List of Lieutenant Governors of Puducherry
Lieutenant governor
Table:
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Name

Took Office

Left Office

1

S.L.Silam

14.10.1963

13.10.1968

2

B.D. Jatti

14.10.1968

07.11.1972

3

Chhedilal

08.11.1972

29.08.1976

4

B.T. Kulkarni

30.08.1976

31.10.1980

5

Ram Kishore Vyas

01.11.1980

26.07.1981

6

R.N. Haldipur

27.07.1981

14.05.1982

7

K.M. Chandy

15.05.1982

05.08.1983

8

Kona Prabhakara Rao

02.09.1983

17.06.1984

9

Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary

01.10.1984

21.06.1988

10

Ranjit Singh Dyal

22.06.1988

19.02.1990

11

Chandrawati

19.02.1990

18.12.1990

12

Har Swarup Singh

19.12.1990

05.02.1993

13

Rajendra Kumari Bajpai

02.05.1995

22.04.1998

14

Rajani Rai

23.04.1998

29.07.2002

15

K. R. Malkani

31.07.2002

27.10.2003

16

Nagendra Nath Jha

05.01.2004

06.07.2004

17

M. M. Lakhera

07.07.2004

18.07.2006

18

Mukut Mithi

19.07.2006

12.03.2008

19

Bhopinder Singh

15.03.2008

22.07.2008

20

Govind Singh Gurjar

23.07.2008

06.04.2009

21

Surjit Singh Barnala^

09.04.2009

27.07.2009

22

Iqbal Singh

27.07.2009

09.07.2013

23

Virendra Kataria

10.07.2013

11.07.2014

23

A. K. Singh[1]

12.07.2014

26.05.2016

24

Kiran Bedi[2]

29.05.2016

Incumbent

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