List of governors of Odisha

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Governor of Odisha
Seal of Odisha.png
Raghuvar Das.jpg
Incumbent
Raghubar Das
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;76 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 5 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 acts as the nominal head.The current incumbent is Raghubar Das since 19 October 2023.

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Governors of Odisha

No.PortraitName (Born – Dead)Took officeLeft officeTerm in OfficeHome StateAppointed by
British India (Before 1947)
1. Sir John Austen Hubback
(1878–1968)
1 April 193611 August 19382 years, 132 days United Kingdom Freeman Thomas
- George Townsend Boag
(1884–1969)(acting)
11 August 19387 December 1938118 days Victor Hope
(1). Sir John Austen Hubback
(1878–1968)
8 December 193831 March 19412 years, 113 days
(Total 4 years, 245 days)
2. Sir Hawthorne Lewis
(1888–1970)
1 April 194131 March 19464 years, 364 days
3. Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi.png Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(1893–1980)
1 April 194614 August 19471 year, 135 days Gujarat Archibald Wavell
Independent India (After 1947)
1. Kailash Nath Katju.jpg Kailash Nath Katju
(1887–1968)
15 August 194720 June 1948310 days Madhya Pradesh Louis Mountbatten
2. Asaf Ali c- 1909 2013-08-09 16-24.jpg Asaf Ali
(1888–1953)
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 c- 1909 2013-08-09 16-24.jpg Asaf Ali
(1888–1953)
18 July 19516 June 1952324 days
(Total 3 years, 277 days)
Uttar Pradesh
3. Fazal Ali
(1886–1959)
7 June 19529 February 19541 year, 247 days Bihar
4. P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja 10 February 195411 September 19562 years, 214 days Tamil Nadu
5. Bhim Sen Sachar 12 September 195631 July 1957322 days Punjab
6. Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar 31 July 195715 September 19625 years, 46 days Maharashtra
7. Ajudhia Nath Khosla 16 September 19625 August 19663 years, 323 days New Delhi Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
-Khaleel Ahmed (acting)5 August 196611 September 196637 days Odisha
(7). Ajudhia Nath Khosla 12 September 196630 January 19681 year, 140 days
(Total 5 years, 98 days)
New Delhi
8. Shaukatullah Shah Ansari 31 January 196820 September 19713 years, 232 days Karnataka Zakir Husain
- Sardar Jogendra Singh (acting)20 September 197130 June 1972284 days Uttar Pradesh V. V. Giri
- Gati Krushna Misra (acting)1 July 19728 November 1972130 days Odisha
9. Basappa Danappa Jatti 8 November 197220 August 19741 year, 285 days Karnataka
- Gati Krushna Misra (acting)21 August 197425 October 197465 days Odisha
10. Akbar Ali Khan 25 October 197417 April 19761 year, 175 days Andhra Pradesh Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
-Shiva Narayan Shankar (acting)17 April 19767 February 1977296 days Odisha
11. Harcharan Singh Brar 7 February 197722 September 1977227 days Punjab
12. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma 23 September 197730 April 19802 years, 220 days Haryana Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
13. Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha 30 April 198030 September 1980153 days Karnataka
- S. K. Ray (acting)1 October 19803 November 198033 days Odisha
(13). Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha 4 November 198024 June 19821 year, 232 days Karnataka
- Ranganath Misra (acting)25 June 198231 August 198267 days Odisha
(13). Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha 1 September 198217 August 1983350 days
(Total 3 years, 5 days)
Karnataka Giani Zail Singh
14. Bishambhar Nath Pande 17 August 198320 November 19885 years, 95 days Uttar Pradesh
15. Saiyid Nurul Hasan 20 November 19886 February 19904 years, 78 days R. Venkataraman
16. Yagya Dutt Sharma 7 February 19901 February 19932 years, 360 days Punjab
(15). Saiyid Nurul Hasan 1 February 199331 May 1993119 days
(Total 4 years, 197 days)
Uttar Pradesh Shankar Dayal Sharma
17. B. Satya Narayan Reddy 1 June 199317 June 19952 years, 16 days Andhra Pradesh
18. Gopala Ramanujam
(1915–2001)
18 June 199530 January 19971 year, 226 days Tamil Nadu
19. K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (cropped).jpg K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
(1924–2002)
31 January 199712 February 199712 days Andhra Pradesh
(18). Gopala Ramanujam
(1915–2001)
13 February 199713 December 1997303 days
(Total 2 years, 164 days)
Tamil Nadu
(19). K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (cropped).jpg K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
(1924–2002)
13 December 199727 April 1998135 days
(Total 147 days)
Andhra Pradesh K. R. Narayanan
20. 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 C. Rangarajan
(Born 1932)
27 April 199814 November 19991 year, 201 days Tamil Nadu
21. Colour photo of M M Rajendran.png M. M. Rajendran
(1935–2023)
15 November 199917 November 20045 years, 2 days
22. The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Rameshwar Thakur in Bangalore on January 13, 2008.jpg Rameshwar Thakur
(1925–2015)
18 November 200421 August 20072 years, 276 days Bihar A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
23. Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare 1.jpg Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
(Born 1928)
21 August 20079 March 20135 years, 200 days Maharashtra Pratibha Patil
24. Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg S.C. Jamir
(Born 1931)
21 March 201320 March 20184 years, 364 days Nagaland Pranab Mukherjee
- Governor of Bihar Satya Pal Malik.jpg Satya Pal Malik
(Born 1946)(additional charge)
21 March 201828 May 201868 days Uttar Pradesh Ramnath Kovind
25. Collage of Ratha Jatra and Head of States Governor and CM (cropped).jpg Prof. Ganeshi Lal
(Born 1941)
29 May 201830 October 20235 years, 154 days Haryana
26. Raghuvar Das.jpg Raghubar Das
(Born 1955)
31 October 2023Incumbent104 days Jharkhand Droupadi Murmu

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