In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states. The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure.
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. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon his or her own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the President's assent. Over the years, the exercise of these discretionary powers have given rise to conflict between the elected chief minister and the union government–appointed governor.[1]
State (past governors) |
Name | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) |
Appointed by | Profile link | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andhra Pradesh (list) |
Biswabhusan Harichandan | 24 July 2019 (2 years, 297 days) |
Ram Nath Kovind | [1] | [3] | |
Arunachal Pradesh (list) |
B. D. Mishra | 3 October 2017 (4 years, 226 days) |
[2] | [4] | ||
Assam (list) |
Jagdish Mukhi | 10 October 2017 (4 years, 219 days) |
[3] | [5] | ||
Bihar (list) |
Phagu Chauhan | 29 July 2019 (2 years, 292 days) |
[4] | [6] | ||
Chhattisgarh (list) |
Anusuiya Uikey | 29 July 2019 (2 years, 292 days) |
[5] | [7] | ||
Goa (list) |
P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | 15 July 2021 (306 days) |
[6] | |||
Gujarat (list) |
Acharya Devvrat | 22 July 2019 (2 years, 299 days) |
[7] | [8] | ||
Haryana (list) |
Bandaru Dattatreya | 15 July 2021 (306 days) |
[8] | |||
Himachal Pradesh (list) |
Rajendra Arlekar | 13 July 2021 (308 days) |
[9] | [9] | ||
Jharkhand (list) |
Ramesh Bais | 14 July 2021 (307 days) |
[10] | |||
Karnataka (list) |
Thawar Chand Gehlot | 11 July 2021 (310 days) |
[11] | [10] | ||
Kerala (list) |
Arif Mohammad Khan | 6 September 2019 (2 years, 253 days) |
[12] | [11] | ||
Madhya Pradesh (list) |
Mangubhai C. Patel | 8 July 2021 (313 days) |
[13] | [12] | ||
Maharashtra (list) |
Bhagat Singh Koshyari | 5 September 2019 (2 years, 254 days) |
[14] | [13] | ||
Manipur (list) |
La. Ganesan | 27 August 2021 (263 days) |
[15] | |||
Meghalaya (list) |
Satya Pal Malik | 19 August 2020 (1 year, 271 days) |
[16] | |||
Mizoram (list) |
Kambhampati Hari Babu | 19 July 2021 (302 days) |
[17] | [14] | ||
Nagaland (list) |
Jagdish Mukhi (additional charge) |
17 September 2021 (242 days) |
[18] | |||
Odisha (list) |
Ganeshi Lal | 29 May 2018 (3 years, 353 days) |
[19] | [15] | ||
Punjab (list) |
Banwarilal Purohit | 31 August 2021 (259 days) |
[20] | |||
Rajasthan (list) |
Kalraj Mishra | 9 September 2019 (2 years, 250 days) |
[21] | [16] | ||
Sikkim (list) |
Ganga Prasad | 26 August 2018 (3 years, 264 days) |
[22] | [17] | ||
Tamil Nadu (list) |
R. N. Ravi | 18 September 2021 (241 days) |
[23] | |||
Telangana (list) |
Tamilisai Soundararajan | ![]() |
8 September 2019 (2 years, 251 days) |
[24] | [18] | |
Tripura (list) |
Satyadev Narayan Arya | 14 July 2021 (307 days) |
[25] | |||
Uttar Pradesh (list) |
Anandiben Patel | 29 July 2019 (2 years, 292 days) |
[26] | [19] | ||
Uttarakhand (list) |
Gurmit Singh | 15 September 2021 (244 days) |
[27] | [20] | ||
West Bengal (list) |
Jagdeep Dhankhar | 30 July 2019 (2 years, 291 days) |
[28] | [21] |