List of current Indian governors
In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of the Constitution of the Republic of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states. They rank 4th in the order of the precedence of India. The governor is appointed by the President of the Republic of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the president's pleasure. They also may not have the 5 years term and is seen very rarely.
The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the chief minister, which thus holds de facto executive authority at the state-level. This situation is analogous to that of the President and the Prime Minister at the national level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend president's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent.[1] Acharya Devvrat, the Governor of Gujarat, is currently the longest-serving officeholder. The recent-most sworn-in governor is Goa's Ashok Gajapathi Raju. Two governors are currently holding additional charge of two different states. Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Governor of Manipur holding the additional charge as Governor of Nagaland, while Acharya Devvrat, the Governor of Gujarat holds the additional charge as Governor of Maharashtra. Anandiben Patel, the Governor of Uttar Pradesh (aged 84 years) is the oldest whereas Ajay Kumar Bhalla, the Governor of Manipur and Nagaland (aged 65 years) is the youngest. Governors of Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand were appointed by Former President Ram Nath Kovind. Governors of the rest states (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Telangana, West Bengal and Tripura) were appointed by incumbent President of India Droupadi Murmu.
List of current governors
| State | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Term length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh
(list) |
|
Syed Abdul Nazeer | 24 February 2023 | 2 years, 361 days |
| Arunachal Pradesh
(list) |
|
Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik | 16 February 2023 | 3 years, 4 days |
| Assam
(list) |
.jpg)
|
Lakshman Acharya | 30 July 2024 | 1 year, 205 days |
| Bihar
(list) |
|
Arif Mohammad Khan | 2 January 2025 | 1 year, 49 days |
| Chhattisgarh(list) | .jpg)
|
Ramen Deka | 31 July 2024 | 1 year, 204 days |
| Goa
(list) |
.jpg)
|
Ashok Gajapathi Raju | 26 July 2025 | 209 days |
| Gujarat
(list) |
|
Acharya Dev Vrat | 22 July 2019 | 6 years, 213 days |
| Haryana
(list) |
|
Ashim Kumar Ghosh | 21 July 2025 | 214 days |
| Himachal Pradesh
(list) |
|
Shiv Pratap Shukla | 18 February 2023 | 3 years, 2 days |
| Jharkhand
(list) |
.jpg)
|
Santosh Kumar Gangwar | 31 July 2024 | 1 year, 204 days |
| Karnataka
(list) |
|
Thawar Chand Gehlot | 11 July 2021 | 4 years, 224 days |
| Kerala
(list) |
|
Rajendra Arlekar | 2 January 2025 | 1 year, 49 days |
| Madhya Pradesh | .jpg)
|
Mangubhai Chagganbhai Patel | 8 July 2021 | 4 years, 227 days |
| Maharashtra
(list) |
|
Acharya Dev Vrat (additional charge) |
15 September 2025 | 158 days |
| Manipur
(list) |
.jpg)
|
Ajay Kumar Bhalla | 3 January 2025 | 1 year, 48 days |
| Meghalaya
(list) |
|
C. H. Vijayashankar | 30 July 2024 | 1 year, 205 days |
| Mizoram
(list) |
|
V. K. Singh | 16 January 2025 | 1 year, 35 days |
| Nagaland
(list) |
|
Ajay Kumar Bhalla (additional charge) |
25 August 2025 | 179 days |
| Odisha
(list) |
|
Kambhampati Hari Babu | 3 January 2025 | 1 year, 48 days |
| Punjab
(list) |
|
Gulab Chand Kataria | 31 July 2024 | 1 year, 204 days |
| Rajasthan
(list) |
.jpg)
|
Haribhau Bagade | 31 July 2024 | 1 year, 204 days |
| Sikkim
(list) |
|
Om Prakash Mathur | 31 July 2024 | 1 year, 204 days |
| Tamil Nadu
(list) |
|
R. N. Ravi | 18 September 2021 | 4 years, 155 days |
| Telangana
(list) |
.jpg)
|
Jishnu Dev Varma | 31 July 2024 | 1 year, 204 days |
| Tripura
(list) |
|
N. Indrasena Reddy | 26 October 2023 | 2 years, 117 days |
| Uttar Pradesh
(list) |
.jpg)
|
Anandiben Patel | 29 July 2019 | 6 years, 206 days |
| Uttarakhand
(list) |
|
Gurmit Singh | 15 September 2021 | 4 years, 158 days |
| West Bengal
(list) |
|
C. V. Ananda Bose | 18 November 2022 | 3 years, 94 days |
See also
- List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- List of current Indian deputy chief ministers
- List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons
- List of current Indian opposition leaders
- List of current Indian chief justices
- List of presidents of India
- List of governors-general of India
- List of Prime Ministers of India
References
- ^ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44.