Governor of Virgin Islands Guvnah of Virgin Islands
Seal of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Incumbent Albert Bryan since January 7, 2019
Style	Governor (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Status	Head of State Head of Government
Residence	U.S. Virgin Islands Governor's Mansion
Term length	4 years
Constituting instrument	Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands Elective Governor Acts of 1968
Formation	1917 (as Naval Governor) 1931 (as Civil Governor) 1970 (elected Governor)
Deputy	Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands

The Governor of the United States Virgin Islands is the chief executive of the Government of the Virgin Islands whose responsibilities also include making the annual State of the Territory addresses to the Virgin Islands Legislature.

Elected governors (1970–present)

Parties

  Republican (1)   Independent Citizens Movement (1)   Democratic (4)   Independent (3)

No.	Image	Governor (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office		Party
1		Melvin Herbert Evans (1917–1984)	January 1970	January 6, 1975		Republican
2		Cyril Emmanuel King (1921–1978)	January 6, 1975	January 2, 1978		Independent Citizens Movement
3		Juan Francisco Luis (1940–2011)	January 2, 1978	January 5, 1987		Independent Citizens Movement (until 1979)
						Independent (1979 onward)
4		Alexander Anthony Farrelly (1923–2002)	January 5, 1987	January 2, 1995		Democratic
5		Roy Lester Schneider (born 1939)	January 2, 1995	January 4, 1999		Independent [1]
6		Charles Wesley Turnbull (born 1935)	January 4, 1999	January 1, 2007		Democratic
7		John de Jongh (born 1957)	January 1, 2007	January 5, 2015		Democratic
8		Kenneth Mapp (born 1955)	January 5, 2015	January 7, 2019		Independent
9		Albert Bryan (born 1968)	January 7, 2019	Incumbent		Democratic

Living former governors

As of January 2019^[update], four former governors were alive. The most recent governor to die was John David Merwin (1958–1961), on March 17, 2013.