List of governors of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu

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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

Question: Did any governers of Tamil Nadu serve multiple non-consecutive terms?
Answer: 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).