# List of governors of Himachal Pradesh

The governor of Himachal Pradesh (ISO: Himachal Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Shiv Pratap Shukla is the 22nd governor (31st if governors with additional charge also counted) of Himachal Pradesh since February 2023.
Out of the regular 21 governors (except the present one) of the state only three have been able to complete their full terms: S. Chakravarti (1971–77), Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (2003–08) and Urmila Singh (2010–15).

## Lieutenant governors of Himachal Pradesh

| # | Name | Took office | Left office |
| 1 | Maj. Gen. K. S. Himmatsinhji (retd.) | 1 March 1952 | 31 December 1954 |
| 2 | Rai Bajrang Bahadur Singh | 1 January 1955 | 13 August 1963 |
| 3 | Sh. Bhagawan Sahay | 14 August 1963 | 25 February 1966 |
| 4 | Sh. V. Viswanathan, ICS (retd.) | 26 February 1966 | 6 May 1967 |
| 5 | Sh. Om Parkash | 7 May 1967 | 15 May 1967 |
| 6 | Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.) | 16 May 1967 | 24 January 1971 |

## Governors of Himachal Pradesh

Key :
| • | indicates that this was an additional charge |
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
| 1. | S. Chakravarti | 25 January 1971 | 16 February 1977 | 6 years, 22 days | Not Known | V. V. Giri |
| 2. | Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan (1911 - 1983) | 17 February 1977 | 25 August 1981 | 4 years, 189 days | Haryana | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| 3. | A. K. Banerjee | 26 August 1981 | 15 April 1983 | 1 year, 232 days | Not Known | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 4. | Hokishe Sema (1921 - 2007) | 16 April 1983 | 7 March 1986 | 2 years, 325 days | Nagaland | Zail Singh |
| – | Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai (1930 - 2004) | 8 March 1986 | 16 April 1986 | 39 days | Gujarat | Zail Singh |
| 5. | R. K. S. Ghandhi (1924 - 2014) | 17 April 1986 | 15 February 1990 | 3 years, 304 days | Madhya Pradesh | Zail Singh |
| – | S. M. H. Burney (1924 - 2014) | 2 December 1987 | 10 January 1988 | 39 days | Uttar Pradesh | R. Venkataraman |
| – | H. A. Brari | 20 December 1989 | 12 January 1990 | 23 days | Not Known | R. Venkataraman |
| 6. | B. Rachaiah (1922 - 2000) | 16 February 1990 | 19 December 1990 | 306 days | Karnataka | R. Venkataraman |
| 7. | Virendra Verma (1916 - 2009) | 20 December 1990 | 29 January 1993 | 2 years, 40 days | Uttar Pradesh | R. Venkataraman |
| – | Surendra Nath (1926 - 1994) | 30 January 1993 | 10 December 1993 | 314 days | Not Known | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 8. | Bali Ram Bhagat (1922 - 2011) | 11 February 1993 | 29 June 1993 | 138 days | Bihar | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 9. | Gulsher Ahmad (1921 - 2002) | 30 June 1993 | 26 November 1993 | 149 days | Madhya Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| – | Surendra Nath (1926 - 1994) | 27 November 1993 | 9 July 1994 | 224 days | Not Known | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| – | Viswanathan Ratnam (1932 - 2020) | 10 July 1994 | 30 July 1994 | 20 days | Tamil Nadu | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 10. | Sudhakarrao Naik (1934 - 2001) | 30 July 1994 | 18 September 1995 | 1 year, 50 days | Maharashtra | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| – | Mahabir Prasad (1939 - 2010) | 18 September 1995 | 17 November 1995 | 60 days | Uttar Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 11. | Sheila Kaul (1915 - 2015) | 17 November 1995 | 23 April 1996 | 158 days | Uttar Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| – | Mahabir Prasad (1939 - 2010) | 23 April 1996 | 25 July 1997 | 1 year, 93 days | Uttar Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 12. | V. S. Ramadevi (1934 - 2013) | 26 July 1997 | 1 December 1999 | 2 years, 128 days | Tamil Nadu | K. R. Narayan |
| 13. | Vishnu Kant Shastri (1929 - 2005) | 2 December 1999 | 23 November 2000 | 357 days | West Bengal | K. R. Narayan |
| 14. | Suraj Bhan (1928 - 2006) | 23 November 2000 | 7 May 2003 | 2 years, 165 days | Haryana | K. R. Narayan |
| 15. | Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (born 1939) | 8 May 2003 | 19 July 2008 | 5 years, 72 days | Madhya Pradesh | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 16. | Prabha Rau (1935 - 2010) | 19 July 2008 | 24 January 2010 | 1 year, 189 days | Maharashtra | Pratibha Patil |
| 17. | Urmila Singh (1946 - 2018) | 25 January 2010 | 28 January 2015 | 5 years, 3 days | Madhya Pradesh | Pratibha Patil |
| - | Kalyan Singh (1932 - 2021) | 28 January 2015 | 12 August 2015 | 196 days | Uttar Pradesh | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 18. | Acharya Devvrat (born 1959) | 12 August 2015 | 21 July 2019 | 3 years, 343 days | Haryana | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 19. | Kalraj Mishra (born 1941) | 22 July 2019 | 10 September 2019 | 50 days | Uttar Pradesh | Ramnath Kovind |
| 20. | Bandaru Dattatreya (born 1947) | 11 September 2019 | 13 July 2021 | 1 year, 305 days | Telangana | Ramnath Kovind |
| 21. | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar (born 1954) | 13 July 2021 | 13 February 2023 | 1 year, 215 days | Goa | Ramnath Kovind |
| 22. | Shiv Pratap Shukla (born 1952) | 13 February 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 307 days | Uttar Pradesh | Draupadi Murmu |