# List of governors of Goa

The governor of Goa is the nominal head of the Indian state of Goa. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. P. S. Sreedharan Pillai became governor on 7 July 2021.

## Powers and functions

The governor has:
* Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
* Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
* Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.

### Ex officio powers

* The governor is the chancellor of Goa University and exercises powers delegated under the Goa University Act, 1984, and the statutes of the university.
* The governor is the ex officio president of the Indian Red Cross Society, Goa Branch, and has the powers to appoint the chairman, hon. secretary, etc.
* The governor is the president of the Goa State Environment Protection Council, which is an advisory body, set up by the government of Goa. The council consisting of government authorities and the NGOs engaged in environmental and the related areas meets once in six months and deliberates on various issues on the environment and ecology of the state.
* The governor is the chairman of the Special Fund for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Ex-Servicemen and Widows.

## Previous governors of Goa
### Portuguese governors general

The first Portuguese governor general was Francisco de Almeida in 1505 and the last Manuel Antonio Vassalo e Silva who left office in 1961. In total there have been 163 governors general.

### Lieutenant governors of Goa, Daman and Diu

Goa, along with Daman and Diu was a union territory of India until 30 May 1987. As such it had a lieutenant governor till that time.
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Birth-Death |
| 1 | Maj Gen K. P. Candeth (military governor) | 19 December 1961 | 6 June 1962 | 1916–2003 |
| 2 | Tumkur Sivasankar | 7 June 1962 | 1 September 1963 | 189?–19?? |
| 3 | M. R. Sachdev | 2 September 1963 | 8 December 1964 | 1903–1964 |
| 4 | Hari Sharma | 12 December 1964 | 23 February 1965 | 1910–1987 |
| 5 | K. R. Damle | 24 February 1965 | 17 April 1967 | 1912–2001 |
| 6 | Nakul Sen | 18 April 1967 | 15 November 1972 | 1915–1983 |
| 7 | S. K. Banerji | 16 November 1972 | 15 November 1977 | 1922–2010 |
| 8 | P. S. Gill | 16 November 1977 | 30 March 1981 | 1927-living |
| 9 | Jagmohan | 31 March 1981 | 29 August 1982 | 1927–2021 |
| 10 | Air Chief Marshal I H Latif | 30 August 1982 | 23 February 1983 | 1923–2018 |
| 11 | K. T. Satarawala | 24 February 1983 | 3 July 1984 | 1930–2016 |
| 12 | Air Chief Marshal I H Latif | 4 July 1984 | 23 September 1984 | 1923–2018 |
| 13 | Gopal Singh | 24 September 1984 | 29 May 1987 | 1917–1990 |

## Governors after 1987

Goa became a full-fledged state of India in 1987 and since then has had the following governors:
Key :
| • | indicates that this was an additional charge or acting |
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
| 1. | Gopal Singh | 30 May 1987 | 17 July 1989 | 2 years, 48 days | Punjab | Zail Singh |
| 2. | Khurshed Alam Khan | 18 July 1989 | 17 March 1991 | 1 year, 242 days | Uttar Pradesh | R. Venkataraman |
| 3. | Bhanu Prakash Singh | 18 March 1991 | 3 April 1994 | 3 years, 16 days | Madhya Pradesh | R. Venkataraman |
| 4. | B. Rachaiah | 4 April 1994 | 3 August 1994 | 121 days | Karnataka | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 5. | Gopala Ramanujam | 4 August 1994 | 15 June 1995 | 315 days | Tamil Nadu | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 6. | Romesh Bhandari | 16 June 1995 | 18 July 1996 | 1 year, 32 days | Punjab | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 7. | P.C. Alexander | 19 July 1996 | 15 January 1998 | 1 year, 180 days | Kerala | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 8. | T. R. Satish Chandran | 16 January 1998 | 18 April 1998 | 92 days | Karnataka | K. R. Narayan |
| 9. | J. F. R. Jacob | 19 April 1998 | 26 November 1999 | 1 year, 221 days | West Bengal | K. R. Narayan |
| 10. | Mohammed Fazal | 26 November 1999 | 25 October 2002 | 2 years, 333 days | Uttar Pradesh | K. R. Narayan |
| 11. | Kidar Nath Sahani | 26 October 2002 | 2 July 2004 | 1 year, 250 days | British India | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| - | Mohammed Fazal | 3 July 2004 | 16 July 2004 | 13 days | Uttar Pradesh | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 12. | S. C. Jamir | 17 July 2004 | 21 July 2008 | 4 years, 4 days | Nagaland | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 13. | Shivinder Singh Sidhu | 22 July 2008 | 26 August 2011 | 3 years, 35 days | Not Known | Pratibha Patil |
| 14. | K. Sankaranarayanan | 27 August 2011 | 3 May 2012 | 250 days | Kerala | Pratibha Patil |
| 15. | Bharat Vir Wanchoo | 4 May 2012 | 4 July 2014 | 2 years, 61 days | Not Known | Pratibha Patil |
| 16. | Margaret Alva | 12 July 2014 | 5 August 2014 | 24 days | Karnataka | Pranab Mukherjee |
| – | Om Prakash Kohli | 6 August 2014 | 25 August 2014 | 19 days | Delhi | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 17. | Mridula Sinha | 26 August 2014 | 2 November 2019 | 5 years, 68 days | Bihar | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 18. | Satyapal Malik | 3 November 2019 | 18 August 2020 | 289 days | Uttar Pradesh | Ramnath Kovind |
| – | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | 18 August 2020 | 6 July 2021 | 322 days | Uttarakhand | Ramnath Kovind |
| 19. | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 162 days | Kerala | Ramnath Kovind |