List of Lieutenant Governors of Puducherry
Lieutenant governor
The Centre is represented by the Lt. Governor, who resides at the Raj Nivas (Le Palais du Gouverneur) at the Nehru Park, the former palace of the French Governor.

List of Lieutenant Governors of Puducherry

Section Title: Lieutenant governor
Table Section Text: The Centre is represented by the Lt. Governor, who resides at the Raj Nivas (Le Palais du Gouverneur) at the Nehru Park, the former palace of the French Governor.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office

1	S.L.Silam	14.10.1963	13.10.1968

2	B.D. Jatti	14.10.1968	07.11.1972

3	Chhedilal	08.11.1972	29.08.1976

4	B.T. Kulkarni	30.08.1976	31.10.1980

5	Ram Kishore Vyas	01.11.1980	26.07.1981

6	R.N. Haldipur	27.07.1981	14.05.1982

7	K.M. Chandy	15.05.1982	05.08.1983

8	Kona Prabhakara Rao	02.09.1983	17.06.1984

9	Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary	01.10.1984	21.06.1988

10	Ranjit Singh Dyal	22.06.1988	19.02.1990

11	Chandrawati	19.02.1990	18.12.1990

12	Har Swarup Singh	19.12.1990	05.02.1993

13	Rajendra Kumari Bajpai	02.05.1995	22.04.1998

14	Rajani Rai	23.04.1998	29.07.2002

15	K. R. Malkani	31.07.2002	27.10.2003

16	Nagendra Nath Jha	05.01.2004	06.07.2004

17	M. M. Lakhera	07.07.2004	18.07.2006

18	Mukut Mithi	19.07.2006	12.03.2008

19	Bhopinder Singh	15.03.2008	22.07.2008

20	Govind Singh Gurjar	23.07.2008	06.04.2009

21	Surjit Singh Barnala^	09.04.2009	27.07.2009

22	Iqbal Singh	27.07.2009	09.07.2013

23	Virendra Kataria	10.07.2013	11.07.2014

23	A. K. Singh	12.07.2014	26.05.2016

24	Kiran Bedi	29.05.2016	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Mithi was sworn in on 19 July 2006, becoming the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry;

final_sentence: Mithi was sworn in on 19 July 2006, becoming the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry;