List of governors of Kerala

Governor of Kerala
Emblem of Kerala
Incumbent
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
since 2 January 2025 (2025-01-02)
StyleThe Honourable, His Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the president
Formation1 November 1956 (1956-11-01)
Websitewww.rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in

The Governor of Kerala is the constitutional head of state of the southern Indian state of Kerala. The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years. The governor is de jure head of the Government of Kerala.[1]

List

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  • † Died in office
  • § Transferred
  • ‡ Resigned/removed
Color key
  •    indicates acting/additional charge
# Portrait Name
(born – died) 		Home state Tenure in office Appointer
(President)
From To Time in office
– P. S. Rao
(Acting) 		Andhra Pradesh 1 November
1956 		21 November
1956 		20 days Rajendra Prasad
1 Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
(1899–1967) 		Andhra Pradesh 22 November
1956 		1 July
1960[§][lower-greek 1] 		3 years, 222 days
2 V. V. Giri
(1894–1980) 		Madras Presidency 1 July
1960 		2 April
1965[§][lower-greek 2] 		4 years, 275 days
3 Ajit Prasad Jain
(1902–1977) 		Uttar Pradesh 2 April
1965 		6 February
1966[‡] 		310 days Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
4 Bhagwan Sahay
ICS (Retd)
(1905–1986) 		Uttar Pradesh 6 February
1966 		15 May
1967[§][lower-greek 3] 		1 year, 98 days
5 V. Viswanathan
ICS (Retd)
(1909–1987) 		Kerala 15 May
1967 		1 April
1973 		5 years, 321 days Zakir Husain
6 N. N. Wanchoo
ICS (Retd)
(1910–1982) 		Madhya Pradesh 1 April
1973 		10 October
1977[§][lower-greek 4] 		4 years, 192 days V. V. Giri
7 Jothi Venkatachalam
(1917–?) 		Tamil Nadu 14 October
1977 		27 October
1982 		5 years, 13 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
8 P. Ramachandran
(1921–2001) 		Tamil Nadu 27 October
1982 		23 February
1988 		5 years, 119 days Zail Singh
9 Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922–1994) 		Bihar 23 February
1988 		12 February
1990[‡] 		1 year, 354 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
10 Sarup Singh
(1917–2003) 		Haryana 12 February
1990 		20 December
1990[§][lower-greek 5] 		311 days
11 B. Rachaiah
(1922–2000) 		Karnataka 20 December
1990 		15 April
1995 		4 years, 116 days
– Gopala Ramanujam
(1915–2001)
Governor of Orissa
(Acting) 		Tamil Nadu 15 April
1995 		30 April
1995 		15 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
(11) B. Rachaiah
(1922–2000) 		Karnataka 1 May
1995 		11 November
1995 		194 days
12 P. Shiv Shankar
(1929–2017) 		Andhra Pradesh 12 November
1995 		4 May
1996[‡] 		171 days
– Khurshed Alam Khan
(1919–2013)
Governor of Karnataka
(Additional Charge) 		Uttar Pradesh 5 May
1996 		25 January
1997 		265 days
13 Justice (Retd)
Sukhdev Singh Kang
(1931–2012) 		Punjab 25 January
1997 		29 February
2000 		3 years, 35 days
– C. Rangarajan
(born 1932)
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
(Acting) 		Tamil Nadu 29 February
2000 		23 April
2000 		54 days K. R. Narayanan
(13) Justice (Retd)
Sukhdev Singh Kang
(1931–2012) 		Punjab 23 April
2000 		19 October
2000 		179 days
– C. Rangarajan
(born 1932)
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
(Acting) 		Tamil Nadu 19 October
2000 		7 November
2000 		19 days
(13) Justice (Retd)
Sukhdev Singh Kang
(1931–2012) 		Punjab 7 November
2000 		14 September
2001 		311 days
– Mohammed Fazal
(1922–2014)
Governor of Goa
(Acting) 		Uttar Pradesh 14 September
2001 		28 September
2001 		14 days
(13) Justice (Retd)
Sukhdev Singh Kang
(1931–2012) 		Punjab 28 September
2001 		16 February
2002 		141 days
– C. Rangarajan
(born 1932)
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
(Acting) 		Tamil Nadu 16 February
2002 		28 February
2002 		12 days
(13) Justice (Retd)
Sukhdev Singh Kang
(1931–2012) 		Punjab 28 February
2002 		18 April
2002 		49 days
14 Sikander Bakht
(1918–2004) 		National Capital Territory of Delhi 18 April
2002 		23 February
2004[†] 		1 year, 311 days
– T. N. Chaturvedi
IAS (Retd)
(1928–2020)
Governor of Karnataka
(Additional Charge) 		Uttar Pradesh 25 February
2004 		23 June
2004 		119 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
15 R. L. Bhatia
(1920–2021) 		Punjab 23 June
2004 		10 July
2008[§][lower-greek 6] 		4 years, 17 days
16 R. S. Gavai
(1929–2015) 		Maharashtra 11 July
2008 		7 September
2011 		3 years, 58 days Pratibha Patil
17 M. O. H. Farook
(1937–2012) 		Puducherry 8 September
2011 		26 January
2012[†] 		140 days
– H. R. Bhardwaj
(1939–2020)
Governor of Karnataka
(Additional Charge) 		Punjab 26 January
2012 		22 March
2013 		1 year, 55 days
18 Nikhil Kumar
IPS (Retd)
(born 1941) 		Bihar 23 March
2013 		5 March
2014[‡][lower-greek 7] 		347 days Pranab Mukherjee
19 Sheila Dikshit
(1938–2019) 		National Capital Territory of Delhi 5 March
2014 		5 September
2014[‡] 		184 days
20 Justice (Retd)
P. Sathasivam
(born 1949) 		Tamil Nadu 5 September
2014 		5 September
2019 		5 years, 0 days
21 Arif Mohammad Khan
(born 1951) 		Uttar Pradesh 6 September
2019 		1 January
2025[§][lower-greek 6] 		5 years, 117 days Ram Nath Kovind
22 Rajendra Arlekar
(born 1954) 		Goa 2 January
2025 		Incumbent 255 days Droupadi Murmu
  1. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh
  2. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Mysore State
  3. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
  4. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh
  5. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Gujarat
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Transferred as the Governor of Bihar
  7. ↑ Resigned to contest in the 2014 general election

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Kerala as well.




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