The governor of Andhra Pradesh is the head of state of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. This is a list of governors of Andhra Pradesh, including Andhra State and united Andhra Pradesh, in office from 1953 to the present date. The official residence of the governor is the Raj Bhavan, situated in Vijayawada. E. S. L. Narasimhan is the longest serving governor. The current incumbent is S. Abdul Nazeer since 13 February 2023.
List
List of governors of Andhra state
Governors of Andhra State, Andhra State consisted of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. This state was carved out of Madras State in 1953.
Data from Andhra Pradesh State Portal.[1]
List of governors of Andhra Pradesh
On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State ceased to exist; its Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions were merged into Mysore State and Bombay State respectively. Its remaining Telugu-speaking portion, was merged with Andhra State to form the new state of United Andhra Pradesh.
The state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014
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Name
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Portrait
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From
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To
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Term length
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Appointed by
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| 1
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Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
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1 November 1956
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1 August 1957
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1,005 days
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Rajendra Prasad
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| 2
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Bhim Sen Sachar
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1 August 1957
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8 September 1962
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1,865 days
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| 3
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Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh
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8 September 1962
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4 May 1964
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605 days
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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| 4
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Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
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4 May 1964
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11 April 1968
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1,439 days
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| 5
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Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
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–
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11 April 1968
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25 January 1975
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2,481 days
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Zakir Husain
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| 6
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S. Obul Reddy
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–
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25 January 1975
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10 January 1976
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351 days
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Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
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| 7
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Mohanlal Sukhadia
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10 January 1976
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16 June 1976
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159 days
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| 8
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Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare
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16 June 1976
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17 February 1977
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247 days
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| 9
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B. J. Divan
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–
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17 February 1977
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5 May 1977
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78 days
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B. D. Jatti
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| 10
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Sharda Mukherjee
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–
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5 May 1977
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15 August 1978
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468 days
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| 11
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K. C. Abraham
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–
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15 August 1978
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15 August 1983
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1,827 days
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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
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| 12
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Thakur Ram Lal
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15 August 1983
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29 August 1984
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381 days
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Giani Zail Singh
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| 13
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Shankar Dayal Sharma
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29 August 1984
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26 November 1985
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455 days
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| 14
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Kumudben Joshi
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26 November 1985
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7 February 1990
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1,535 days
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| 15
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Krishan Kant
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7 February 1990
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22 August 1997
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2,754 days
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R. Venkataraman
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| 16
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Gopala Ramanujam
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–
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22 August 1997
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24 November 1997
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95 days
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K. R. Narayanan
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| 17
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C. Rangarajan
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24 November 1997
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3 January 2003
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1,867 days
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| 18
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Surjit Singh Barnala
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3 January 2003
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4 November 2004
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672 days
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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| 19
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Sushilkumar Shinde
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4 November 2004
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29 January 2006
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452 days
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| 20
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Rameshwar Thakur
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29 January 2006
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22 August 2007
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571 days
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| 21
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N. D. Tiwari
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22 August 2007
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27 December 2009
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859 days
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Pratibha Devisingh Patil
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| Acting
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E. S. L. Narasimhan
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28 December 2009
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22 January 2010
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3,496 days
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| 22
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23 January 2010
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1 June 2014
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| 2 June 2014[note 1][i]
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23 July 2019
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Pranab Mukherjee
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| 23
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Biswabhusan Harichandan
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24 July 2019
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23 February 2023
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1,311days
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Ram Nath Kovind
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| 24
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S. Abdul Nazeer
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24 February 2023
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Incumbent
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Droupadi Murmu
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