List of governors of Gujarat

The governor of Gujarat is the nominal head of the Indian state of Gujarat. The governor is appointed by the president of India and resides in Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar. Acharya Devvrat took charge as the 24th governor on 22 July 2019.

Governor of Gujarat
Emblem of Gujarat
Incumbent Acharya Devvrat since 21 July 2019
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Gandhinagar
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	Mehdi Nawaz Jung
Formation	1 May 1960; 65 years ago (1960-05-01)
Website	https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in

Gujarat is in western India.

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

List of governors

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		Nawab Mehdi Nawaz Jung (1894–1967)	Andhra Pradesh	1 May 1960	1 August 1965	5 years, 92 days	Rajendra Prasad
2		Nityanand Kanungo (1900–1988)	Orissa	1 August 1965	6 December 1967[§][α]	2 years, 127 days	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
–		Justice P. N. Bhagwati (1921–2017) Chief Justice, Gujarat High Court (Acting)	Gujarat	7 December 1967	26 December 1967	19 days	Zakir Husain
3		Shriman Narayan (1912–1974)	Madhya Pradesh	26 December 1967	17 March 1973	5 years, 81 days
–		Justice P. N. Bhagwati (1921–2017) Chief Justice, Gujarat High Court (Acting)	Gujarat	17 March 1973	4 April 1973	18 days	V. V. Giri
4		K. K. Viswanathan (1914–1992)	Kerala	4 April 1973	13 August 1978	5 years, 131 days
5		Sharda Mukherjee (1919–2007)	Maharashtra	14 August 1978	6 August 1983	4 years, 357 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
6		Professor K. M. Chandy (1921–1998)	Kerala	6 August 1983	26 April 1984[§][β]	264 days	Zail Singh
7		Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001)	Uttar Pradesh	26 April 1984	26 February 1986	1 year, 306 days
8		Ram Krishna Trivedi ICS (Retd) (1921–2015)	Uttar Pradesh	26 February 1986	2 May 1990	4 years, 65 days
9		Mahipal Shastri (1924–1994)	Uttar Pradesh	2 May 1990	20 December 1990[‡]	232 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
10		Sarup Singh (1917–2003)	Haryana	21 December 1990	19 June 1993	2 years, 180 days
–		P. C. Alexander IAS (Retd) (1921–2011) Governor of Maharashtra (Acting)	Kerala	20 June 1993	20 July 1993	30 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
(10)		Sarup Singh (1917–2003)	Haryana	21 July 1993	1 July 1995	1 year, 345 days
11		Naresh Chandra IAS (Retd) (1934–2017)	Rajasthan	1 July 1995	1 March 1996	244 days
12		Krishna Pal Singh (1922–1999)	Madhya Pradesh	1 March 1996	24 April 1998	2 years, 54 days
13		Justice (Retd) Anshuman Singh (1935–2021)	Uttar Pradesh	25 April 1998	16 January 1999[§][γ]	266 days	K. R. Narayanan
–		Justice K. G. Balakrishnan (born 1945) Chief Justice, Gujarat High Court (Acting)	Kerala	16 January 1999	18 March 1999	61 days
14		Sunder Singh Bhandari (1921–2005)	Rajasthan	18 March 1999	7 May 2003	4 years, 50 days
15		Kailashpati Mishra (1923–2012)	Bihar	7 May 2003	12 July 2004[‡]	1 year, 66 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
–		Balram Jakhar (1923–2016) Governor of Madhya Pradesh (Additional Charge)	Punjab	12 July 2004	24 July 2004	12 days
16		Nawal Kishore Sharma (1925–2012)	Rajasthan	24 July 2004	29 July 2009	5 years, 5 days
–		S. C. Jamir (born 1931) Governor of Goa (Additional Charge)	Nagaland	30 July 2009	26 November 2009	119 days	Pratibha Patil
17		Kamla Beniwal (1927–2024)	Rajasthan	27 November 2009	6 July 2014[§][δ]	4 years, 221 days
–		Margaret Alva (born 1942) Governor of Rajasthan (Additional Charge)	Karnataka	7 July 2014	15 July 2014	8 days	Pranab Mukherjee
18		Om Prakash Kohli (1935–2023)	Delhi	16 July 2014	21 July 2019	5 years, 5 days
19		Acharya Dev Vrat (born 1959)	Haryana	22 July 2019	Incumbent	6 years, 26 days	Ram Nath Kovind

1. Transferred as the Governor of Bihar
2. Transferred as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh
3. Transferred as the Governor of Rajasthan
4. Transferred as the Governor of Mizoram