List of governors of Madhya Pradesh
| Governor of Madhya Pradesh | |
|---|---|
Emblem of Madhya Pradesh | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Status | Head of State |
| Residence |
|
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | Pattabhi Sitaramayya |
| Formation | 1 November 1956 |
| Website | http://governor.mp.gov.in |
Here is the List of governors of Madhya Pradesh.
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 | 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) Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/IND" does not exist. (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 | ||
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Orissa
- ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh