Governor of Rajasthan
Incumbent
Kalraj Mishra
since 9 September 2019
StyleHonourable(s.2012)
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Jaipur
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthFive Years
Formation30 May 1949; 74 years ago (1949-05-30)
Websiterajbhawan.rajasthan.gov.in

The Governor of Rajasthan is the nominal head of state and the representative of the President of India of the state of Rajasthan. The governor's powers are mostly ceremonial and the executive powers of the governor are exercised by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, who is the head of the executive of the state government of Rajasthan. The following is a list of governors of Rajasthan.[1][2][3]

The incumbent, Kalraj Mishra has served as the Governor of Rajasthan since 9 September 2019.

Governors of Rajasthan

N Portrait Name Took office Left office
1 Maharaj Man Singh II (Rajpramukh) 30 March 1949 31 October 1956
2 Gurumukh Nihal Singh 1 November 1956 16 April 1962
3 Sampurnanand 16 April 1962 16 April 1967
4 Sardar Hukam Singh 16 April 1967 1 July 1972
5 Sardar Jogendra Singh 1 July 1972 15 February 1977
6 Vedpal Tyagi 15 February 1977 11 May 1977
7 Raghukul Tilak 17 May 1977 8 August 1981
8 K. D. Sharma 8 August 1981 6 March 1982
9 Om Prakash Mehra 6 March 1982 4 January 1985
10 Vasantdada Patil 20 November 1985 15 October 1987
11 Sukhdev Prasad 20 February 1988 3 February 1990
12 Milap Chand Jain 3 February 1990 14 February 1990
13 Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya 14 February 1990 26 August 1991
14 Sarup Singh 26 August 1991 5 February 1992
15 Marri Chenna Reddy 5 February 1992 31 May 1993
16 Dhanik Lal Mandal 31 May 1993 30 June 1993
17 Bali Ram Bhagat 30 June 1993 1 May 1998
18 Darbara Singh 1 May 1998 24 May 1998
19 Navrang Lal Tibrewal 25 May 1998 16 January 1999
20 Anshuman Singh 16 January 1999 14 May 2003
21 Nirmal Chandra Jain 14 May 2003 22 September 2003
22 Kailashpati Mishra 22 September 2003 14 January 2004
23 Madan Lal Khurana 14 January 2004 1 November 2004
24 T. V. Rajeswar 1 November 2004 8 November 2004
25 Pratibha Patil 8 November 2004 21 June 2007
26 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai 21 June 2007 6 September 2007
27 S. K. Singh 6 September 2007 1 December 2009
28 Prabha Rau 2 December 2009 24 January 2010
25 January 2010[4] 26 April 2010
29 Shivraj Patil 26 April 2010 12 May 2012
30 Margaret Alva 12 May 2012 7 August 2014
31 Ram Naik 8 August 2014 3 September 2014
32 Kalyan Singh 4 September 2014 8 September 2019
33 Kalraj Mishra 9 September 2019 Incumbent

Notes

  1. ^ "Previous Governor". Government of Rajasthan. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Photo Gallery of Governors". Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. ^ Cahoon, Ben. "States of India since 1947". Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  4. ^ "President appoints Governors". Press Information Bureau, New Delhi Press release dated 16 January 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

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