List of governors of Telangana

Governor of Telangana
Telaṅgāṇa Governoru
Incumbent Jishnu Dev Varma since 31 July 2024
Style	Hon’ble Governor (within India (English) His/Her Excellency (outside India)
Status	Head of the State
Abbreviation	GOV
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
Formation	2 June 2014
Website	governor.telangana.gov.in

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.

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

Powers and functions

See also: Powers and functions of the governor

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

• Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
• Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Saasana Sabha or Saasana Mandali, and
• Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

List of governors

Legend

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Transferred
• ^‡ Resigned/removed

Color key

•    indicates acting/additional charge

#	Portrait	Name (born –died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
				From	To	Time in office
–		E. S. L. Narasimhan IPS (Retd) (born 1945)	Tamil Nadu	2 June 2014	23 July 2019	5 years, 97 days	Pranab Mukherjee
1				24 July 2019	7 September 2019
2		Tamilisai Soundararajan (born 1961)	Tamil Nadu	8 September 2019	19 March 2024 [‡] [α] [1]	4 years, 193 days	Ram Nath Kovind
–		C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 1957) Governor of Jharkhand	Tamil Nadu	20 March 2024	30 July 2024 [§] [β]	132 days	Droupadi Murmu
3		Jishnu Dev Varma (born 1957)	Tripura	31 July 2024 [2]	Incumbent	1 year, 47 days

1. Resigned to contest in the 2024 general election
2. Transferred as the Governor of Maharashtra

See also

• Telangana
• List of chief ministers of Telangana
• Governors of India

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.