List of governors of Haryana

Governor of Haryana
Emblem of Haryana
Incumbent
Ashim Kumar Ghosh

since 21 July 2025
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Chandigarh
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holderDharma Vira
Formation1 November 1966 (1966-11-01)
Websitehttp://haryanarajbhavan.gov.in

This is a list of governors of the Indian state of Haryana, which was carved out from Punjab on 1 November 1966.

List

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# Portrait Name
(born – died)
Home state Tenure in office Appointer
(President)
From To Time in office
1 Dharma Vira
ICS (Retd)
(1906–2000)
Governor of Punjab
Uttar Pradesh 1 November
1966
14 September
1967[§][lower-greek 1]
317 days Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2 Birendra Narayan Chakraborty
ICS (Retd)
(1904–1976)
West Bengal 15 September
1967
26 March
1976[†]
8 years, 193 days Zakir Husain
Justice
Ranjit Singh Narula
(1908–2005)
Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court
Punjab 27 March
1976
13 August
1976
139 days Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
3 Jaisukh Lal Hathi
(1909–1982)
Gujarat 14 August
1976
23 September
1977[§][lower-greek 2]
1 year, 40 days
4 Harcharan Singh Brar
(1922–2009)
Punjab 24 September
1977
9 December
1979[‡]
2 years, 76 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Justice
Surjit Singh Sandhawalia
(1925–2007)
Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court
Punjab 10 December
1979
27 February
1980
79 days
5 Ganpatrao Devji Tapase
(1909–1992)
Maharashtra 28 February
1980
13 June
1984
4 years, 106 days
6 S. M. H. Burney
IAS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
Uttar Pradesh 14 June
1984
21 February
1988
3 years, 252 days Zail Singh
7 Hari Anand Barari
IPS (Retd)
(1924–2014)
West Bengal 22 February
1988
6 February
1990[‡]
1 year, 349 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
8 Dhanik Lal Mandal
(1932–2022)
Bihar 7 February
1990
13 June
1995
5 years, 126 days
9 Mahabir Prasad
(1939–2010)
Uttar Pradesh 14 June
1995
18 June
2000
5 years, 4 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
10 Babu Parmanand
(1932–2008)
Jammu and Kashmir 19 June
2000
1 July
2004[‡]
4 years, 12 days K. R. Narayanan
Justice (Retd)
Om Prakash Verma
(1937–2015)
Governor of Punjab
Uttar Pradesh 2 July
2004
7 July
2004
5 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
11 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
(1921–2016)
Delhi 7 July
2004
27 July
2009
5 years, 20 days
12 Jagannath Pahadia
(1932–2021)
Rajasthan 27 July
2009
26 July
2014
4 years, 364 days Pratibha Patil
13 Kaptan Singh Solanki
(born 1939)
Madhya Pradesh 27 July
2014
25 August
2018[§][lower-greek 3]
4 years, 29 days Pranab Mukherjee
14 Satyadev Narayan Arya
(born 1939)
Bihar 25 August
2018
6 July
2021[§][lower-greek 3]
2 years, 315 days Ram Nath Kovind
15 Bandaru Dattatreya
(born 1947)
Telangana 7 July
2021
20 July
2025
4 years, 13 days
16 Ashim Kumar Ghosh
(born 1944)
West Bengal 21 July
2025
Incumbent 55 days Droupadi Murmu
  1. Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
  2. Transferred as the Governor of Punjab
  3. 3.0 3.1 Transferred as the Governor of Tripura

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