928–2016) | Uttar Pradesh | 8 September 2011 | 8 September 2016 | 5 years, 0 days | |
| – |  | Om Prakash Kohli (1935–2023) Governor of Gujarat (Additional Charge) | Delhi | 8 September 2016 | 23 January 2018 | 1 year, 137 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 19 |  | Anandiben Patel (born 1941) | Gujarat | 23 January 2018 | 28 July 2019 [§] [β] | 1 year, 186 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 20 |  | Lalji Tandon (1935–2020) | Uttar Pradesh | 29 July 2019 | 1 July 2020 [†] | 338 days | |
| – | | Anandiben Patel (born 1941) Governor of Uttar Pradesh (Additional Charge) | Gujarat | 1 July 2020 | 8 July 2021 | 1 year, 7 days | |
| 21 |  | Mangubhai C. Patel (born 1950) | Gujarat | 8 July 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 18 days | |
