List of governors of Himachal Pradesh
| Governor of Himachal Pradesh | |
|---|---|
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Shimla |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | S. Chakravarti, ICS Retd. |
| Formation | 25 January 1971 |
| Website | https://himachalrajbhavan.nic.in |
This is a List of governors of Himachal Pradesh. S. P Shukla is the 22nd Governor of Himachal Pradesh since 18 February 2023.
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 | S. Chakravarti ICS (Retd) |
– | 25 January 1971 |
16 February 1977 |
6 years, 22 days | V. V. Giri | |
| 2 | Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan (1911–1983) |
Rajasthan | 17 February 1977 |
25 August 1981 |
4 years, 189 days | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | |
| 3 | Ashoknath Banerji IAS (Retd) (1929–2006) |
West Bengal | 26 August 1981 |
15 April 1983 |
1 year, 232 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | |
| 4 | Hokishe Sema (1921–2007) |
Nagaland | 16 April 1983 |
7 March 1986[‡] |
2 years, 325 days | Zail Singh | |
| – | Justice Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai (1930–2004) Chief Justice, Himachal Pradesh High Court (Acting) |
Gujarat | 8 March 1986 |
16 April 1986 |
39 days | ||
| 5 | Vice Admiral Rustom K. S. Ghandhi (Retd) Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (1924–2014) |
Maharashtra | 17 April 1986 |
2 December 1987 |
1 year, 229 days | ||
| – | S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014) Governor of Haryana (Acting) |
Uttar Pradesh | 2 December 1987 |
10 January 1988 |
39 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | |
| (5) | Vice Admiral Rustom K. S. Ghandhi (Retd) Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (1924–2014) |
Maharashtra | 11 January 1988 |
20 December 1989 |
1 year, 343 days | ||
| – | Hari Anand Barari IPS (Retd) (1924–2014) Governor of Haryana (Acting) |
West Bengal | 20 December 1989 |
12 January 1990 |
23 days | ||
| (5) | Vice Admiral Rustom K. S. Ghandhi (Retd) Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (1924–2014) |
Maharashtra | 13 January 1990 |
15 February 1990 |
33 days | ||
| 6 | B. Rachaiah (1922–2000) |
Karnataka | 16 February 1990 |
19 December 1990[§][lower-greek 1] |
306 days | ||
| 7 | Virendra Verma (1916–2009) |
Uttar Pradesh | 20 December 1990 |
29 January 1993 |
2 years, 40 days | ||
| – | Surendra Nath IPS (Retd) (1926–1994) Governor of Punjab (Additional Charge) |
Delhi | 30 January 1993 |
10 December 1993 |
314 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| 8 | Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011) |
Bihar | 11 February 1993 |
29 June 1993[§][lower-greek 2] |
138 days | ||
| 9 | Gulsher Ahmed (1921–2002) |
Madhya Pradesh | 30 June 1993 |
26 November 1993[‡] |
149 days | ||
| – | Surendra Nath IPS (Retd) (1926–1994) Governor of Punjab |
Delhi | 27 November 1993 |
9 July 1994[†] |
224 days | ||
| – | Justice Viswanathan Ratnam (1932–2020) Chief Justice, Himachal Pradesh High Court (Acting) |
Tamil Nadu | 10 July 1994 |
30 July 1994 |
20 days | ||
| 9 | Sudhakarrao Naik (1934–2001) |
Maharashtra | 30 July 1994 |
17 September 1995[‡] |
1 year, 49 days | ||
| – | Mahabir Prasad (1939–2010) Governor of Haryana (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 18 September 1995 |
17 November 1995 |
60 days | ||
| 10 | Sheila Kaul (1915–2025) |
Uttar Pradesh | 17 November 1995 |
23 April 1996[‡] |
158 days | ||
| – | Mahabir Prasad (1939–2010) Governor of Haryana (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 23 April 1996 |
25 July 1997 |
1 year, 93 days | ||
| 11 | V. S. Ramadevi IAS (Retd) (1934–2013) |
Andhra Pradesh | 26 July 1997 |
1 December 1999[§][lower-greek 3] |
2 years, 128 days | ||
| 12 | Vishnu Kant Shastri (1929–2005) |
West Bengal | 2 December 1999 |
23 November 2000[§][lower-greek 4] |
357 days | K. R. Narayanan | |
| 13 | Suraj Bhan (1928–2006) |
Haryana | 23 November 2000 |
7 May 2003 |
2 years, 165 days | ||
| 14 | Justice (Retd) Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (born 1939) |
Madhya Pradesh | 8 May 2003 |
19 July 2008 |
5 years, 72 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| 15 | Prabha Rau (1935–2010) |
Maharashtra | 19 July 2008 |
24 January 2010[§][lower-greek 2] |
1 year, 189 days | Pratibha Patil | |
| 16 | Urmila Singh (1946–2018) |
Madhya Pradesh | 25 January 2010 |
28 January 2015 |
5 years, 3 days | ||
| – | Kalyan Singh (1932–2021) Governor of Rajasthan (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 28 January 2015 |
12 August 2015 |
196 days | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| 17 | Acharya Dev Vrat (born 1959) |
Haryana | 12 August 2015 |
21 July 2019[§][lower-greek 5] |
3 years, 343 days | ||
| 18 | Kalraj Mishra (born 1941) |
Uttar Pradesh | 21 July 2019 |
10 September 2019[§][lower-greek 2] |
51 days | Ramnath Kovind | |
| 19 | Bandaru Dattatreya (born 1947) |
Telangana | 11 September 2019 |
13 July 2021[§][lower-greek 6] |
1 year, 305 days | ||
| 20 | Rajendra Arlekar (born 1954) |
Goa | 13 July 2021 |
13 February 2023[§][lower-greek 7] |
1 year, 215 days | ||
| 21 | Shiv Pratap Shukla (born 1952) |
Uttar Pradesh | 13 February 2023 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 218 days | Droupadi Murmu | |
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Kerala
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Transferred as the Governor of Rajasthan
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Karnataka
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Gujarat
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Haryana
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Bihar