# List of governors of Sikkim

The governor of Sikkim is the head of the Indian state of Sikkim. The governor is appointed by the president of India and is the nominal head of the state's executive power. This is a list of the governors of Sikkim.

## 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.

## British Political Officers

* May 1889 - Mar 1908 John Claude White (b. 1853 - d. 1918)
* May 1904 - Sep 1904 Charles Alfred Bell (b. 1870 - d. 1945)
* Sep 1906 - Jan 1907 Charles Alfred Bell (s.a.)
* Mar 1908 - 16 Apr 1918 Charles Alfred Bell (1st time) (s.a.)
* 10 Aug 1911 – 8 Nov 1911 James Leslie Rose Weir (b. 1883 - d. 1950)
* 13 Oct 1913 – 5 Oct 1914 Basil John Gould (b. 1883 - d. 1956)
* 16 Apr 1918 - Jan 1920 William Lachlan Campbell (b. 1880 - d. 1937)
* Jan 1920 - Dec 1920 Charles Alfred Bell (2nd time) (s.a.)
* 7 Dec 1920 – 24 Jan 1921 John Bartley (acting) (b. 1886 - d. 1954)
* Jan 1921 - Mar 1921 William Frederick Travers O'Connor (b. 1870 - d. 1943)
* Mar 1921 – 18 Jun 1921 David Macdonald (b. 1870 - d. 1962)
* 19 Jun 1921 – 6 Jun 1926 Frederick Marshman Bailey (b. 1882 - d. 1967)
* 7 Jun 1926 - 16 Dec 1926 Frederick Williamson (1st time) (b. 1891 - d. 1935)
* 16 Dec 1926 – 16 Oct 1928 Frederick Marshman Bailey (s.a.)
* 16 Oct 1928 – 2 Apr 1931 James Leslie Rose Weir (1st time) (s.a.)
* 3 Apr 1931 - Aug 1931 Frederick Williamson (2nd time) (s.a.)
* 5 Nov 1931 – 3 Jan 1933 James Leslie Rose Weir (2nd time) (s.a.)
* 4 Jan 1933 - 17 Nov 1935 Frederick Williamson (3rd time) (s.a.)
* 18 Nov 1935 – 22 Dec 1935 Richmond Keith Molesworth Battye (b. 1905 - d. 1958)
* 22 Dec 1935 - May 1937 Basil John Gould (1st time) (s.a.)
* May 1937 - Nov 1937 Hugh Edward Richardson (acting) (b. 1905 - d. 2000)
* Nov 1937 - Jun 1945 Basil John Gould (2nd time) (s.a.)
* Jun 1945 - 14 Aug 1947 Arthur John Hopkinson (b. 1894 - d. 1953)

## Indian Political Officers

* 15 Aug 1947 - Sep 1948 Arthur John Hopkinson (s.a.)
* Sep 1948 - Feb 1952 Harishwar Dayal (s.a.)
* Mar 1952 - Mar 1955 Balraj Krishna Kapur (b. 1910 - d. ....)
* 1955 - 1961 Apa Parshuram Rao Pant (b. 1912 - d. 1992)
* 23 Oct 1961 - 3 Jan 1964 Inder Jeet Bahadur Singh (b. 1914 - d. 1987)
* 3 Jan 1964 - 11 Feb 1964 J.L. Malhautra (acting) (b. 1915)
* 11 Feb 1964 - 1966 Avtar Singh (b. 1921)
* 1966 - 27 Jun 1967 Vincent Herbert Coelho (b. 1917 - d. 2004)
* 3 Jul 1967 - May 1970 Nedyam Balachandran Menon (b. 1921 - d. 2006)
* Aug 1970 - 19 Sep 1974 Kayatyani Shankar Bajpai (s.a.)
* 19 Sep 1974 - 16 May 1975 Gurbachan Singh

## Governors of Sikkim

Key :
| • | indicates that this was an additional charge |
List of governors of Sikkim :
| # | Name | Took office | Left office | Term in Office | Home State | Appointed by |
| 1. | B. B. Lal | 18 May 1975 | 9 January 1981 | 5 years, 236 days | Not Known | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| 2. | Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan | 10 January 1981 | 17 June 1984 | 3 years, 159 days | Maharashtra | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy |
| 3. | Kona Prabhakar Rao | 18 June 1984 | 30 May 1985 | 346 days | Andhra Pradesh | Zail Singh |
| – | Bhishma Narain Singh | 31 May 1985 | 20 November 1985 | 173 days | Jharkhand | Zail Singh |
| 4. | T.V. Rajeswar | 21 November 1985 | 1 March 1989 | 3 years, 100 days | Tamil Nadu | Zail Singh |
| 5. | S.K. Bhatnagar | 2 March 1989 | 7 February 1990 | 342 days | Not Known | R. Venkataraman |
| 6. | Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani | 8 February 1990 | 20 September 1994 | 4 years, 224 days | Maharashtra | R. Venkataraman |
| 7. | P. Shiv Shankar | 21 September 1994 | 11 November 1995 | 355 days | Andhra Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| – | K.V. Raghunatha Reddy | 12 November 1995 | 9 February 1996 | 89 days | Andhra Pradesh | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 8. | Chaudhary Randhir Singh | 10 February 1996 | 17 May 2001 | 5 years, 96 days | Haryana | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 9. | Kidar Nath Sahani | 18 May 2001 | 25 October 2002 | 1 year, 160 days | Delhi | K. R. Narayan |
| 10. | V. Rama Rao | 26 October 2002 | 12 July 2006 | 3 years, 259 days | Andhra Pradesh | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| — | R.S. Gavai | 13 July 2006 | 12 August 2006 | 30 days | Maharashtra | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| (10). | V. Rama Rao | 13 August 2006 | 25 October 2007 | 1 year, 73 days | Andhra Pradesh | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 11. | Sudarshan Agarwal | 25 October 2007 | 8 July 2008 | 257 days | Punjab | Pratibha Patil |
| 12. | Balmiki Prasad Singh | 9 July 2008 | 30 June 2013 | 4 years, 356 days | Bihar | Pratibha Patil |
| 13. | Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil | 1 July 2013 | 26 August 2018 | 5 years, 56 days | Maharashtra | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 14. | Ganga Prasad | 26 August 2018 | 12 February 2023 | 4 years, 170 days | Bihar | Ramnath Kovind |
| 15. | Lakshman Acharya | 13 February 2023 | 30 July 2024 | 1 year, 168 days | Uttar Pradesh | Draupadi Murmu |
| 16. | Om Prakash Mathur | 31 July 2024 | Incumbent | 231 days | Rajasthan | Draupadi Murmu |