List of governors of Madhya Pradesh

The governor of Madhya Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. There are 22 governors.

Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Emblem of Madhya Pradesh
Incumbent Mangubhai C. Patel since 8 July 2021
Style	His Excellency
Status	Head of State
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Bhopal (primary) Raj Bhavan, Pachmarhi (summer)
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Formation	1 November 1956; 68 years ago (1956-11-01)
Website	http://governor.mp.gov.in

List

Legend

• ^† 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[§][α]	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) PVSM AVSM (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[§][β]	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, 35 days

1. Transferred as the Governor of Orissa
2. Transferred as the Governor of Uttar Pradesh

See also

• Madhya Pradesh
• Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
• Governors of India
• Vindhya Pradesh