| Governor of Manipur | |
|---|---|
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Imphal |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
| Inaugural holder | B. K. Nehru |
| Formation | 21 January 1972 |
The governor of Manipur is the nominal head of the India state of Manipur. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The current governor of Manipur is Ajay Kumar Bhalla appointed by President Droupadi Murmu. [1]
| • | indicates that this was an additional charge |
| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | B. K. Nehru |  | 21 January 1972 | 20 September 1973 | 1 year, 242 days | Uttar Pradesh | V. V. Giri |
| 2. | L.P. Singh |  | 21 September 1973 | 11 August 1981 | 7 years, 324 days | Bihar | |
| 3. | S. M. H. Burney | | 11 August 1981 | 11 June 1984 | 2 years, 305 days | Uttar Pradesh | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy |
| 4. | K. V. Krishna Rao |  | 11 June 1984 | 10 July 1989 | 5 years, 29 days | Andhra Pradesh | Zail Singh |
| 5. | Chintamani Panigrahi |  | 10 July 1989 | 19 March 1993 | 3 years, 252 days | Odisha | R. Venkataraman |
| 6. | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy |  | 20 March 1993 | 30 August 1993 | 163 days | Andhra Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 7. | V. K. Nayar | | 31 August 1993 | 22 December 1994 | 1 year, 113 days | Not Known | |
| 8. | O.N. Shrivastava | | 23 December 1994 | 2 December 1999 | 4 years, 344 days | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 9. | Ved Marwah | | 2 December 1999 | 12 June 2003 | 3 years, 193 days | Not Known | K. R. Narayan |
| 10. | Arvind Dave | | 13 June 2003 | 5 August 2004 | 1 year, 53 days | Rajasthan | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 11. | Shivinder Singh Sidhu |  | 6 August 2004 | 22 July 2008 | 3 years, 351 days | Not Known | |
| 12. | Gurbachan Jagat [2] | | 23 July 2008 | 23 July 2013 | 5 years, 0 days | Punjab | Pratibha Patil |
| 13. | Ashwani Kumar [3] |  | 23 July 2013 | 31 December 2013 | 161 days | Himachal Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 14. | Vinod Duggal [4] |  | 31 December 2013 | 28 August 2014 | 240 days | Punjab | |
| — | K. K. Paul |  | 16 September 2014 | 15 May 2015 | 241 days | ||
| 15. | Syed Ahmed |  | 16 May 2015 | 27 September 2015 | 134 days | Maharashtra | |
| — | V. Shanmuganathan [5] |  | 30 September 2015 | 17 August 2016 | 322 days | Tamil Nadu | |
| 16. | Najma Heptulla [6] |  | 21 August 2016 | 1 May 2018 | 1 year, 253 days | Madhya Pradesh | |
| — | Jagdish Mukhi |  | 2 May 2018 | 30 May 2018 | 28 days | Delhi | Ramnath Kovind |
| (16). | Najma Heptulla | | 31 May 2018 | 26 June 2019 | 1 year, 26 days | Madhya Pradesh | |
| — | Padmanabha Acharya |  | 27 June 2019 [7] | 23 July 2019 | 26 days | Karnataka | |
| (16). | Najma Heptulla | | 24 July 2019 | 10 August 2021 | 2 years, 17 days | Madhya Pradesh | |
| — | Ganga Prasad |  | 12 August 2021 | 26 August 2021 | 14 days | Bihar | |
| 17. | La. Ganesan |  | 27 August 2021 | 12 February 2023 | 1 year, 169 days | Tamil Nadu | |
| 18. | Anusuiya Uikey |  | 12 February 2023 | 30 July 2024 | 1 year, 169 days | Madhya Pradesh | Droupadi Murmu |
| — | Lakshman Prasad Acharya |  | 31 July 2024 | 2 January 2025 | 155 days | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 19. | Ajay Kumar Bhalla |  | 3 January 2025 | Incumbent | −1 day | Punjab | |
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