| Governor of Manipur | |
|---|---|
| Style | Her Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Imphal |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | 5 Years |
| Inaugural holder | B. K. Nehru |
| Formation | 21 January 1972 |
The governor of Manipur is the nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Manipur. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. The current and 17th governor of Manipur is Anusuiya Uikey appointed by President Droupadi Murmu on 12 February 2023. [1]
| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office |
| 1 | B. K. Nehru |  | 21 January 1972 | 20 September 1973 |
| 2 | L.P. Singh | 21 September 1973 | 11 August 1981 | |
| 3 | S. M. H. Burney | 18 August 1981 | 11 June 1984 | |
| 4 | K. V. Krishna Rao |  | 2 June 1984 | 7 July 1989 |
| 5 | Chintamani Panigrahi |  | 10 July 1989 | 19 March 1993 |
| 6 | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy | 20 March 1993 | 30 August 1993 | |
| 7 | Lt.Gen. V. K. Nayar | 31 August 1993 | 22 December 1994 | |
| 8 | O.N. Shrivastava | 23 December 1994 | 11 February 1999 | |
| 9 | Ved Marwah | 2 December 1999 | 12 June 2003 | |
| 10 | Arvind Dave | 13 June 2003 | 5 August 2004 | |
| 11 | Shivinder Singh Sidhu |  | 6 August 2004 | 22 July 2008 |
| 12 | Gurbachan Jagat [2] | 23 July 2008 | 22 July 2013 | |
| 13 | Ashwani Kumar [3] |  | 23 July 2013 | 31 December 2013 |
| 14 | Vinod Duggal [4] |  | 31 December 2013 | 28 August 2014 |
| — | K. K. Paul (additional charge) |  | 16 September 2014 | 15 May 2015 |
| 15 | Syed Ahmed |  | 16 May 2015 | 27 September 2015 |
| — | V. Shanmuganathan (additional charge) [5] |  | 30 September 2015 | 17 August 2016 |
| 16 | Najma A. Heptulla [6] |  | 21 August 2016 | 1 May 2018 |
| — | Jagdish Mukhi (additional charge) |  | 2 May 2018 (Assumed charge in Heptulla's absence) | 30 May 2018 |
| (16) | Najma Heptulla | | 31 May 2018 | 26 June 2019 |
| — | Padmanabha Acharya (additional charge) |  | 27 June 2019 (Assumed charge in Heptulla's absence) [7] | 23 July 2019 |
| (16) | Najma Heptulla | | 24 July 2019 | 10 August 2021 |
| — | Ganga Prasad (additional charge) |  | 12 August 2021 (Assumed charge in Heptulla's absence) | 26 August 2021 |
| 17 | La. Ganesan |  | 27 August 2021 | 12 February 2023 |
| 18 | Anusuiya Uikey |  | 12 February 2023 | Incumbent |
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