List of governors of Andhra Pradesh

The governor of Andhra Pradesh is the head of state of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Governors in India have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at the central level. They exist in the state appointed by the president of India and they are not local to the state that they are appointed to govern. The factors based on which the president evaluates the candidates is not mentioned in the constitution. The governor acts as the nominal head whereas the real power lies with the Chief Minister of the state and their council of ministers.This is a list of governors of Andhra Pradesh, including Andhra State and united Andhra Pradesh, in office from 1953 to the present date. The official residence of the governor is the Raj Bhavan, situated in Vijayawada. E. S. L. Narasimhan is the longest serving governor.

Governor of Andhra Pradesh
ĀndhraPradēś Governoru
Incumbent S. Abdul Nazeer since 24 February 2023 (2023-02-24)
Style	His/Her Excellency
Status	Head of State
Reports to	President of India Government of India
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Precursor	Governor of Andhra State
Inaugural holder	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Formation	1 November 1956; 68 years ago (1956-11-01)
Salary	₹350,000 (US$4,100) (per month)
Website	www.rajbhavan.ap.gov.in

The state of Andhra Pradesh in India has had 24 Governors since 1953

The current incumbent is S. Abdul Nazeer since 24 February 2023.

Qualifications

Article 157 and Article 158 of the Constitution of India specify eligibility requirements for the post of governor. They are as follows:

A governor must:

• be a citizen of India.
• be at least 35 years of age.
• not be a member of either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature.
• not hold any office of profit.

Powers and functions

See also: Governors of India § Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

• Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
• Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Saasana Sabha (Legislative Assembly) or Saasana Mandali (Legislative Council), and
• Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Andhra Pradesh is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Andhra Pradesh. The universities include Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Adikavi Nannaya University, Andhra University, Cluster University, Dr. Abdul Haq Urdu University, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Dr. YSR Architecture & Fine Arts University, Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Dravidian University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Anantapur), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Kakinada), Krishna University, Rayalaseema University, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Sri Venkateswara University, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Vikrama Simhapuri University and Yogi Vemana University

List

Legend

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Transferred
• ^‡ Resigned/removed

Color key

•    indicates acting/additional charge

Governors of Andhra State (1953–1956)

#	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
				From	To	Time in office
1		Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980)	Bombay State	1 October 1953	31 October 1956	3 years, 30 days	Rajendra Prasad

Governors of Andhra Pradesh (1956–present)

#	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
				From	To	Time in office
1		Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980)	Bombay State	1 November 1956	31 July 1957	272 days	Rajendra Prasad
2		Bhim Sen Sachar (1894–1978)	Punjab	1 August 1957	7 September 1962	5 years, 37 days
3		General S. M. Shrinagesh (Retd) (1903–1977)	Maharashtra	8 September 1962	3 May 1964[§][α]	1 year, 238 days	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
4		Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (1885–1970)	Kerala	4 May 1964	11 April 1968	3 years, 343 days
5		Khandubhai Kasanji Desai (1898–1975)	Gujarat	11 April 1968	25 January 1975[‡]	6 years, 289 days	Zakir Husain
–		Justice S. Obul Reddy (1916–1996) Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court (Acting)	Andhra Pradesh	25 January 1975	9 January 1976	349 days	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
6		Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982)	Rajasthan	10 January 1976	15 June 1976[§][β]	157 days
7		Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare (1916–1988)	Maharashtra	16 June 1976	16 February 1977[‡]	245 days
–		Justice B. J. Divan (1919–2012) Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court (Acting)	Gujarat	17 February 1977	4 May 1977	76 days	B. D. Jatti
8		Sharda Mukherjee (1919–2007)	Maharashtra	5 May 1977	14 August 1978[§][γ]	1 year, 101 days
9		K. C. Abraham (1899–1986)	Kerala	15 August 1978	14 August 1983	4 years, 364 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
10		Thakur Ram Lal (1929–2002)	Himachal Pradesh	15 August 1983	29 August 1984	1 year, 14 days	Zail Singh
11		Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999)	Madhya Pradesh	29 August 1984	26 November 1985[§][δ]	1 year, 89 days
12		Kumudben Joshi (1934–2022)	Gujarat	26 November 1985	7 February 1990[‡]	4 years, 73 days
13		Krishan Kant (1927–2002)	Punjab	7 February 1990	21 August 1997[‡][ε]	7 years, 195 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
–		Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001) Governor of Orissa (Additional Charge)	Tamil Nadu	22 August 1997	23 November 1997	93 days	K. R. Narayanan
14		C. Rangarajan (born 1932)	Tamil Nadu	24 November 1997	3 January 2003	5 years, 40 days
15		Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017)	Punjab	3 January 2003	3 November 2004[§][β]	1 year, 305 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
16		Sushilkumar Shinde (born 1941)	Maharashtra	4 November 2004	29 January 2006[‡]	1 year, 86 days
–		Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015) Governor of Orissa (Additional Charge)	Jharkhand	29 January 2006	22 August 2007[§][ζ]	1 year, 205 days
17		Narayan Dutt Tiwari (1925–2018)	Uttarakhand	22 August 2007	27 December 2009[‡]	2 years, 127 days	Pratibha Patil
–		E. S. L. Narasimhan IPS (Retd) (born 1945) Governor of Chhattisgarh until 22 January 2010	Tamil Nadu	27 December 2009	22 January 2010	9 years, 208 days
18				23 January 2010	23 July 2019[η]
19		Biswabhusan Harichandan (born 1934)	Odisha	24 July 2019	23 February 2023[§][θ]	3 years, 214 days	Ram Nath Kovind
20		Justice (Retd) Syed Abdul Nazeer (born 1958)	Karnataka	24 February 2023	Incumbent	2 years, 175 days	Droupadi Murmu

1. Transferred as the Governor of Madras State
2. Transferred as the Governor of Tamil Nadu
3. Transferred as the Governor of Gujarat
4. Transferred as the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh
5. Resigned to become the Vice President of India
6. Transferred as the Governor of Karnataka
7. Also held additional charge of the Governor of Telangana from 2 June 2014
8. Transferred as the Governor of Chhattisgarh

Timeline

Timeline of Andhra Pradesh governors

See also

• List of governors of Telangana
• List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh
• List of current Indian governors

Notes