Governor of Maharashtra
Emblem of Maharashtra
Incumbent Ramesh Bais since 18 February 2023
Style	The Honourable (formal) Mr.Governor (informal) His/Her Excellency
Abbreviation	GOM
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Mumbai Raj Bhavan, Nagpur Raj Bhavan, Pune Raj Bhavan, Mahabaleshwar
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five years
Precursor	Governor of Maharashtra
Inaugural holder	Raja Maharaj Singh
Formation	24 March 1943 (80 years ago) (1943-03-24)
Website	Maharashtra Raj Bhavan

The Governor of Maharashtra is the ceremonial head of the state of Maharashtra. The Constitution of India confers the executive powers of the state to the governor, however the de facto executive powers lie with the Council of Ministers.^[1]

Ramesh Bais is the current governor of Maharashtra since February 13, 2023.

Powers and duties

The governor formally appoints many of the state officials, including the advocate general of Bombay, the Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta, the state election commissioner, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, the chairman and members of the Mahtrarashtra State Human Rights Commission, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), the chairmen and members of the three development boards, the sheriff of Bombay, and the state chief information commissioner.

Governors of Maharashtra

This is a list of governors of Maharashtra:^[2]

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Resigned from office
• ^ẟ Removed from office

No.	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Immediate prior position held	Appointed by
				From	To	Time in office
Governor of Bombay State
1		Raja Sir Maharaj Singh CIE CStJ (1878–1959)	Punjab	6 January 1948	30 May 1952	4 years, 145 days	President, All India Conference of Indian Christians	Lord Louis Mountbatten (Governor-General)
2		Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai KCSI KBE CIE (1891–1954)	Uttar Pradesh	30 May 1952	5 December 1954[†]	2 years, 189 days	Secretary-General, Ministry of External Affairs	Rajendra Prasad (President)
–		Justice M. C. Chagla Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1900–1981) (Acting)	Bombay	5 December 1954	2 March 1955	87 days	Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued in office)
3		Harekrushna Mahatab (1899–1987)	Orissa	2 March 1955	14 October 1956[§]	1 year, 226 days	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
–		Justice M. C. Chagla Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1900–1981) (Acting)	Bombay	14 October 1956	10 December 1956	57 days	Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued)
4		Sri Prakasa (1890–1971)	Uttar Pradesh	10 December 1956	30 April 1960	3 years, 142 days	Governor of Madras State
Governor of Maharashtra
(4)		Sri Prakasa (1890–1971)	Uttar Pradesh	1 May 1960	16 April 1962	1 year, 350 days	Governor of Bombay State	Rajendra Prasad (President)
5		P. Subbarayan (1889–1962)	Madras	17 April 1962	6 October 1962[†]	172 days	Union Cabinet Minister for Transport and Communications
–		Justice H. K. Chainani Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1904–1965) (Acting)	Maharashtra	6 October 1962	28 November 1962	53 days	Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued)	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (President)
6		Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990)	Uttar Pradesh	28 November 1962	18 October 1964[§]	1 year, 325 days	High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; Ambassador to Ireland and Spain
–		Justice H. K. Chainani Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1904–1965) (Acting)	Maharashtra	18 October 1964	14 November 1964	27 days	Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued)
7		P. V. Cherian (1893–1969)	Madras	14 November 1964	8 November 1969[†]	4 years, 359 days	Chairman of Madras Legislative Council
–		Justice S. P. Kotval Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1910–1987) (Acting)	Maharashtra	8 November 1969	26 February 1970	110 days	Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued)	V. V. Giri (President)
8		Ali Yavar Jung (1906–1976)	Telangana	26 February 1970	11 December 1976[†]	6 years, 289 days	Ambassador to the United States
–		Justice R. M. Kantawala Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1916–1992) (Acting)	Maharashtra	11 December 1976	30 April 1977	140 days	Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued)	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (President)
9		Sadiq Ali (1910–2001)	Rajasthan	30 April 1977	8 November 1980	3 years, 192 days	President, Indian National Congress (Organisation) (until 1973)	B. D. Jatti (Acting President)
10		Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Om Prakash Mehra PVSM (1919–2015)	Punjab	8 November 1980	5 March 1982	1 year, 117 days	Chief of the Air Staff (until 1976)	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (President)
11		Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Idris Hasan Latif PVSM (1923–2018)	Telangana	6 March 1982	16 April 1985[§]	3 years, 41 days	Chief of the Air Staff (until 1981)
–		Justice Konda Madhava Reddy Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1923–1997) (Acting)	Telangana	16 April 1985	30 May 1985	44 days	Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued)	Zail Singh (President)
12		Kona Prabhakara Rao (1916–1990)	Andhra Pradesh	31 May 1985	2 April 1986	306 days	Governor of Sikkim
13		Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999)	Madhya Pradesh	3 April 1986	2 September 1987[§]	1 year, 152 days	Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh
–		Justice S. K. Desai Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1928–2011) (Acting)	Maharashtra	3 September 1987	2 November 1987	60 days	Judge of Bombay High Court (continued)	R. Venkataraman (President)
–		Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (born 1929) (Acting)	West Bengal	2 November 1987	20 February 1988	110 days}	Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued)
14		Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (1909–1994)	Andhra Pradesh	20 February 1988	18 January 1990[§]	1 year, 332 days	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (until 1984)
–		Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (born 1929) (Acting)	West Bengal	18 January 1990	14 February 1990	27 days	Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued)
15		Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000)	Tamil Nadu	15 February 1990	9 January 1993[§]	2 years, 329 days	Union Cabinet Minister of Defence (until 1980)
16		P. C. Alexander IAS (Retd.) (1921–2011)	Kerala	12 January 1993	13 July 2002[§]	9 years, 182 days	Governor of Tamil Nadu (until 1990)	Shankar Dayal Sharma (President)
–		Justice C. K. Thakker Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (born 1943) (Acting)	Gujarat	13 July 2002	10 October 2002	89 days	Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued)	K. R. Narayanan (President)
17		Mohammed Fazal (1922–2014)	Uttar Pradesh	10 October 2002	5 December 2004	2 years, 56 days	Governor of Goa	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (President)
18		S. M. Krishna (born 1932)	Karnataka	12 December 2004	5 March 2008[§]	3 years, 84 days	Chief Minister of Karnataka (until May 2004)
19		S. C. Jamir (born 1931) (Additional charge until 8 July 2008)	Nagaland	9 March 2008	8 July 2008	1 year, 319 days	Governor of Goa	Pratibha Patil (President)
				8 July 2008	22 January 2010
20		K. Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022)	Kerala	22 January 2010	7 May 2012	4 years, 214 days	Governor of Jharkhand
				7 May 2012	24 August 2014[§]
–		Om Prakash Kohli Governor of Gujarat (1935–2023) (Additional Charge)	Delhi	24 August 2014	30 August 2014	6 days	Governor of Gujarat (continued)	Pranab Mukherjee (President)
21		C. Vidyasagar Rao (born 1941)	Telangana	30 August 2014	4 September 2019	5 years, 5 days	Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry (until 2004)
22		Bhagat Singh Koshyari (born 1942)	Uttarakhand	5 September 2019	17 February 2023[§]	3 years, 165 days	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (until May 2019)	Ram Nath Kovind (President)
23		Ramesh Bais (born 1947)	Chhattisgarh	18 February 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 22 days	Governor of Jharkhand	Droupadi Murmu (President)