Governor of Uttar Pradesh | |
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Style | Her Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan; Lucknow |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | 5 Years |
Inaugural holder | Sarojini Naidu (Independent India) Sir Harcourt Butler (Pre-Independent India) |
Formation | 3 January 1921 |
Website | Governor of Uttar Pradesh |
The governor of Uttar Pradesh is the constitutional head and representative of the president of India in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of 5 years. The post is preceded by the governor of United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as Independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950.
The governor has:
In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Uttar Pradesh is chancellor of the universities of Uttar Pradesh as per the Acts of the Universities.
# | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office |
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Governors of United Provinces of British India (3 January 1921 – 1 April 1937) | ||||
1 | Harcourt Butler | 3 January 1921 | 21 December 1922 | |
- | Ludovic Charles Porter | 21 December 1922 | 24 December 1922 | |
2 | William Sinclair Marris | 24 December 1922 | 13 August 1926 | |
- | Samuel Perry O'Donnell | 13 August 1926 | 1 December 1926 | |
(2) | William Sinclair Marris | 1 December 1926 | 14 January 1928 | |
3 | Alexander Phillips Muddiman | 15 January 1928 | 17 June 1928 | |
4 | William Malcolm Hailey | 10 August 1928 | 21 December 1928 | |
22 April 1929 | 16 October 1930 | |||
- | George Bancroft Lambert | 16 October 1930 | 19 April 1931 | |
(4) | William Malcolm Hailey | 19 April 1931 | 6 April 1933 | |
- | Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari | 8 April 1933 | 27 November 1933 | |
(4) | William Malcolm Hailey | 27 November 1933 | 5 December 1934 | |
5 | Harry Graham Haig | 6 December 1934 | 1 April 1937 | |
Governors of United Provinces (1 April 1937 – 25 January 1950) | ||||
5 | Harry Graham Haig | 1 April 1937 | 16 May 1938 | |
17 September 1938 | 6 December 1939 | |||
6 | Maurice Garnier Hallett | 7 December 1939 | 6 December 1945 | |
7 | Francis Verner Wylie | 7 December 1945 | 14 August 1947 | |
8 | Sarojini Naidu | 15 August 1947 | 2 March 1949 | |
- | Justice B.B Malik | 3 March 1949 | 1 May 1949 | |
9 | Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi | 2 May 1949 | 25 January 1950 |
# | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office |
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Governors of Uttar Pradesh (26 January 1950–Present) | ||||
1 | Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi | – | 26 January 1950 | 1 June 1952 |
2 | Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi | 2 June 1952 | 9 June 1957 | |
3 | Varahgiri Venkat Giri | 10 June 1957 | 30 June 1960 | |
4 | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao | 1 July 1960 | 15 April 1962 | |
5 | Bishwanath Das | 16 April 1962 | 30 April 1967 | |
6 | Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy | 1 May 1967 | 30 June 1972 | |
– | Justice Shashi Kant Varma [1] | – | 1 July 1972 | 13 November 1972 |
7 | Akbar Ali Khan | – | 14 November 1972 | 24 October 1974 |
8 | Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy | 25 October 1974 | 1 October 1977 | |
9 | Ganpatrao Devji Tapase | – | 2 October 1977 | 27 February 1980 |
10 | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh | 28 February 1980 | 31 March 1985 | |
11 | Mohammed Usman Arif | – | 31 March 1985 | 11 February 1990 |
12 | B. Satya Narayan Reddy | – | 12 February 1990 | 25 May 1993 |
13 | Motilal Vora | 26 May 1993 | 3 May 1996 | |
– | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | – | 3 May 1996 | 19 July 1996 |
14 | Romesh Bhandari | – | 19 July 1996 | 17 March 1998 |
– | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi | – | 17 March 1998 | 19 April 1998 |
15 | Suraj Bhan | – | 20 April 1998 | 23 November 2000 |
16 | Vishnu Kant Shastri | – | 24 November 2000 | 2 July 2004 |
– | Sudarshan Agrawal | 3 July 2004 | 7 July 2004 | |
17 | T. V. Rajeswar | 8 July 2004 | 27 July 2009 | |
18 | Banwari Lal Joshi | 28 July 2009 | 17 June 2014 | |
– | Dr. Aziz Qureshi | 17 June 2014 | 22 July 2014 | |
19 | Ram Naik | 22 July 2014 | 28 July 2019 | |
20 | Anandiben Patel | 29 July 2019 | Incumbent | |
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