List of governors of Telangana

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Governor of Telangana
Telaṅgāṇa Governoru
Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, portrait.png
Incumbent
Jishnu Dev Varma
since 31 July 2024
Style
  • Hon’ble Governor (within India (English)
  • His/Her Excellency (outside India)
StatusHead of the State
AbbreviationGOV
Residence Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Appointer President of India
Term length At the pleasure of the president
Precursor Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Inaugural holder E. S. L. Narasimhan
Formation2 June 2014
Website governor.telangana.gov.in
Telangana is in southern India. India Telangana locator map.svg
Telangana is in southern India.

The governor of Telangana is the nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Telangana. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years.

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Since 31 July 2024, Jishnu Dev Varma is the Governor of Telangana.

Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

List of governors

Legend
Color key
No.PortraitName
(born died)
Home stateTenure in officeAppointer
(President)
FromToTime in office
E. S. L. Narasimhan at Telangana Jagruthi Program.jpg E. S. L. Narasimhan
IPS (Retd)
(born 1945)
Tamil Nadu 2 June
2014
23 July
2019
5 years, 97 days Pranab Mukherjee
124 July
2019
7 September
2019
2 Tamilisai Soundarajan with President Kovind (cropped).jpg Tamilisai Soundararajan
(born 1961)
Tamil Nadu 8 September
2019
19 March
2024 [‡] [1]
4 years, 193 days Ram Nath Kovind
Governor of Jharkhand Radhakrishnan.jpg C. P. Radhakrishnan
(born 1957)
Governor of Jharkhand
Tamil Nadu 20 March
2024
30 July
2024
132 days Droupadi Murmu
3 Jishnu Dev Varma, Governor of Telangana (cropped).jpg Jishnu Dev Varma
(born 1957)
Tripura 31 July
2024 [2]
Incumbent357 days

See also

References

  1. The Hindu (18 March 2024). "Tamilisai, Telangana Governor and Puducherry Lt. Governor, resigns to contest Lok Sabha polls". Archived from the original on 18 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  2. "Jishnu Dev Varma takes oath as Governor of Telangana". Deccan Chronicle. 31 July 2024. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024.