List of governors of Manipur

The Governor of Manipur is the constitutional head of state of the Indian state of Manipur. The governor is appointed by the president of India. Though all official affairs of the state are administered and carried out in the name of the governor, the real executive power rests with the chief minister who is a member of the legislative assembly and is the leader of the majority party in the house. The official residence of the governor is Raj Bhavan.

Governor of Manipur
Incumbent Ajay Kumar Bhalla since 3 January 2025
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Imphal
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	B. K. Nehru
Formation	21 January 1972; 53 years ago (1972-01-21)

The position of the governor of Manipur came into existence in January 1972. The first governor to be appointed was Braj Kumar Nehru, then Governor of Assam who also served as the governor of the other north-eastern states of Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tripura. The current governor is Ajay Kumar Bhalla who has been in office since January 2025.^[1] Following the imposition of president's rule in the state in February 2025, Governor Bhalla has been acting as the chief executive of the state's administration.

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		Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001)	Uttar Pradesh	21 January 1972[α]	20 September 1973	1 year, 242 days	V. V. Giri
2		Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998)	Bihar	21 September 1973[β]	11 August 1981	7 years, 323 days
3		S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014)	Uttar Pradesh	11 August 1981[γ]	11 June 1984[§][δ]	2 years, 305 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
4		General K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd) PVSM (1923–2016)	Andhra Pradesh	11 June 1984[γ]	10 July 1989[§][ε]	5 years, 29 days	Zail Singh
5		Chintamani Panigrahi (1922–2000)	Orissa	10 July 1989	19 March 1993[‡]	3 years, 252 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
–		K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (1924–2002) Governor of Tripura (Additional Charge)	Andhra Pradesh	20 March 1993	30 August 1993[§][ζ]	163 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
6		Lieutenant General V. K. Nayar (Retd) PVSM SM (d. 2015)	–	30 August 1993	22 December 1994[‡]	1 year, 114 days
–		Oudh Narayan Shrivastava IPS (Retd) (born 1935) Governor of Nagaland until 11 November 1996	Madhya Pradesh	23 December 1994	11 November 1996	4 years, 343 days
7				12 November 1996	1 December 1999
8		Ved Marwah IPS (Retd) (1934–2020)	Delhi	2 December 1999	12 June 2003[§][η]	3 years, 192 days	K. R. Narayanan
9		Arvind Dave IPS (Retd) (born 1940)	Uttar Pradesh	13 June 2003	5 August 2004	1 year, 53 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
10		Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd) (1929–2018)	Punjab	6 August 2004	22 July 2008[§][θ]	3 years, 351 days
11		Gurbachan Jagat IPS (Retd) (born 1942)	Chandigarh	23 July 2008	28 July 2013	5 years, 5 days	Pratibha Patil
–		Ashwani Kumar IPS (Retd) (1950–2020) Governor of Nagaland (Additional Charge)	Himachal Pradesh	29 July 2013	30 December 2013	154 days	Pranab Mukherjee
12		Vinod Kumar Duggal IAS (Retd) (born 1944)	Punjab	31 December 2013	14 September 2014[‡]	257 days
–		Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948) Governor of Meghalaya, until Jan'2015 Governor of Uttarakhand, from Jan'2015 (Additional Charge)	Chandigarh	16 September 2014	15 May 2015	241 days
13		Syed Ahmed (1943–2015)	Maharashtra	16 May 2015	27 September 2015[†]	134 days
–		V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949) Governor of Meghalaya (Additional Charge)	Tamil Nadu	30 September 2015	20 August 2016	325 days
14		Najma Heptulla (born 1940)	Madhya Pradesh	21 August 2016	1 May 2018	1 year, 253 days
–		Jagdish Mukhi (born 1942) Governor of Assam (Acting)	Delhi	2 May 2018	30 May 2018	28 days	Ram Nath Kovind
(14)		Najma Heptulla (born 1940)	Madhya Pradesh	31 May 2018	26 June 2019	1 year, 26 days
–		Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (1931–2023) Governor of Nagaland (Acting)	Karnataka	27 June 2019	22 July 2019	25 days
(14)		Najma Heptulla (born 1940)	Madhya Pradesh	23 July 2019	11 August 2021	2 years, 19 days
–		Ganga Prasad (born 1939) Governor of Sikkim (Additional Charge)	Bihar	12 August 2021	26 August 2021	14 days
15		La. Ganesan (1945–2025)	Tamil Nadu	27 August 2021	21 February 2023[§][ι]	1 year, 178 days
16		Anusuiya Uikey (born 1957)	Madhya Pradesh	22 February 2023	30 July 2024	1 year, 159 days	Droupadi Murmu
–		Lakshman Prasad Acharya (born 1954) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge)	Uttar Pradesh	31 July 2024	2 January 2025	155 days
17		Ajay Kumar Bhalla IAS (Retd) (born 1960)	Punjab	3 January 2025	Incumbent	227 days

1. Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam and Nagaland (1968–1973); and Governor of Meghalaya and Tripura (1972–1973)
2. Concurrently also served as the Governor of Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Tripura
3. Concurrently also served as the Governor of Nagaland and Tripura
4. Transferred as the Governor of Haryana
5. Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
6. Transferred as the Governor of West Bengal
7. Transferred as the Governor of Jharkhand
8. Transferred as the Governor of Goa
9. Transferred as the Governor of Nagaland

See also

• Manipur
• Chief Minister of Manipur
• Governors of India