List of governors of Goa
| Governor of Goa | |
|---|---|
Emblem of Goa | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Goa, Panaji |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Precursor | Lieutenant Governor of Goa, Daman and Diu |
| Inaugural holder | Gopal Singh |
| Formation | 30 May 1987 |
| Website | www |
The Governor of Goa is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Goa. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years.[1]
List
- Legend
- Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
| # | Portrait | Name (born – died) |
Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer (President) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Gopal Singh (1917–1990) |
Punjab | 30 May 1987 |
17 July 1989[§][lower-greek 1] |
2 years, 48 days | Zail Singh | |
| 2 | Khurshed Alam Khan (1919–2013) |
Uttar Pradesh | 18 July 1989 |
17 March 1991 |
1 year, 242 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | |
| 3 | Bhanu Prakash Singh (1929–2019) |
Madhya Pradesh | 18 March 1991 |
3 April 1994[‡] |
3 years, 16 days | ||
| – | B. Rachaiah (1922–2000) Governor of Kerala (Additional Charge) |
Karnataka | 4 April 1994 |
3 August 1994 |
121 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| 4 | Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001) |
Tamil Nadu | 4 August 1994 |
15 June 1995[§][lower-greek 2] |
315 days | ||
| 5 | Romesh Bhandari IFS (Retd) (1928–2013) |
Punjab | 16 June 1995 |
18 July 1996[§][lower-greek 3] |
1 year, 32 days | ||
| – | P. C. Alexander IAS (Retd) (1921–2011) Governor of Maharashtra (Additional Charge) |
Kerala | 19 July 1996 |
15 January 1998 |
1 year, 180 days | ||
| 6 | T. R. Satishchandran IAS (Retd) (1929–2009) |
Karnataka | 16 January 1998 |
18 April 1998[‡] |
92 days | K. R. Narayanan | |
| 7 | Lieutenant General J. F. R. Jacob (Retd) Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (1921–2016) |
West Bengal | 19 April 1998 |
26 November 1999[§][lower-greek 4] |
1 year, 221 days | ||
| 8 | Mohammed Fazal (1922–2014) |
Uttar Pradesh | 26 November 1999 |
25 October 2002[§][lower-greek 5] |
2 years, 333 days | ||
| 9 | Kidar Nath Sahani (1926–2012) |
Delhi | 26 October 2002 |
2 July 2004[‡] |
1 year, 250 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| – | Mohammed Fazal (1922–2014) Governor of Maharashtra (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 3 July 2004 |
16 July 2004 |
13 days | ||
| 10 | S. C. Jamir (born 1931) |
Nagaland | 17 July 2004 |
20 July 2008[§][lower-greek 5] |
4 years, 3 days | ||
| 11 | Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd) (1929–2018) |
Punjab | 21 July 2008 |
7 September 2011 |
3 years, 48 days | Pratibha Patil | |
| – | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) Governor of Maharashtra (Additional Charge) |
Kerala | 8 September 2011 |
3 May 2012 |
238 days | ||
| 12 | Bharat Vir Wanchoo IPS (Retd) (born 1951) |
Madhya Pradesh | 4 May 2012 |
11 July 2014[‡] |
2 years, 68 days | ||
| – | Margaret Alva (born 1942) Governor of Rajasthan (Additional Charge) |
Karnataka | 12 July 2014 |
5 August 2014 |
24 days | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| – | Om Prakash Kohli (1935–2023) Governor of Gujarat (Additional Charge) |
Delhi | 6 August 2014 |
30 August 2014 |
24 days | ||
| 13 | Mridula Sinha (1942–2020) |
Bihar | 31 August 2014 |
2 November 2019 |
5 years, 63 days | ||
| 14 | Satya Pal Malik (1946–2025) |
Uttar Pradesh | 3 November 2019 |
18 August 2020[§][lower-greek 6] |
289 days | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| – | Bhagat Singh Koshyari (born 1942) Governor of Goa |
Uttarakhand | 18 August 2020 |
14 July 2021 |
322 days | ||
| 15 | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai (born 1954) |
Kerala | 7 July 2021 |
25 July 2025 |
4 years, 18 days | ||
| 16 | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju (born 1951) |
Andhra Pradesh | 26 July 2025 |
Incumbent | 55 days | Droupadi Murmu | |
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Nagaland
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Orissa
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Transferred as the Governor of Maharashtra
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Meghalaya
References
- ↑ "Mridula Sinha sworn-in as Goa Governor". The Hindu. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2015.