List of governors of Jharkhand
| Governor of Jharkhand | |
|---|---|
Emblem of Jharkhand | |
| Style | His/Her Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan; Ranchi |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | Prabhat Kumar |
| Formation | 15 November 2000 |
| Website | rajbhavanjharkhand |
This is a list of governors of Jharkhand since its inception on 15 November 2000.
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 | Prabhat Kumar IAS (Retd) (born 1940) |
Uttar Pradesh | 15 November 2000 |
3 February 2002[‡] |
1 year, 80 days | K. R. Narayanan | |
| – | Vinod Chandra Pande IAS (Retd) (1938–2005) Governor of Bihar (Additional Charge) |
Uttar Pradesh | 4 February 2002 |
14 July 2002 |
160 days | ||
| 2 | Justice (Retd) Mandagadde Rama Jois (1931–2021) |
Karnataka | 15 July 2002 |
11 June 2003[§][lower-greek 1] |
331 days | ||
| 3 | Ved Marwah IPS (Retd) (1934–2020) |
Delhi | 12 June 2003 |
9 December 2004 |
1 year, 180 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| 4 | Syed Sibtey Razi (1939–2022) |
Uttar Pradesh | 10 December 2004 |
25 July 2009[§][lower-greek 2] |
4 years, 227 days | ||
| 5 | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) |
Kerala | 26 July 2009 |
21 January 2010[§][lower-greek 3] |
179 days | Pratibha Patil | |
| 6 | M. O. H. Farook (1937–2012) |
Puducherry | 22 January 2010 |
4 September 2011[§][lower-greek 4] |
1 year, 225 days | ||
| 7 | Syed Ahmed (1943–2015) |
Maharashtra | 4 September 2011 |
17 May 2015[§][lower-greek 5] |
3 years, 255 days | ||
| 8 | Droupadi Murmu (born 1958) |
Odisha | 18 May 2015 |
13 July 2021 |
6 years, 56 days | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| 9 | Ramesh Bais (born 1947) |
Chhattisgarh | 14 July 2021 |
17 February 2023[§][lower-greek 3] |
1 year, 218 days | Ram Nath Kovind | |
| 10 | C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 1957) |
Tamil Nadu | 18 February 2023 |
30 July 2024[§][lower-greek 3] |
1 year, 163 days | Droupadi Murmu | |
| 11 | Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) |
Uttar Pradesh | 31 July 2024 |
Incumbent | 1 year, 38 days | ||
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Bihar
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Assam
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Transferred as the Governor of Maharashtra
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Kerala
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Manipur