List of governors of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Madras State was renamed as Tamil Nadu (Tamil for Tamil country) on 14 January 1969. Governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at the Central government level.

List of governors of Tamil Nadu

Section Title: Tamil Nadu
Table Section Text: Madras State was renamed as Tamil Nadu (Tamil for Tamil country) on 14 January 1969. Governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as that of the President of India at the Central government level.

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Term	President who appointed the Governor

1	Sardar Ujjal Singh	14 January 1969	27 May 1971	1	Zakir Hussain

2	Kodardas Kalidas Shah	27 May 1971	16 June 1976	1	Varaha Venkata Giri

3	Mohan Lal Sukhadia	16 June 1976	8 April 1977	1	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

4	P. Govindan Nair (acting)	9 April 1977	27 April 1977	1

5	Prabhudas Patwari	27 April 1977	27 October 1980	1	Basappa Danappa Jatti

6	M. M. Ismail (acting)	27 October 1980	4 November 1980	1

7	Sadiq Ali	4 November 1980	3 September 1982	1	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

8	Sundar Lal Khurana, IAS (Retired)	3 September 1982	17 February 1988	1	Giani Zail Singh

9	P. C. Alexander, IAS (Retired)	17 February 1988	24 May 1990	1	R. Venkataraman

10	Surjit Singh Barnala	24 May 1990	15 February 1991	1	R. Venkataraman

11	Bhishma Narain Singh	15 February 1991	31 May 1993	1	R. Venkataraman

12	Marri Chenna Reddy	31 May 1993	2 December 1996	1	Shankar Dayal Sharma

13	Krishan Kant (additional charge)	2 December 1996	25 January 1997	1

14	M. Fathima Beevi	25 January 1997	3 July 2001	1	Shankar Dayal Sharma

15	C. Rangarajan (additional charge)	3 July 2001	18 January 2002	1

16	P. S. Ramamohan Rao, IPS (Retired)	18 January 2002	3 November 2004	1	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

17	Surjit Singh Barnala	3 November 2004	31 August 2011	2

18	Konijeti Rosaiah	31 August 2011	30 August 2016	1	Pratibha Patil

19	C. Vidyasagar Rao (additional charge)	2 September 2016	6 October 2017	1	Pranab Mukherjee

20	Banwarilal Purohit	6 October 2017	Incumbent	1	Ram Nath Kovind

Sentence(s)

Surjit Singh Barnala was appointed as governor, and served two terms in office (24 May 1990–15 February 1991 and 3 November 2004–31 August 2011).

final_sentence: Surjit Singh Barnala was appointed as governor, and served two terms in office (24 May 1990–15 February 1991 and 3 November 2004–31 August 2011).