List of governors of Sikkim

The governor of Sikkim is the head of the Indian state of Sikkim. The governor is appointed by the president of India and is the nominal head of the state's executive power. This is a list of the governors of Sikkim. There are 19 governors if governors with additional charge also counted.

Governor of Sikkim
Emblem of Sikkim
Incumbent Om Prakash Mathur since 31 July 2024
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Gangtok
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	B. B. Lal
Formation	18 May 1975; 50 years ago (1975-05-18)
Website	rajbhavansikkim.gov.in

The state of Sikkim is in northeast India.

Powers and functions

See also: Powers and functions of the governor

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 Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
• Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.

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		B. B. Lal ICS (Retd) (1917–2008)	Uttar Pradesh	16 May 1975	9 January 1981	5 years, 238 days	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
2		Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan (1912–1998)	Maharashtra	10 January 1981	17 June 1984	3 years, 159 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
3		Kona Prabhakara Rao (1916–1990)	Andhra Pradesh	18 June 1984	30 May 1985[§][α]	346 days	Zail Singh
–		Bhishma Narain Singh (1933–2018) Governor of Assam (Additional charge)	Bihar	31 May 1985	20 November 1985	173 days
4		T. V. Rajeswar IPS (Retd) (1926–2018)	Tamil Nadu	21 November 1985	1 March 1989[§][β]	3 years, 100 days
5		S. K. Bhatnagar IAS (Retd) (1930–2001)	–	2 March 1989	7 February 1990[‡]	342 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
6		Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani (Retd) PVSM AVSM (1930–2015)	Maharashtra	8 February 1990	20 September 1994	4 years, 224 days
7		P. Shiv Shankar (1929–2017)	Andhra Pradesh	21 September 1994	11 November 1995[§][γ]	1 year, 51 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
–		K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) Governor of West Bengal (Additional charge)	Andhra Pradesh	12 November 1995	9 February 1996	89 days
8		Chaudhary Randhir Singh (1924–2023)	Haryana	10 February 1996	17 May 2001	5 years, 96 days
9		Kidar Nath Sahani (1926–2012)	Delhi	18 May 2001	25 October 2002[§][δ]	1 year, 160 days	K. R. Narayanan
10		V. Rama Rao (1935–2016)	Andhra Pradesh	26 October 2002	12 July 2006	3 years, 259 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
–		R. S. Gavai (1929–2015) Governor of Bihar (Acting)	Maharashtra	13 July 2006	12 August 2006	30 days
(10)		V. Rama Rao (1935–2016)	Andhra Pradesh	13 August 2006	25 October 2007	1 year, 73 days
11		Sudarshan Agarwal (1931–2019)	Punjab	25 October 2007	8 July 2008	257 days	Pratibha Patil
12		Balmiki Prasad Singh (born 1942)	Bihar	9 July 2008	7 April 2010	1 year, 272 days
–		M. K. Narayanan IPS (Retd) (born 1934) Governor of West Bengal (Acting)	Tamil Nadu	7 April 2010	27 April 2010	20 days
(12)		Balmiki Prasad Singh (born 1942)	Bihar	27 April 2010	30 June 2013	3 years, 64 days
13		Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil IAS (Retd) (born 1941)	Maharashtra	20 July 2013	26 August 2018	5 years, 37 days	Pranab Mukherjee
14		Ganga Prasad (born 1939)	Bihar	26 August 2018	15 February 2023	4 years, 173 days	Ram Nath Kovind
15		Lakshman Prasad Acharya (born 1954)	Uttar Pradesh	16 February 2023	30 July 2024[§][ε]	1 year, 165 days	Droupadi Murmu
16		Om Prakash Mathur (born 1952)	Rajasthan	31 July 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 80 days

1. Transferred as the Governor of Maharashtra
2. Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
3. Transferred as the Governor of Kerala
4. Transferred as the Governor of Goa
5. Transferred as the Governor of Assam

See also

• Sikkim
• Chief Minister of Sikkim
• Governors of India