List of governors of Karnataka
Governors of Mysore and Karnataka

List of governors of Karnataka

Section Title: Governors of Mysore and Karnataka
Table Section Text: None

No	Name	Term of office	Selected former office(s)

1	-	Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar	1 November 1957	4 May 1963	Maharaja of Mysore, Rajpramukh of Mysore

2	-	S. M. Shrinagesh	4 May 1963	2 April 1965	Chief of the Army Staff

3	-	V. V. Giri	2 April 1965	13 May 1967

4	Gopal Swarup Pathak	13 May 1967	30 August 1969	Fourth Vice-President of India

5	Padma Vibhushan Sir Dharma Vira	23 October 1970	1 February 1972	Governor of Punjab, Haryana, and Bengal

6	Chief Minister Mohanlal Sukhadia	1 February 1972	10 January 1975	Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

7	Uma Shankar Dikshit	10 January 1975	2 August 1977	Governor of Bengal and the Minister of Home Affairs

8	Govind Narain ICS	2 August 1977	15 April 1982	First and the only member of the Imperial Civil Service to have been appointed and served as Governor of Karnataka

9	Ashoknath Banerji IAS	16 April 1982	25 February 1987	First member of the Indian Administrative Service to have served in this office

10	Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah	26 February 1987	5 February 1990	Governor of Bihar, Minister of Home and Parliamentary Affairs

11	Bhanu Pratap Singh	8 May 1990	6 January 1992	Member of Parliament

12	Khurshed Alam Khan	6 January 1992	2 December 1999	Member of Parliament, Governor of Goa

13	-	Commissioner V. S. Ramadevi	2 December 1999	20 August 2002	Chief Election Commissioner of India, Secretary General of Rajya Sabha, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, the first and only female governor of Karnataka

14	Padma Vibhushan Auditor General T. N. Chaturvedi IAS	21 August 2002	20 August 2007	Comptroller and Auditor General of India

15	Rameshwar Thakur	21 August 2007	24 June 2009	Governor of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh

16	Hans Raj Bhardwaj	24 June 2009	29 June 2014	Union Minister of Law and Justice, Governor of Kerala

17	-	Konijeti Rosaiah	30 June 2014	31 August 2014	Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Governor of Tamil Nadu

18	-	Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala	1 September 2014	Incumbent	Speaker of Gujarat Vidhan Sabha

Sentence(s)

V. S. Ramadevi served as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh and from 2 December 1999 to 20 August 2002 as the Governor of Karnataka.
V. S. Ramadevi served as the governor of Karnataka from 2 December 1999 to 20 August 2002.
V. S. Ramadevi served as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh and as the Governor of Karnataka from 2 December 1999 to 20 August 2002.

final_sentence: V. S. Ramadevi served as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh and from 2 December 1999 to 20 August 2002 as the Governor of Karnataka.
final_sentence: V. S. Ramadevi served as the governor of Karnataka from 2 December 1999 to 20 August 2002.
final_sentence: V. S. Ramadevi served as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh and as the Governor of Karnataka from 2 December 1999 to 20 August 2002.