Governor of Uttar Pradesh | |
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Style | Her Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan; Lucknow |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | 5 Years |
Inaugural holder | Sarojini Naidu (Independent India) Sir Harcourt Butler (Pre-Independent India) |
Formation | 3 January 1921 |
Website | Governor 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.
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.
# | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office |
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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 |