| Governor of Mizoram | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Aizawl |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
| Inaugural holder | S.P. Mukherjee |
| Formation | 20 February 1987 |
| Website | https://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in |
This is a list of governors of Mizoram, an Indian state part of Northeast India.
The Governor enjoys many different types of powers:
S.J.Das was the chief commissioner of Mizoram from 21 January 1972 to 23 April 1972. He was followed by these Lieutenant Governors:
| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration |
| 1 | S. P. Mukherjee |  | 24 April 1972 | 12 June 1974 | |
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| 2 | S. K. Chibber | | 13 June 1974 | 26 September 1977 | |
| 3 | N. P. Mathur | | 27 September 1977 | 15 April 1981 | |
| 4 | S. N. Kohli |  | 16 April 1981 | 9 August 1983 | |
| 5 | H. S. Dubey | | 10 August 1983 | 10 December 1986 | |
| 6 | Hiteswar Saikia |  | 11 December 1986 | 19 February 1987 |
| • | indicates that this was an additional charge |
| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hiteswar Saikia | | 20 February 1987 | 30 April 1989 | 2 years, 69 days | Assam | Zail Singh |
| - | K. V. Krishna Rao |  | 1 May 1989 | 20 July 1989 | 80 days | Andhra Pradesh | R. Venkataraman |
| 2. | Williamson A. Sangma | | 21 July 1989 | 7 February 1990 | 201 days | Meghalaya | |
| 3. | Swaraj Kaushal |  | 8 February 1990 | 9 February 1993 | 3 years, 1 day | Himachal Pradesh | |
| 4. | P. R. Kyndiah |  | 10 February 1993 | 13 January 1998 | 4 years, 337 days | Meghalaya | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| - | Siddheshwar Prasad | | 14 January 1998 | 28 January 1998 | 14 days | Bihar | K. R. Narayan |
| 5. | Arun Prasad Mukherjee | | 29 January 1998 | 1 May 1998 | 92 days | West Bengal | |
| 6. | A. Padmanabhan | | 2 May 1998 | 30 November 2000 | 2 years, 212 days | Tamil Nadu | |
| - | Ved Marwah | | 1 December 2000 | 17 May 2001 | 167 days | Not Known | |
| 7. | Amolak Rattan Kohli | | 18 May 2001 | 24 July 2006 | 5 years, 67 days | Delhi | |
| 8. | M. M. Lakhera |  | 25 July 2006 | 1 September 2011 | 5 years, 38 days | Uttarakhand | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 9. | Vakkom Purushothaman |  | 2 September 2011 | 9 July 2014 | 2 years, 310 days | Kerala | Pratibha Patil |
| 10. | Kamla Beniwal |  | 9 July 2014 | 6 August 2014 | 28 days | Rajasthan | Pranab Mukherjee |
| - | Vinod Kumar Duggal |  | 8 August 2014 | 28 August 2014 | 20 days | Punjab | |
| - | K. K. Paul [1] |  | 16 September 2014 | 8 January 2015 | 114 days | ||
| 11. | Aziz Qureshi [2] |  | 9 January 2015 | 28 March 2015 | 78 days | Madhya Pradesh | |
| - | Keshari Nath Tripathi |  | 4 April 2015 | 25 May 2015 | 51 days | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 12. | Nirbhay Sharma |  | 26 May 2015 | 24 May 2018 | 2 years, 363 days | ||
| 13. | Kummanam Rajasekharan |  | 25 May 2018 | 8 March 2019 | 287 days | Kerala | Ram Nath Kovind |
| - | Jagdish Mukhi |  | 9 March 2019 | 4 November 2019 | 240 days | Delhi | |
| 14. | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai |  | 5 November 2019 | 18 July 2021 | 1 year, 255 days | Kerala | |
| 15. | Kambhampati Hari Babu |  | 19 July 2021 | 10 August 2021 | 22 days | Andhra Pradesh | |
| - | B. D. Mishra |  | 11 August 2021 | 6 November 2021 | 87 days | Uttar Pradesh | |
| (15). | Kambhampati Hari Babu | | 7 November 2021 | 15 January 2025 | 3 years, 69 days | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 16. | V. K. Singh |  | 16 January 2025 | Incumbent | −4 days | Haryana | Droupadi Murmu |
| Name [3] | Designation |
|---|---|
| V Lalsangliana IAS | Secretary to Governor |
| Joseph Lalrinawma MCS | Addl. Secretary to Governor |
| Lalngaihzuala MCS | PS to Governor |
| Saurabh Khamar | OSD to Governor |
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