# List of governors of Maharashtra

The governor of Maharashtra is the ceremonial head of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Constitution of India confers the executive powers of the state to the governor; however, the de facto executive powers lie with the Council of Ministers.
C. P. Radhakrishnan is the current governor of Maharashtra since 31 July 2024.

## Powers and duties

The governor formally appoints many of the state officials, including the advocate general of Bombay, the Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta, the state election commissioner, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), the chairmen and members of the three development boards, the sheriff of Bombay, and the state chief information commissioner.

## Governors of Maharashtra

This is a list of governors of Maharashtra:
* $^†$ Died in office
* $^§$ Resigned from office
* $^ẟ$ Removed from office
| No. | Name (born – died) | Portrait | Home state | Tenure in office | Tenure in office | Tenure in office | Immediate prior position held | Appointed by |
| No. | Name (born – died) | Portrait | Home state | From | To | Time in office | Immediate prior position held | Appointed by |
| Governor of Bombay State |||||||||
| 1 | Raja Sir Maharaj Singh CIE CStJ (1878–1959) | | Punjab | 6 January 1948 | 30 May 1952 | 4 years, 145 days | President, All India Conference of Indian Christians | Lord Louis Mountbatten (Governor-General) |
| 2 | Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai KCSI KBE CIE (1891–1954) | | Uttar Pradesh | 30 May 1952 | 5 December 1954 | 2 years, 189 days | Secretary-General, Ministry of External Affairs | Rajendra Prasad (President) |
| – | Justice M. C. Chagla Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1900–1981) (Acting) | | Bombay | 5 December 1954 | 2 March 1955 | 87 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued in office) | Rajendra Prasad (President) |
| 3 | Harekrushna Mahatab (1899–1987) | | Orissa | 2 March 1955 | 14 October 1956 | 1 year, 226 days | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | Rajendra Prasad (President) |
| – | Justice M. C. Chagla Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1900–1981) (Acting) | | Bombay | 14 October 1956 | 10 December 1956 | 57 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | Rajendra Prasad (President) |
| 4 | Sri Prakasa (1890–1971) | | Uttar Pradesh | 10 December 1956 | 30 April 1960 | 3 years, 142 days | Governor of Madras State | Rajendra Prasad (President) |
| Rajendra Prasad (President) |||||||||
| (4) | Sri Prakasa (1890–1971) | | Uttar Pradesh | 1 May 1960 | 16 April 1962 | 1 year, 350 days | Governor of Bombay State | Rajendra Prasad (President) |
| 5 | P. Subbarayan (1889–1962) | | Madras | 17 April 1962 | 6 October 1962 | 172 days | Union Cabinet Minister for Transport and Communications | Rajendra Prasad (President) |
| – | Justice H. K. Chainani Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1904–1965) (Acting) | | Maharashtra | 6 October 1962 | 28 November 1962 | 53 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (President) |
| 6 | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900–1990) | | Uttar Pradesh | 28 November 1962 | 18 October 1964 | 1 year, 325 days | High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; Ambassador to Ireland and Spain | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (President) |
| – | Justice H. K. Chainani Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1904–1965) (Acting) | | Maharashtra | 18 October 1964 | 14 November 1964 | 27 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (President) |
| 7 | P. V. Cherian (1893–1969) | | Madras | 14 November 1964 | 8 November 1969 | 4 years, 359 days | Chairman of Madras Legislative Council | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (President) |
| – | Justice S. P. Kotval Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1910–1987) (Acting) | | Maharashtra | 8 November 1969 | 26 February 1970 | 110 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | V. V. Giri (President) |
| 8 | Ali Yavar Jung (1906–1976) | | Telangana | 26 February 1970 | 11 December 1976 | 6 years, 289 days | Ambassador to the United States | V. V. Giri (President) |
| – | Justice R. M. Kantawala Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1916–1992) (Acting) | | Maharashtra | 11 December 1976 | 30 April 1977 | 140 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (President) |
| 9 | Sadiq Ali (1910–2001) | | Rajasthan | 30 April 1977 | 8 November 1980 | 3 years, 192 days | President, Indian National Congress (Organisation) (until 1973) | B. D. Jatti (Acting President) |
| 10 | Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Om Prakash Mehra PVSM (1919–2015) | | Punjab | 8 November 1980 | 5 March 1982 | 1 year, 117 days | Chief of the Air Staff (until 1976) | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (President) |
| 11 | Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Idris Hasan Latif PVSM (1923–2018) | | Telangana | 6 March 1982 | 16 April 1985 | 3 years, 41 days | Chief of the Air Staff (until 1981) | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (President) |
| – | Justice Konda Madhava Reddy Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1923–1997) (Acting) | | Telangana | 16 April 1985 | 30 May 1985 | 44 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | Zail Singh (President) |
| 12 | Kona Prabhakara Rao (1916–1990) | | Andhra Pradesh | 31 May 1985 | 2 April 1986 | 306 days | Governor of Sikkim | Zail Singh (President) |
| 13 | Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999) | | Madhya Pradesh | 3 April 1986 | 2 September 1987 | 1 year, 152 days | Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh | Zail Singh (President) |
| – | Justice S. K. Desai Acting Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1928–2011) (Acting) | | Maharashtra | 3 September 1987 | 2 November 1987 | 60 days | Judge of Bombay High Court (continued) | R. Venkataraman (President) |
| – | Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (born 1929) (Acting) | | West Bengal | 2 November 1987 | 20 February 1988 | 110 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | R. Venkataraman (President) |
| 14 | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (1909–1994) | | Andhra Pradesh | 20 February 1988 | 18 January 1990 | 1 year, 332 days | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (until 1984) | R. Venkataraman (President) |
| – | Justice Chittatosh Mookerjee Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (born 1929) (Acting) | | West Bengal | 18 January 1990 | 14 February 1990 | 27 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | R. Venkataraman (President) |
| 15 | Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910–2000) | | Tamil Nadu | 15 February 1990 | 9 January 1993 | 2 years, 329 days | Union Cabinet Minister of Defence (until 1980) | R. Venkataraman (President) |
| 16 | P. C. Alexander IAS (Retd.) (1921–2011) | | Kerala | 12 January 1993 | 13 July 2002 | 9 years, 182 days | Governor of Tamil Nadu (until 1990) | Shankar Dayal Sharma (President) |
| – | Justice C. K. Thakker Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (born 1943) (Acting) | | Gujarat | 13 July 2002 | 10 October 2002 | 89 days | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) | K. R. Narayanan (President) |
| 17 | Mohammed Fazal (1922–2014) | | Uttar Pradesh | 10 October 2002 | 5 December 2004 | 2 years, 56 days | Governor of Goa | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (President) |
| 18 | S. M. Krishna (1932–2024) | | Karnataka | 12 December 2004 | 5 March 2008 | 3 years, 84 days | Chief Minister of Karnataka (until May 2004) | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (President) |
| – | S. C. Jamir (born 1931) (Additional charge until 8 July 2008) | | Nagaland | 9 March 2008 | 8 July 2008 | 1 year, 319 days | Governor of Goa | Pratibha Patil (President) |
| 19 | S. C. Jamir (born 1931) | | Nagaland | 8 July 2008 | 22 January 2010 | 1 year, 319 days | Governor of Goa | Pratibha Patil (President) |
| 20 | K. Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) | | Kerala | 22 January 2010 | 7 May 2012 | 4 years, 214 days | Governor of Jharkhand | Pratibha Patil (President) |
| 20 | K. Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022) | | Kerala | 7 May 2012 | 24 August 2014 | 4 years, 214 days | Governor of Jharkhand | Pratibha Patil (President) |
| – | Om Prakash Kohli Governor of Gujarat (1935–2023) (Additional Charge) | | Delhi | 24 August 2014 | 30 August 2014 | 6 days | Governor of Gujarat (continued) | Pranab Mukherjee (President) |
| 21 | C. Vidyasagar Rao (born 1941) | | Telangana | 30 August 2014 | 4 September 2019 | 5 years, 5 days | Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry (until 2004) | Pranab Mukherjee (President) |
| 22 | Bhagat Singh Koshyari (born 1942) | | Uttarakhand | 5 September 2019 | 17 February 2023 | 3 years, 165 days | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (until May 2019) | Ram Nath Kovind (President) |
| 23 | Ramesh Bais (born 1947) | | Chhattisgarh | 18 February 2023 | 30 July 2024 | 1 year, 159 days | Governor of Jharkhand | Droupadi Murmu (President) |
| 24 | C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 1957) | | Tamil Nadu | 31 July 2024 | Incumbent | 223 days | Governor of Jharkhand Governor of Telangana (additional charge) Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (additional charge) | Droupadi Murmu (President) |