List of governors of Uttar Pradesh

The governor of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttara Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The post is preceded by the governor of United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950.

Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Uttara Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla
Emblem of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent Anandiben Patel since 29 July 2019
Style	Her Excellency
Type	Governor
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Lucknow
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	Hormasji Peroshaw Mody
Formation	26 January 1950; 75 years ago (1950-01-26)
Salary	₹470,000 (US$5,600) per month[1]
Website	Governor of Uttar Pradesh

Powers and functions

See also: Powers and functions of the Governor

The governor has:

• 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.

In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Uttar Pradesh is chancellor of the universities of Uttar Pradesh as per the Acts of the Universities.

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		Hormasji Pherozeshah Mody (1881–1969)	Bombay	26 January 1950	1 June 1952	2 years, 127 days	Rajendra Prasad
2		Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887–1971)	Bombay	2 June 1952	9 June 1957	5 years, 7 days
3		V. V. Giri (1894–1980)	Madras	10 June 1957	30 June 1960[§][α]	3 years, 20 days
4		Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (1899–1967)	Andhra Pradesh	1 July 1960	15 April 1962	1 year, 288 days
5		Bishwanath Das (1889–1984)	Orissa	16 April 1962	30 April 1967	5 years, 14 days
6		Bezawada Gopala Reddy (1907–1997)	Andhra Pradesh	1 May 1967	30 June 1972	5 years, 60 days	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
–		Justice Shashi Kanta Verma Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court (Acting)	Uttar Pradesh	1 July 1972	13 November 1972	135 days	V. V. Giri
7		Akbar Ali Khan (1899–1994)	Andhra Pradesh	14 November 1972	24 October 1974[§][β]	1 year, 344 days
8		Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996)	Andhra Pradesh	25 October 1974	1 October 1977[‡]	2 years, 341 days	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
9		Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (1909–1992)	Maharashtra	2 October 1977	27 February 1980[§][γ]	2 years, 148 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
10		Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (1901–1994)	Bihar	28 February 1980	31 March 1985	5 years, 31 days
11		Mohammed Usman Arif (1923–1995)	Rajasthan	31 March 1985	11 February 1990	4 years, 317 days	Zail Singh
12		B. Satya Narayan Reddy (1927–2012)	Andhra Pradesh	12 February 1990	25 May 1993[§][β]	3 years, 102 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
13		Motilal Vora (1928–2020)	Madhya Pradesh	26 May 1993	3 May 1996[‡]	2 years, 343 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
–		Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2016) Governor of Madhya Pradesh (Additional Charge)	Jammu and Kashmir	3 May 1996	19 July 1996	77 days
14		Romesh Bhandari IFS (Retd) (1928–2013)	Punjab	19 July 1996	17 March 1998[‡]	1 year, 241 days
–		Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2016) Governor of Madhya Pradesh (Additional Charge)	Jammu and Kashmir	17 March 1998	19 April 1998	33 days	K. R. Narayanan
15		Suraj Bhan (1928–2006)	Haryana	20 April 1998	23 November 2000[§][δ]	2 years, 217 days
16		Vishnu Kant Shastri (1929–2005)	West Bengal	24 November 2000	2 July 2004[‡]	3 years, 221 days
–		Sudarshan Agarwal (1931–2019) Governor of Uttaranchal (Additional Charge)	Punjab	3 July 2004	7 July 2004	4 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
17		T. V. Rajeswar IPS (Retd) (1926–2018)	Tamil Nadu	8 July 2004	27 July 2009	5 years, 19 days
18		Banwari Lal Joshi IPS (Retd) (1936–2017)	Rajasthan	28 July 2009	17 June 2014[‡]	4 years, 324 days	Pratibha Patil
–		Aziz Qureshi (1941–2024) Governor of Uttarakhand (Additional Charge)	Madhya Pradesh	17 June 2014	22 July 2014	35 days	Pranab Mukherjee
19		Ram Naik (born 1934)	Maharashtra	22 July 2014	28 July 2019	5 years, 6 days
20		Anandiben Patel (born 1941)	Gujarat	29 July 2019	Incumbent	6 years, 18 days	Ram Nath Kovind

1. Transferred as the Governor of Kerala
2. Transferred as the Governor of Orissa
3. Transferred as the Governor of Haryana
4. Transferred as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh

See also

• Uttar Pradesh
• (1732–1857) – Nawabs of Awadh
• (1834–1836) – Governors of Agra
• (1836–1877) – Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces
• (1856–1877) – Chief Commissioners of Oudh
• (1877–1902) – Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh
• (1902–1921) – Lieutenant Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
• (1921–1937) – Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
• (1937–1950) – Governors of the United Provinces
• Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• Governors of India