List of governors of Madhya Pradesh

Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Emblem of Madhya Pradesh
Incumbent
Mangubhai C. Patel

since 8 July 2021
StyleHis Excellency
StatusHead of State
Residence
  • Raj Bhavan, Bhopal (primary)
  • Raj Bhavan, Pachmarhi (summer)
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holderPattabhi Sitaramayya
Formation1 November 1956 (1956-11-01)
Websitehttp://governor.mp.gov.in

Here is the List of governors of Madhya Pradesh.

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
1 Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(1880–1959)
Andhra Pradesh 1 November
1956
13 June
1957[‡]
224 days Rajendra Prasad
2 Hari Vinayak Pataskar
(1892–1970)
Bombay State 14 June
1957
10 February
1965
7 years, 241 days
3 K. Chengalaraya Reddy
(1902–1976)
Mysore State 11 February
1965
2 February
1966
356 days Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Justice
P. V. Dixit
Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh High Court
(Acting)
Madhya Pradesh 3 February
1966
9 February
1966
6 days
(3) K. Chengalaraya Reddy
(1902–1976)
Mysore State 10 February
1966
7 March
1971
5 years, 25 days
4 Satya Narayan Sinha
(1900–1983)
Bihar 8 March
1971
13 October
1977
6 years, 219 days V. V. Giri
5 N. N. Wanchoo
ICS (Retd)
(1910–1982)
Madhya Pradesh 14 October
1977
16 August
1978
306 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
6 C. M. Poonacha
(1910–1990)
Karnataka 17 August
1978
29 April
1980[§][lower-greek 1]
1 year, 256 days
7 Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
(1918–1993)
Haryana 30 April
1980
25 May
1981
1 year, 25 days
Justice
Guru Prasanna Singh
(1922–2013)
Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh High Court

(Acting)
Madhya Pradesh 26 May
1981
9 July
1981
44 days
(7) Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
(1918–1993)
Haryana 10 July
1981
20 September
1983
2 years, 72 days
Justice
Guru Prasanna Singh
(1922–2013)
Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh High Court

(Acting)
Madhya Pradesh 21 September
1983
7 October
1983
16 days Zail Singh
8 Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
(1918–1993)
Haryana 8 October
1983
14 May
1984
219 days
9 K. M. Chandy
(1921–1998)
Kerala 15 May
1984
30 November
1987
3 years, 199 days
Justice
Narayan Dutta Ojha
(1926–?)
Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh High Court

(Acting)
Madhya Pradesh 1 December
1987
29 December
1987
28 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
10 K. M. Chandy
(1921–1998)
Kerala 30 December
1987
30 March
1989
1 year, 90 days
11 Sarla Grewal
IAS (Retd)
(1927–2002)
Punjab 31 March
1989
5 February
1990[‡]
311 days
12 Kunwar Mahmud Ali Khan
(1920–2001)
Uttar Pradesh 6 February
1990
23 June
1993[‡]
3 years, 137 days
13 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
(1928–2016)
Jammu and Kashmir 24 June
1993
21 April
1998
4 years, 301 days Shankar Dayal Sharma
14 Bhai Mahavir
(1922–2016)
Punjab 22 April
1998
7 May
2003
5 years, 15 days K. R. Narayanan
15 Ram Prakash Gupta
(1923–2004)
Uttar Pradesh 7 May
2003
1 May
2004[†]
360 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Lieutenant General
Krishna Mohan Seth (Retd)
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(born 1939)
Governor of Chhattisgarh

(Additional Charge)
Uttar Pradesh 2 May
2004
29 June
2004
58 days
16 Balram Jakhar
(1923–2016)
Punjab 30 June
2004
30 June
2009
5 years, 0 days
17 Rameshwar Thakur
(1925–2015)
Jharkhand 30 June
2009
8 September
2011
2 years, 70 days Pratibha Patil
18 Ram Naresh Yadav
(1928–2016)
Uttar Pradesh 8 September
2011
8 September
2016
5 years, 0 days
Om Prakash Kohli
(1935–2023)
Governor of Gujarat

(Additional Charge)
Delhi 8 September
2016
23 January
2018
1 year, 137 days Pranab Mukherjee
19 Anandiben Patel
(born 1941)
Gujarat 23 January
2018
28 July
2019[§][lower-greek 2]
1 year, 186 days Ram Nath Kovind
20 Lalji Tandon
(1935–2020)
Uttar Pradesh 29 July
2019
1 July
2020[†]
338 days
Anandiben Patel
(born 1941)
Governor of Uttar Pradesh

(Additional Charge)
Gujarat 1 July
2020
8 July
2021
1 year, 7 days
21 Mangubhai C. Patel
(born 1950)
Gujarat 8 July
2021
Incumbent 4 years, 72 days
  1. Transferred as the Governor of Orissa
  2. Transferred as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh

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