List of governors of Andhra Pradesh
| Governor of Andhra Pradesh
ĀndhraPradēś Governoru | |
|---|---|
| Style | His/Her Excellency |
| Status | Head of State |
| Reports to | President of India Government of India |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Precursor | Governor of Andhra State |
| Inaugural holder | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi |
| Formation | 1 November 1956 |
| Salary | ₹350,000 (US$4,600) (per month) |
| Website | www |
This is a list of governors of Andhra Pradesh in office since 1953.
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Governors of Andhra State (1953–1956)
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980) |
Bombay State | 1 October 1953 |
31 October 1956 |
3 years, 30 days | Rajendra Prasad | |
Governors of Andhra Pradesh (1956–present)
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980) |
Bombay State | 1 November 1956 |
31 July 1957 |
272 days | Rajendra Prasad | |
| 2 | Bhim Sen Sachar (1894–1978) |
Punjab | 1 August 1957 |
7 September 1962 |
5 years, 37 days | ||
| 3 | General S. M. Shrinagesh (Retd) (1903–1977) |
Maharashtra | 8 September 1962 |
3 May 1964[§][lower-greek 1] |
1 year, 238 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | |
| 4 | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (1885–1970) |
Kerala | 4 May 1964 |
11 April 1968 |
3 years, 343 days | ||
| 5 | Khandubhai Kasanji Desai (1898–1975) |
Gujarat | 11 April 1968 |
25 January 1975[‡] |
6 years, 289 days | Zakir Husain | |
| – | Justice S. Obul Reddy (1916–1996) Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court (Acting) |
Andhra Pradesh | 25 January 1975 |
9 January 1976 |
349 days | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | |
| 6 | Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982) |
Rajasthan | 10 January 1976 |
15 June 1976[§][lower-greek 2] |
157 days | ||
| 7 | Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare (1916–1988) |
Maharashtra | 16 June 1976 |
16 February 1977[‡] |
245 days | ||
| – | Justice B. J. Divan (1919–2012) Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court (Acting) |
Gujarat | 17 February 1977 |
4 May 1977 |
76 days | B. D. Jatti | |
| 8 | Sharda Mukherjee (1919–2007) |
Maharashtra | 5 May 1977 |
14 August 1978[§][lower-greek 3] |
1 year, 101 days | ||
| 9 | K. C. Abraham (1899–1986) |
Kerala | 15 August 1978 |
14 August 1983 |
4 years, 364 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | |
| 10 | Thakur Ram Lal (1929–2002) |
Himachal Pradesh | 15 August 1983 |
29 August 1984 |
1 year, 14 days | Zail Singh | |
| 11 | Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999) |
Madhya Pradesh | 29 August 1984 |
26 November 1985[§][lower-greek 4] |
1 year, 89 days | ||
| 12 | Kumudben Joshi (1934–2022) |
Gujarat | 26 November 1985 |
7 February 1990[‡] |
4 years, 73 days | ||
| 13 | Krishan Kant (1927–2002) |
Punjab | 7 February 1990 |
21 August 1997[‡][lower-greek 5] |
7 years, 195 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | |
| – | Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001) Governor of Orissa (Additional Charge) |
Tamil Nadu | 22 August 1997 |
23 November 1997 |
93 days | K. R. Narayanan | |
| 14 | C. Rangarajan (born 1932) |
Tamil Nadu | 24 November 1997 |
3 January 2003 |
5 years, 40 days | ||
| 15 | Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017) |
Punjab | 3 January 2003 |
3 November 2004[§][lower-greek 2] |
1 year, 305 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| 16 | Sushilkumar Shinde (born 1941) |
Maharashtra | 4 November 2004 |
29 January 2006[‡] |
1 year, 86 days | ||
| – | Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015) Governor of Orissa (Additional Charge) |
Jharkhand | 29 January 2006 |
22 August 2007[§][lower-greek 6] |
1 year, 205 days | ||
| 17 | Narayan Dutt Tiwari (1925–2018) |
Uttarakhand | 22 August 2007 |
27 December 2009[‡] |
2 years, 127 days | Pratibha Patil | |
| – | E. S. L. Narasimhan IPS (Retd) (born 1945) Governor of Chhattisgarh until 22 January 2010 |
Tamil Nadu | 27 December 2009 |
22 January 2010 |
9 years, 208 days | ||
| 18 | 23 January 2010 |
23 July 2019[lower-greek 7] | |||||
| 19 | Biswabhusan Harichandan (born 1934) |
Odisha | 24 July 2019 |
23 February 2023[§][lower-greek 8] |
3 years, 214 days | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| 20 | Justice (Retd) Syed Abdul Nazeer (born 1958) |
Karnataka | 24 February 2023 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 202 days | Droupadi Murmu | |
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Madras State
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Gujarat
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh
- ↑ Resigned to become the Vice President of India
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Karnataka
- ↑ Also held additional charge of the Governor of Telangana from 2 June 2014
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Chhattisgarh