# List of governors of Gujarat

The governor of Gujarat is the nominal head of the Indian state of Gujarat. The governor is appointed by the president of India and resides in Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar. Acharya Devvrat took charge as the governor on 22 July 2019.

## 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 of Gujarat

| No. | Name (born – died) | Portrait | Home state | Tenure in office | Tenure in office | Immediate prior position held |
| No. | Name (born – died) | Portrait | Home state | From | To | Immediate prior position held |
| Governor of Bombay State |||||||
| 1 | Raja Sir Maharaj Singh CIE CStJ (1878–1959) | | Punjab | 6 January 1948 | 30 May 1952 | President, All India Conference of Indian Christians |
| 2 | Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai KCSI KBE CIE (1891–1954) | | Uttar Pradesh | 30 May 1952 | 5 December 1954 | Secretary-General, Ministry of External Affairs |
| – | Justice M. C. Chagla Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1900–1981) (Acting) | | Bombay | 5 December 1954 | 2 March 1955 | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued in office) |
| 3 | Harekrushna Mahatab (1899–1987) | | Orissa | 2 March 1955 | 14 October 1956 | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| – | Justice M. C. Chagla Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (1900–1981) (Acting) | | Bombay | 14 October 1956 | 10 December 1956 | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court (continued) |
| 4 | Sri Prakasa (1890–1971) | | Uttar Pradesh | 10 December 1956 | 30 April 1960 | Governor of Madras State |
| Governor of Maharashtra |||||||

## Governors of Gujarat

Key :
| • | indicates that this was an additional charge or acting |
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
| 1. | Mehdi Nawaz Jung | 1 May 1960 | 1 August 1965 | 5 years, 92 days | Andhra Pradesh | Rajendra Prasad |
| 2. | Nityanand Kanungo | 1 August 1965 | 7 December 1967 | 2 years, 128 days | Odisha | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| - | P.N. Bhagwati | 7 December 1967 | 26 December 1967 | 19 days | Gujarat | Zakir Husain |
| 3. | Shriman Narayan | 26 December 1967 | 17 March 1973 | 5 years, 81 days | Not Known | Zakir Husain |
| - | P.N. Bhagwati | 17 March 1973 | 4 April 1973 | 18 days | Gujarat | V. V. Giri |
| 4. | K. K. Viswanathan | 4 April 1973 | 14 August 1978 | 5 years, 132 days | Kerala | V. V. Giri |
| 5. | Sharda Mukherjee | 14 August 1978 | 6 August 1983 | 4 years, 357 days | Maharashtra | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy |
| 6. | K.M. Chandy | 6 August 1983 | 26 April 1984 | 264 days | Kerala | Zail Singh |
| 7. | Braj Kumar Nehru | 26 April 1984 | 26 February 1986 | 1 year, 306 days | Uttar Pradesh | Zail Singh |
| 8. | Ram Krishna Trivedi | 26 February 1986 | 2 May 1990 | 4 years, 65 days | Not Known | Zail Singh |
| 9. | Mahipal Shastri | 2 May 1990 | 21 December 1990 | 233 days | Uttar Pradesh | R. Venkataraman |
| 10. | Sarup Singh | 21 December 1990 | 1 July 1995 | 4 years, 192 days | Haryana | R. Venkataraman |
| 11. | Naresh Chandra | 1 July 1995 | 1 March 1996 | 244 days | Uttar Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 12. | Krishna Pal Singh | 1 March 1996 | 25 April 1998 | 2 years, 55 days | Madhya Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 13. | Anshuman Singh | 25 April 1998 | 16 January 1999 | 266 days | Uttar Pradesh | K. R. Narayan |
| - | K.G. Balakrishnan | 16 January 1999 | 18 March 1999 | 61 days | Kerala | K. R. Narayan |
| 14. | Sunder Singh Bhandari | 18 March 1999 | 7 May 2003 | 4 years, 50 days | Rajasthan | K. R. Narayan |
| 15. | Kailashpati Mishra | 7 May 2003 | 2 July 2004 | 1 year, 56 days | Bihar | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| - | Balram Jakhar | 2 July 2004 | 24 July 2004 | 22 days | Punjab | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 16. | Nawal Kishore Sharma | 24 July 2004 | 24 July 2009 | 5 years, 0 days | Rajasthan | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| - | S. C. Jamir | 30 July 2009 | 26 November 2009 | 119 days | Nagaland | Pratibha Patil |
| 17. | Kamla Beniwal | 27 November 2009 | 6 July 2014 | 4 years, 221 days | Rajasthan | Pratibha Patil |
| - | Margaret Alva | 7 July 2014 | 15 July 2014 | 8 days | Karnataka | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 18. | Om Prakash Kohli | 16 July 2014 | 21 July 2019 | 5 years, 5 days | Delhi | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 19. | Acharya Devvrat | 22 July 2019 | Incumbent | 5 years, 240 days | Haryana | Ramnath Kovind |