| Governor of Nagaland | |
|---|---|
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Kohima |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
| Inaugural holder | Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.) |
| Formation | 1 December 1963 |
| Website | rajbhavan |
The governor of Nagaland is the head of state of Nagaland. The governor is appointed by the president of India.
The governor enjoys many different types of powers:
| ‡ | indicates that this was an additional charge |
| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vishnu Sahay |  | 1 December 1963 | 16 April 1968 | 4 years, 137 days | Uttar Pradesh | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| 2. | Braj Kumar Nehru |  | 17 April 1968 | 18 September 1973 | 5 years, 154 days | Zakir Husain | |
| 3. | Lallan Prasad Singh | | 19 September 1973 | 9 August 1981 | 7 years, 324 days | Bihar | V. V. Giri |
| 4. | S. M. H. Burney | | 10 August 1981 | 12 June 1984 | 2 years, 307 days | Uttar Pradesh | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy |
| 5. | K. V. Krishna Rao |  | 13 June 1984 | 19 July 1989 | 5 years, 36 days | Andhra Pradesh | Zail Singh |
| 6. | Gopal Singh |  | 20 July 1989 | 3 May 1990 | 287 days | Punjab | R. Venkataraman |
| 7. | M. M. Thomas | 9 May 1990 | 12 April 1992 | 1 year, 339 days | Kerala | ||
| 8. | Loknath Mishra | | 13 April 1992 | 1 October 1993 | 1 year, 171 days | Odisha | |
| 9. | V. K. Nayar | | 2 October 1993 | 4 August 1994 | 306 days | Not Known | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 10. | Oudh Narayan Shrivastava | | 5 August 1994 | 11 November 1996 | 2 years, 98 days | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 11. | Om Prakash Sharma | | 12 November 1996 | 27 January 2002 | 5 years, 76 days | Not Known | |
| 12. | Shyamal Datta | | 28 January 2002 | 2 February 2007 | 5 years, 5 days | West Bengal | K. R. Narayan |
| 13. | K. Sankaranarayanan |  | 3 February 2007 | 28 July 2009 | 2 years, 175 days | Kerala | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 14. | Gurbachan Jagat | | 28 July 2009 | 14 Oct 2009 | 78 days | Not Known | Pratibha Patil |
| 15. | Nikhil Kumar |  | 15 Oct 2009 | 20 March 2013 | 3 years, 156 days | Bihar | |
| 16. | Ashwani Kumar |  | 21 March 2013 | 27 June 2014 | 1 year, 98 days | Himachal Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee |
| - | Krishan Kant Paul ‡ [1] |  | 2 July 2014 | 19 July 2014 | 17 days | Punjab | |
| 17. | Padmanabha Acharya [2] |  | 19 July 2014 | 31 July 2019 | 5 years, 12 days | Karnataka | |
| 18. | R. N. Ravi |  | 1 August 2019 | 17 September 2021 | 2 years, 47 days | Bihar | Ramnath Kovind |
| - | Jagdish Mukhi ‡ |  | 17 September 2021 | 19 February 2023 | 1 year, 155 days | Delhi | |
| 19. | La. Ganesan |  | 20 February 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 300 days | Tamil Nadu | Draupadi Murmu |
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