# List of governors of Mizoram

This is a list of governors of Mizoram, an Indian state part of Northeast India.

## Powers and functions

The Governor enjoys many different types of powers:
* 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.

## List of Governors

| No. | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office |
| 1 | George McMorine | | 1824 | 1824 |
| 2 | Arthur Richards | | 1824 | 1826 |

### governors

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office |
| 3 | David Scott | 1826 | 1831 |
| 4 | Thomas Campbell Robertson | 1831 | 1834 |
| 5 | Francis Jenkins | 1834 | 1861 |
| 6 | Henry Hopkinson | 1861 | 1874 |
| 7 | Richard Harte Keatinge | 1874 | 1878 |
| 8 | Steuart Colvin Bayley | 1878 | 1881 |
| 9 | Charles Alfred Elliott | 1881 | 1885 |
| 10 | William Erskine Ward | 1885 | 1887 |
| 11 | Dennis Fitzpatrick (colonial administrator) | 1887 | 1889 |
| 12 | James Westland | 1889 | 1889 |
| 13 | James Wallace Quinton | 1889 | 1891 |
| 14 | William Erskine Ward | 1891 | 1896 |
| 15 | Henry John Stedman Cotton | 1896 | 1902 |
| 16 | Joseph Bampfylde Fuller | 1902 | 1905 |

### Lieutenant governors

In 1905, Bengal was partitioned and East Bengal and Assam was formed, governed by a lieutenant governor.
| No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Appointer |
| 17 | Sir Bampfylde Fuller | 16 October 1905 | 20 August 1906 | The Lord Curzon of Kedleston |
| 18 | Lancelot Hare | 20 August 1906 | 1911 | The Earl of Minto |
| 19 | Sir Charles Stuart Bayley | 1911 | 21 March 1912 | The Lord Hardinge of Penshurst |

### Governors

| No. | Name | Took office | Left office |
| 20 | Archdale Earle | 1912 | 3 January 1918 |
| 21 | Sir Nicholas Dodd Beatson-Bell | 3 January 1918 | 3 April 1921 |
| 22 | Sir William Sinclair Marris | 3 April 1921 | 10 October 1922 |
| 23 | John Henry Kerr | 10 October 1922 | 28 June 1927 |
| 24 | Egbert Laurie Lucas Hammond | 28 June 1927 | 11 May 1932 |
| 25 | Michael Keane | 11 May 1932 | 4 March 1937 |
| 26 | Robert Niel Reid | 4 March 1937 | 24 February 1938 |
| 27 | Henry Joseph Twynam | 24 February 1938 | 4 October 1939 |
| 28 | Robert Niel Reid | 4 October 1939 | 4 May 1942 |
| 29 | Andrew Gourlay Clow | 4 May 1942 | 4 April 1946 |
| 30 | Frederick Chalmers Bourne | 4 April 1946 | 4 September 1946 |
| 31 | Henry Foley Knight | 4 September 1946 | 23 December 1946 |
| 32 | Andrew Gourlay Clow | 23 December 1946 | 4 May 1947 |
| 33 | Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari | 4 May 1947 | 15 Aug 1947 |
| (33) | Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari | 15 Aug 1947 | 29 Dec 1948 |
| 34 | Ronald Francis Lodge | 30 December 1948 | 15 February 1949 |
| 35 | Sri Prakasa | 16 Feb 1949 | 26 May 1950 |
| 36 | Jairamdas Daulatram | 27 May 1950 | 14 May 1956 |
| 37 | Saiyid Fazal Ali | 15 May 1956 | 22 August 1959 |
| 38 | Chandreswar Prasad Sinha | 23 August 1959 | 13 October 1959 |
| 39 | Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh | 14 October 1959 | 12 November 1960 |
| 40 | Vishnu Sahay | 13 November 1960 | 12 February 1961 |
| 41 | Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh | 13 February 1961 | 7 September 1962 |
| 42 | Vishnu Sahay | 8 September 1962 | 16 April 1968 |
| 43 | Braj Kumar Nehru | 17 April 1968 | 7 December 1970 |
| 44 | Parbati Kumar Goswami | 8 December 1970 | 4 January 1971 |
| 45 | Braj Kumar Nehru | 5 January 1971 | 24 April 1972 |

## Governors of Mizoram

S.J.Das was the chief commissioner of Mizoram from 21 January 1972 to 23 April 1972. He was followed by these Lieutenant Governors:
| # | Name | Took office | Left office |
| 46 | S. P. Mukherjee | 24 April 1972 | 12 June 1974 |
| 47 | S. K. Chibber | 13 June 1974 | 26 September 1977 |
| 48 | N. P. Mathur | 27 September 1977 | 15 April 1981 |
| 49 | S. N. Kohli | 16 April 1981 | 9 August 1983 |
| 50 | H. S. Dubey | 10 August 1983 | 10 December 1986 |
| 51 | Hiteswar Saikia | 11 December 1986 | 19 February 1987 |
| # | Name | Took office | Left office |
| 51 | Hiteswar Saikia | 20 February 1987 | 30 April 1989 |
| 52 | K. V. Krishna Rao | 1 May 1989 | 20 July 1989 |
| 53 | Williamson A. Sangma | 21 July 1989 | 7 February 1990 |
| 54 | Swaraj Kaushal | 8 February 1990 | 9 February 1993 |
| 55 | P. R. Kyndiah | 10 February 1993 | 13 January 1998 |
| 56 | Siddheshwar Prasad | 14 January 1998 | 28 January 1998 |
| 57 | Arun Prasad Mukherjee | 29 January 1998 | 1 May 1998 |
| 58 | A. Padmanabhan | 2 May 1998 | 30 November 2000 |
| 59 | Ved Marwah | 1 December 2000 | 17 May 2001 |
| 60 | Amolak Rattan Kohli | 18 May 2001 | 24 July 2006 |
| 61 | M. M. Lakhera | 25 July 2006 | 1 September 2011 |
| 62 | Vakkom Purushothaman | 2 September 2011 | 9 July 2014 |
| 63 | Kamla Beniwal | 9 July 2014 | 6 August 2014 |
| 64 | Vinod Kumar Duggal | 8 August 2014 | 28 August 2014 |
| 65 | K. K. Paul | 16 September 2014 | 8 January 2015 |
| 66 | Aziz Qureshi | 9 January 2015 | 28 March 2015 |
| 67 | Keshari Nath Tripathi | 4 April 2015 | 25 May 2015 |
| 68 | Nirbhay Sharma | 26 May 2015 | 24 May 2018 |
| 69 | Kummanam Rajasekharan | 25 May 2018 | 8 March 2019 |
| 70 | Jagdish Mukhi | 9 March 2019 | 4 November 2019 |
| 71 | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | 5 November 2019 | 18 July 2021 |
| 72 | Kambhampati Hari Babu | 19 July 2021 | 10 August 2021 |
| 73 | B. D. Mishra | 11 August 2021 | 6 November 2021 |
| 74 | Kambhampati Hari Babu | 7 November 2021 | 15 January 2025 |
| 75 | V. K. Singh | 16 January 2025 | Incumbent |

## Secretariat

| Name | Designation |
| V Lalsangliana IAS | Secretary to Governor |
| Joseph Lalrinawma MCS | Addl. Secretary to Governor |
| Lalngaihzuala MCS | PS to Governor |