Governor of Odisha | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar Raj Bhavan, Puri |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
Inaugural holder | Sir John Austen Hubback |
Formation | 1 April 1936 |
Website | rajbhavanodisha.gov.in |
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The governor of Odisha is the head of 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 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 Kambhampati Hari Babu since 3 January 2025. There are 36 governors if counted with 8 acting governors and 1 additional charge.
# | Portrait | Name (lifespan) Previous Office | Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
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From | To | Time in office | |||||
Orissa Province, British India (1936 - 1947) | |||||||
1 | ![]() | Sir John Austen Hubback (1878–1968) | United Kingdom | 1 April 1936 | 11 August 1938 | 2 years, 132 days | Freeman Thomas (Viceroy) |
- | ![]() | George Townsend Boag CSI ICS (1884–1969) (Acting) | 11 August 1938 | 7 December 1938 | 118 days | Victor Hope (Viceroy) | |
(1) | ![]() | Sir John Austen Hubback (1878–1968) | 8 December 1938 | 31 March 1941 | 2 years, 113 days (Total 4 years, 245 days) | ||
2 | ![]() | Sir Hawthorne Lewis KCIE ICS (1888–1970) | 1 April 1941 | 31 March 1946 | 4 years, 364 days | ||
3 | ![]() | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi CIE OBE ICS (1893–1980) Secretary in the War Depatment | Gujarat | 1 April 1946 | 14 August 1947 | 1 year, 135 days | Archibald Wavell (Viceroy) |
Orissa Province, Dominion of India (1947 - 1950) | |||||||
4 | ![]() | Kailash Nath Katju (1887–1968) Minister in United Provinces Provisional Government | Central Provinces and Berar | 15 August 1947 | 20 June 1948 [§] [α] | 310 days | Lord Mountbatten (Governor-General) |
5 | ![]() | Asaf Ali (1888–1953) Ambassador of India to the United States | United Provinces | 21 June 1948 | 25 January 1950 | 1 year, 218 days | |
Orissa State, Republic of India (After 1950) | |||||||
(5) | ![]() | Asaf Ali (1888–1953) Ambassador of India to the United States | United Provinces | 26 January 1950 | 5 May 1951 | 1 year, 99 days | Lord Mountbatten (Governor-General) |
– | ![]() | V. P. Menon CSI CIE (1893–1965) Secretary in the Ministry of the States (Acting) | Madras State | 6 May 1951 | 17 July 1951 | 72 days | Rajendra Prasad (Acting) |
(5) | ![]() | Asaf Ali (1888–1953) Ambassador of India to the United States | United Provinces | 18 July 1951 | 6 June 1952 | 324 days (Total 3 years, 276 days) | |
6 | ![]() | Justice (Retd) Saiyid Fazl Ali (1886–1959) Judge of the Supreme Court of India | Bihar | 7 June 1952 | 9 February 1954 | 1 year, 247 days | Rajendra Prasad |
7 | ![]() | P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja (1898–1957) Chief Minister of Madras State | Madras State | 10 February 1954 | 11 September 1956 | 2 years, 214 days | |
8 | ![]() | Bhim Sen Sachar (1894–1978) Chief Minister of Punjab | Punjab | 12 September 1956 | 31 July 1957 [§] [β] | 322 days | |
9 | ![]() | Yashwant Narayan Sukthankar CIE ICS (Retd) (1897–1973) Cabinet Secretary of India | Bombay State | 31 July 1957 | 15 September 1962 | 5 years, 46 days | |
10 | ![]() | Ajudhia Nath Khosla (1892–1984) MP from Rajya Sabha | Punjab | 16 September 1962 | 5 August 1966 | 3 years, 323 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
– | ![]() | Justice Khaleel Ahmed (1907–his death) Chief Justice of Orissa High Court (Acting) | Bihar | 5 August 1966 | 11 September 1966 | 37 days | |
(10) | ![]() | Ajudhia Nath Khosla (1892–1984) MP from Rajya Sabha | Punjab | 12 September 1966 | 30 January 1968 | 1 year, 140 days (Total 5 years, 98 days) | |
11 | ![]() | Shaukatullah Shah Ansari (1908–1972) MP from Bidar, Karnataka | Uttar Pradesh | 31 January 1968 | 20 September 1971 | 3 years, 232 days | Zakir Husain |
– | ![]() | Sardar Jogendra Singh (1903–1979) MP from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh (Acting) | Uttar Pradesh | 20 September 1971 | 30 June 1972 [§] [γ] | 284 days | V. V. Giri |
– | ![]() | Justice Gati Krushna Misra (d. 2009) Chief Justice of Orissa High Court (Acting) | Orissa | 1 July 1972 | 8 November 1972 | 130 days | |
12 | ![]() | Basappa Danappa Jatti (1912–2002) Chief Minister of Mysore State | Karnataka | 8 November 1972 | 20 August 1974 [‡] [δ] | 1 year, 285 days | |
– | ![]() | Justice Gati Krushna Misra (d. 2009) Chief Justice of Orissa High Court (Acting) | Orissa | 21 August 1974 | 25 October 1974 | 65 days (Total 195 days) | |
13 | ![]() | Akbar Ali Khan (1899–1994) Governor of Uttar Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh | 25 October 1974 | 17 April 1976 [‡] | 1 year, 175 days | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
– | ![]() | Justice Siba Narain Sankar (1915–his death) Chief Justice of Orissa High Court (Acting) | Delhi | 17 April 1976 | 7 February 1977 | 296 days | |
14 | ![]() | Harcharan Singh Brar (1922–2009) MLA from Punjab | Punjab | 7 February 1977 | 22 September 1977 [§] [ε] | 227 days | |
15 | | Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (1918–1993) Chief Minister of Haryana | Haryana | 23 September 1977 | 30 April 1980 [§] [ζ] | 2 years, 220 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
16 | ![]() | C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) Governor of Madhya Pradesh | Karnataka | 30 April 1980 | 30 September 1980 | 153 days | |
– | ![]() | Justice Sukanta Kishore Ray (1918–2002) CChief Justice of Orissa High Court (Acting) | Orissa | 1 October 1980 | 3 November 1980 | 33 days | |
(16) | ![]() | C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) Governor of Madhya Pradesh | Karnataka | 4 November 1980 | 24 June 1982 | 1 year, 232 days | |
– | ![]() | Justice Ranganath Misra (1926–2012) Chief Justice of Orissa High Court (Acting) | Orissa | 25 June 1982 | 31 August 1982 | 67 days | |
(16) | ![]() | C. M. Poonacha (1910–1990) Governor of Madhya Pradesh | Karnataka | 1 September 1982 | 17 August 1983 | 350 days (Total 3 years, 5 days) | Zail Singh |
17 | ![]() | Bishambhar Nath Pande (1906–1998) MP from Rajya Sabha,Uttar Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh | 17 August 1983 | 20 November 1988 [‡] | 5 years, 95 days | |
– | ![]() | Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) Governor of West Bengal until 20 March 1989 | Uttar Pradesh | 20 November 1988 | 20 March 1989 | 1 year, 78 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
18 | 20 March 1989 | 6 February 1990 [§] [η] | |||||
19 | ![]() | Yagya Dutt Sharma (1922–1996) MP from Gurdaspur, Punjab | Punjab | 7 February 1990 | 1 February 1993 [‡] | 2 years, 360 days | |
– | ![]() | Saiyid Nurul Hasan (1921–1993) Governor of West Bengal (Additional Charge) | Uttar Pradesh | 1 February 1993 | 31 May 1993 | 119 days (Total 1 year, 197 days) | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
20 | ![]() | B. Satya Narayan Reddy (1927–2012) Governor of Uttar Pradesh | Andhra Pradesh | 1 June 1993 | 17 June 1995 | 2 years, 16 days | |
21 | ![]() | Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001) Governor of Goa | Tamil Nadu | 18 June 1995 | 30 January 1997 | 1 year, 226 days | |
– | ![]() | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) Governor of West Bengal (Additional Charge) | Andhra Pradesh | 31 January 1997 | 12 February 1997 | 12 days | |
(21) | ![]() | Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001) Governor of Goa | Tamil Nadu | 13 February 1997 | 13 December 1997 | 303 days (Total 2 years, 164 days) | |
– | ![]() | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) Governor of West Bengal (Additional Charge) | Andhra Pradesh | 13 December 1997 | 27 April 1998 | 135 days | K. R. Narayanan |
– | ![]() | C. Rangarajan (born 1932) Governor of Andhra Pradesh (Additional Charge) | Tamil Nadu | 27 April 1998 | 14 November 1999 | 1 year, 201 days | |
22 | ![]() | M. M. Rajendran IAS (Retd) (1935–2023) Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu | Tamil Nadu | 15 November 1999 | 17 November 2004 | 5 years, 2 days | |
23 | ![]() | Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015) Union Minister of State in Finance | Jharkhand | 18 November 2004 | 21 August 2007 [§] [θ] | 2 years, 276 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
24 | ![]() | Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare (1928–2024) MP From Rajya Sabha,Maharastra | Maharashtra | 21 August 2007 | 20 March 2013 | 5 years, 211 days | Pratibha Patil |
25 | ![]() | S. C. Jamir (born 1931) Chief Minister of Nagaland | Nagaland | 21 March 2013 | 20 March 2018 | 4 years, 364 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
– | | Satya Pal Malik (1946–2025) Governor of Bihar (Additional Charge) | Uttar Pradesh | 21 March 2018 | 28 May 2018 | 68 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
26 | ![]() | Ganeshi Lal (born 1941) MLA from Haryana | Haryana | 29 May 2018 | 30 October 2023 | 5 years, 154 days | |
27 | ![]() | Raghubar Das (born 1955) Chief Minister of Jharkhand | Jharkhand | 31 October 2023 | 2 January 2025 [‡] | 1 year, 63 days | Droupadi Murmu |
28 | ![]() | Kambhampati Hari Babu (born 1953) Governor of Mizoram | Andhra Pradesh | 3 January 2025 | Incumbent | 235 days | |
Timeline of Odisha governors |
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