List of governors of Odisha

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Governor of Odisha
Seal of Odisha.png
Raghuvar Das.jpg
since 31 October 2023 (2023-10-31)
Style His Excellency
Residence Raj Bhavan, Odisha, Bhubaneswar
Appointer President of India
Term length Five Years
Inaugural holder Kailash Nath Katju
Formation15 August 1947;77 years ago (1947-08-15)
Website rajbhavanodisha.gov.in

The governor of Odisha is the head of state and representative of the president of India in the Indian state of Odisha. The governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at central level. They exist in the state appointed by the president of India for a term of five years and they are not local to the state that they are appointed to govern. The factors based on which the president evaluates the candidates is not mentioned in the constitution. The governor acts as the nominal head whereas the real power lies with the chief minister of the state and their council of ministers whereas they act as the nominal head. The current incumbent is Raghubar Das since 19 October 2023.

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Governors of Odisha

No.Name (Born – Dead)PortraitTook officeLeft officeTerm in officeHome stateAppointed by
British India (Before 1947)
1. Sir John Austen Hubback
(1878–1968)
No image available.svg 1 April 193611 August 19382 years, 132 days United Kingdom Freeman Thomas
- George Townsend Boag
(1884–1969)(acting)
No image available.svg 11 August 19387 December 1938118 days Victor Hope
(1). Sir John Austen Hubback
(1878–1968)
No image available.svg 8 December 193831 March 19412 years, 113 days
(Total 4 years, 245 days)
2. Sir Hawthorne Lewis
(1888–1970)
No image available.svg 1 April 194131 March 19464 years, 364 days
3. Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(1893–1980)
Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi.png 1 April 194614 August 19471 year, 135 days Gujarat Archibald Wavell
Independent India (After 1947)
1. Kailash Nath Katju
(1887–1968)
Kailash Nath Katju.jpg 15 August 194720 June 1948310 days Madhya Pradesh Louis Mountbatten
2. Asaf Ali
(1888–1953)
Asaf Ali c- 1909 2013-08-09 16-24.jpg 21 June 19485 May 19512 years, 318 days Uttar Pradesh C. Rajagopalachari
- V. P. Menon
(1893–1965)(acting)
6 May 195117 July 195172 days Kerala Rajendra Prasad
(2). Asaf Ali
(1888–1953)
Asaf Ali c- 1909 2013-08-09 16-24.jpg 18 July 19516 June 1952324 days
(Total 3 years, 277 days)
Uttar Pradesh
3. Fazal Ali
(1886–1959)
No image available.svg 7 June 19529 February 19541 year, 247 days Bihar
4. P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
(1898–1957)
Kumarasami raja.jpg 10 February 195411 September 19562 years, 214 days Tamil Nadu
5. Bhim Sen Sachar Bhim Sen Sachar.png 12 September 195631 July 1957322 days Punjab
6. Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar Y N Sukhtankar.jpg 31 July 195715 September 19625 years, 46 days Maharashtra
7. Ajudhia Nath Khosla No image available.svg 16 September 19625 August 19663 years, 323 days New Delhi Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
-Khaleel Ahmed (acting) No image available.svg 5 August 196611 September 196637 days Odisha
(7). Ajudhia Nath Khosla No image available.svg 12 September 196630 January 19681 year, 140 days
(Total 5 years, 98 days)
New Delhi
8. Shaukatullah Shah Ansari No image available.svg 31 January 196820 September 19713 years, 232 days Karnataka Zakir Husain
- Sardar Jogendra Singh (acting) Jogendra Singh (politician).jpg 20 September 197130 June 1972284 days Uttar Pradesh V. V. Giri
- Gati Krushna Misra (acting) No image available.svg 1 July 19728 November 1972130 days Odisha
9. Basappa Danappa Jatti Basappa Danappa Jatti, 5th Vice President of India.jpg 8 November 197220 August 19741 year, 285 days Karnataka
- Gati Krushna Misra (acting) No image available.svg 21 August 197425 October 197465 days Odisha
10. Akbar Ali Khan Photo Akbar Ali Khan.jpg 25 October 197417 April 19761 year, 175 days Andhra Pradesh Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
-Shiva Narayan Shankar (acting) No image available.svg 17 April 19767 February 1977296 days Odisha
11. Harcharan Singh Brar Harcharan Singh Brar ex CM.png 7 February 197722 September 1977227 days Punjab
12. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma.JPG 23 September 197730 April 19802 years, 220 days Haryana Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
13. Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha C M Poonacha.gif 30 April 198030 September 1980153 days Karnataka
- S. K. Ray (acting) No image available.svg 1 October 19803 November 198033 days Odisha
(13). Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha C M Poonacha.gif 4 November 198024 June 19821 year, 232 days Karnataka
- Ranganath Misra (acting) No image available.svg 25 June 198231 August 198267 days Odisha
(13). Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha C M Poonacha.gif 1 September 198217 August 1983350 days
(Total 3 years, 5 days)
Karnataka Giani Zail Singh
14. Bishambhar Nath Pande No image available.svg 17 August 198320 November 19885 years, 95 days Uttar Pradesh
15. Saiyid Nurul Hasan   Saiyid Nurul Hasan 16.jpg 20 November 19886 February 19904 years, 78 days R. Venkataraman
16. Yagya Dutt Sharma Yagya Dutt Sharma.jpg 7 February 19901 February 19932 years, 360 days Punjab
(15). Saiyid Nurul Hasan Saiyid Nurul Hasan 16.jpg 1 February 199331 May 1993119 days
(Total 4 years, 197 days)
Uttar Pradesh Shankar Dayal Sharma
17. B. Satya Narayan Reddy No image available.svg 1 June 199317 June 19952 years, 16 days Andhra Pradesh
18. Gopala Ramanujam
(1915–2001)
No image available.svg 18 June 199530 January 19971 year, 226 days Tamil Nadu
19. K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
(1924–2002)
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (cropped).jpg 31 January 199712 February 199712 days Andhra Pradesh
(18). Gopala Ramanujam
(1915–2001)
No image available.svg 13 February 199713 December 1997303 days
(Total 2 years, 164 days)
Tamil Nadu
(19). K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
(1924–2002)
K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (cropped).jpg 13 December 199727 April 1998135 days
(Total 147 days)
Andhra Pradesh K. R. Narayanan
20. C. Rangarajan
(Born 1932)
The Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to PM, Dr. C. Rangarajan addressing a Press Conference on Review of Economy 2009-10, in New Delhi on February 19, 2010 (4).jpg 27 April 199814 November 19991 year, 201 days Tamil Nadu
21. M. M. Rajendran
(1935–2023)
Colour photo of M M Rajendran.png 15 November 199917 November 20045 years, 2 days
22. Rameshwar Thakur
(1925–2015)
The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Rameshwar Thakur in Bangalore on January 13, 2008.jpg 18 November 200421 August 20072 years, 276 days Bihar A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
23. Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
(1928--2024)
Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare 1.jpg 21 August 20079 March 20135 years, 200 days Maharashtra Pratibha Patil
24. S.C. Jamir
(Born 1931)
Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg 21 March 201320 March 20184 years, 364 days Nagaland Pranab Mukherjee
- Satya Pal Malik
(Born 1946)(additional charge)
Governor of Bihar Satya Pal Malik.jpg 21 March 201828 May 201868 days Uttar Pradesh Ramnath Kovind
25. Prof. Ganeshi Lal
(Born 1941)
Collage of Ratha Jatra and Head of States Governor and CM (cropped).jpg 29 May 201830 October 20235 years, 154 days Haryana
26. Raghubar Das
(Born 1955)
Raghuvar Das.jpg 31 October 2023Incumbent344 days Jharkhand Droupadi Murmu

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