Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent
Anandiben Patel
since 29 July 2019
StyleHer Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Lucknow
AppointerPresident of India
Term length5 Years
Inaugural holderSarojini Naidu
(Independent India)
Sir Harcourt Butler
(Pre-Independent India)
Formation3 January 1921; 102 years ago (1921-01-03)
WebsiteGovernor of Uttar Pradesh

The governor of Uttar Pradesh is the constitutional head and representative of the president of India in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of 5 years. The post is preceded by the governor of United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as Independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950.

Powers and functions

The governor has:

See also: Powers and functions of the Governor

In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Uttar Pradesh is chancellor of the universities of Uttar Pradesh as per the Acts of the Universities.

List of governors of Uttar Pradesh (1950–present)

# Name Portrait Took office Left office
Governors of Uttar Pradesh (26 January 1950–Present)
1 Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi  – 26 January 1950 1 June 1952
2 Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi 2 June 1952 9 June 1957
3 Varahgiri Venkat Giri 10 June 1957 30 June 1960
4 Burgula Ramakrishna Rao 1 July 1960 15 April 1962
5 Bishwanath Das 16 April 1962 30 April 1967
6 Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy 1 May 1967 30 June 1972
Justice Shashi Kant Varma [1]  – 1 July 1972 13 November 1972
7 Akbar Ali Khan  – 14 November 1972 24 October 1974
8 Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy 25 October 1974 1 October 1977
9 Ganpatrao Devji Tapase  – 2 October 1977 27 February 1980
10 Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh 28 February 1980 31 March 1985
11 Mohammed Usman Arif  – 31 March 1985 11 February 1990
12 B. Satya Narayan Reddy  – 12 February 1990 25 May 1993
13 Motilal Vora 26 May 1993 3 May 1996
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi  – 3 May 1996 19 July 1996
14 Romesh Bhandari  – 19 July 1996 17 March 1998
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi  – 17 March 1998 19 April 1998
15 Suraj Bhan  – 20 April 1998 23 November 2000
16 Vishnu Kant Shastri  – 24 November 2000 2 July 2004
Sudarshan Agrawal 3 July 2004 7 July 2004
17 T. V. Rajeswar 8 July 2004 27 July 2009
18 Banwari Lal Joshi 28 July 2009 17 June 2014
Dr. Aziz Qureshi 17 June 2014 22 July 2014
19 Ram Naik 22 July 2014 28 July 2019
20 Anandiben Patel 29 July 2019 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Vidhanparishad". Upvidhanparishad.nic.in. Retrieved 23 April 2019.