List of governors of Mizoram

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Governor of Mizoram
Seal of Mizoram.svg
VK Singh.jpg
Incumbent
V. K. Singh
since 16 January 2025
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan, Aizawl
Appointer President of India
Term length At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holderS.P. Mukherjee
Formation20 February 1987;38 years ago (1987-02-20)
Website https://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in
The state of Mizoram is in northeastern India. IN-MZ.svg
The state of Mizoram is in northeastern India.

This is a list of governors of Mizoram, an Indian state part of Northeast India. There are 54 governors with additional charge.

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Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

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Lieutenant Governors of Mizoram (19721987)

S.J.Das was the administrator of Mizoram from 21 January 1972 to 23 April 1972. He was followed by these Lieutenant Governors:

#NamePortraitTook officeLeft office
1S. P. Mukherjee24 April 197212 June 1974
2S. K. Chibber13 June 197426 September 1977
3N. P. Mathur27 September 197715 April 1981
4 S. N. Kohli Adm SN Kohli.jpg 16 April 19819 August 1983
5H. S. Dubey10 August 198310 December 1986
6 Hiteswar Saikia Hiteswar Saikia with Shankar Dayal Sharma (cropped).jpg 11 December 198619 February 1987

Governors of Mizoram (1987present)

#PortraitName
(born died)
Home stateTenure in officeAppointer
(President)
FromToTime in office
1 Hiteswar Saikia with Shankar Dayal Sharma (cropped).jpg Hiteswar Saikia
(1934–1996)
Assam 20 February
1987
30 April
1989 [‡]
2 years, 69 days Zail Singh
General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao.jpg General
K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd)
PVSM
(1923–2016)
Governor of Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura

(Additional Charge)
Andhra Pradesh 1 May
1989
20 July
1989 [§] [α]
80 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
2 No image (male).svg Williamson A. Sangma
(1919–1990)
Meghalaya 21 July
1989
7 February
1990 [‡]
201 days
3 Swaraj Kaushal (cropped).jpg Swaraj Kaushal
(born 1952)
Punjab 8 February
1990
9 February
1993
3 years, 1 day
4 P. R. Kyndiah (cropped).jpg Paty Ripple Kyndiah
(1928–2015)
Meghalaya 10 February
1993
13 January
1998 [‡] [β]
4 years, 337 days K. R. Narayanan
Siddheshwar Prasad Lok Sabha photo.jpg Siddheshwar Prasad
(1929–2023)
Governor of Tripura

(Additional Charge)
Bihar 14 January
1998
28 January
1998
14 days
5 No image (male).svg Arun Prasad Mukherjee
IPS (Retd)
West Bengal 29 January
1998
1 May
1998 [‡]
92 days
6 No image (male).svg A. Padmanabhan
IAS (Retd)
(born 1928)
Tamil Nadu 2 May
1998
30 November
2000 [‡]
2 years, 212 days
Ved Marwah (cropped).jpg Ved Marwah
IPS (Retd)
(1934–2020)
Governor of Manipur

(Additional Charge)
Delhi 1 December
2000
17 May
2001
167 days
7 No image (male).svg Amolak Rattan Kohli
(born 1942)
Haryana 18 May
2001
24 July
2006
5 years, 67 days
8 Lieutenant General M.M. Lakhera (cropped).jpg Lieutenant General
Madan Mohan Lakhera (Retd)
PVSM AVSM VSM
(born 1937)
Uttarakhand 25 July
2006
1 September
2011
5 years, 38 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
9 Vakkom Purushothaman (cropped).jpg Vakkom Purushothaman
(1928–2023)
Kerala 2 September
2011
9 July
2014 [‡]
2 years, 310 days Pratibha Patil
10 Kamla Beniwal, Governor of Gujarat (cropped).jpg Kamla Beniwal
(1927–2024)
Rajasthan 9 July
2014
7 August
2014 [‡]
29 days Pranab Mukherjee
Vinod Kumar Duggal in New Delhi on August 29, 2005 (cropped).jpg Vinod Kumar Duggal
IAS (Retd)
(born 1944)
Governor of Manipur

(Additional Charge)
Punjab 8 August
2014
16 September
2014 [‡]
39 days
Governor of Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul (cropped).jpg Krishan Kant Paul
IPS (Retd)
(born 1948)
Governor of Meghalaya

(Additional Charge)
Chandigarh 16 September
2014
8 January
2015 [§] [γ]
114 days
11 Aziz Qureshi at valedictory function of the 89th Foundation Course for All India Services, at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (cropped).jpg Aziz Qureshi
(1941–2024)
Madhya Pradesh 9 January
2015
3 April
2015 [‡]
84 days
Keshari Nath Tripathi - Kolkata 2016-07-01 5591.JPG Keshari Nath Tripathi
(1934–2023)
Governor of West Bengal

(Additional Charge)
Uttar Pradesh 4 April
2015
25 May
2015
51 days
12 Lieutenant General Nirbhay Sharma, Governor of Mizoram (cropped).jpg Lieutenant General
Nirbhay Sharma (Retd)
PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM
(born 1946)
Uttar Pradesh 26 May
2015
25 May
2018
2 years, 364 days
13 Kummanam Rajasekharan.png Kummanam Rajasekharan
(born 1952)
Kerala 29 May
2018
8 March
2019 [‡] [δ]
283 days Ram Nath Kovind
Prof Jagdish Mukhi (cropped).jpg Jagdish Mukhi
(born 1942)
Governor of Assam

(Additional Charge)
Delhi 9 March
2019
4 November
2019
240 days
14 PS Sreedharan Pillai.jpg P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
(born 1954)
Kerala 5 November
2019
18 July
2021 [§] [ε]
1 year, 255 days
15 Shri Kambhampati Hari Babu.jpg Kambhampati Hari Babu
(born 1953)
Andhra Pradesh 19 July
2021
10 August
2021
22 days
The Minister of State for Tourism (IC), Shri Alphons Kannanthanam meeting the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Brigadier (Retd.) (Dr.) B.D. Mishra, in New Delhi on July 31, 2018 (cropped).JPG Brigadier
B. D. Mishra (Retd)
(born 1939)
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh

(Acting)
Uttar Pradesh 11 August
2021
6 November
2021
87 days
(15) Shri Kambhampati Hari Babu.jpg Kambhampati Hari Babu
(born 1953)
Andhra Pradesh 7 November
2021
15 January
2025 [§] [ζ]
3 years, 69 days
16 VK Singh.jpg General
Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd)
PVSM AVSM YSM ADC
(born 1951)
Uttar Pradesh 16 January
2025
Incumbent195 days Droupadi Murmu
  1. Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
  2. Resigned to contest in the 1998 general election
  3. Transferred as the Governor of Uttarakhand
  4. Resigned to contest in the 2019 general election
  5. Transferred as the Governor of Goa
  6. Transferred as the Governor of Odisha

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