List of governors of Bihar

The Governor of Bihar is a head and representative of the President of India in the state of Bihar. The Governor is appointed by the President for a time of 5 years.

Governors of Bihar (1947present)

Legend
 Died in office
 Transferred
 Resigned/removed

Color key
 indicates acting/additional charge

 # Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 70px Jairamdas Daulatram Maharashtra 1947 1948  Lord Mountbatten 2 70px Madhav Shrihari Aney Maharashtra 1948 1952  3 70px R. R. Diwakar Karnataka 1952 1957  Rajendra Prasad 4 70px Zakir Husain Andhra Pradesh 1957 1962  5 70px M. A. Ayyangar Andhra Pradesh 1962 1967  6  Nityanand Kanungo Orissa 1967 1971  Zakir Husain  70px Ujjal Narayan Sinha(Acting) Bihar 1971 1971  V. V. Giri 7 70px Dev Kant Barooah Assam 1971 1973  8 70px Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare Maharashtra 1973 1976  9 70px Jagannath Kaushal Chandigarh 1976 1979  Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed  70px Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh(Acting) Bihar 1979 1979  Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 10 70px Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Delhi 1979 1985  11 70px Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah Andhra Pradesh 1985 1988  Zail Singh 12 70px Govind Narayan Singh Madhya Pradesh 1988 1989  Ramaswamy Venkataraman  70px Dipak Kumar Sen(Acting) West Bengal 1989 1989   70px R. D. Pradhan(Additional Charge) Maharashtra 1989 1989  13 70px Jagannath Pahadia Rajasthan 1989 1990   70px Gangadhar Ganesh Sohani(Acting) Madhya Pradesh 1990 1990  14 70px Mohammad Yunus Saleem Uttar Pradesh 1990 1990   70px B. Satya Narayan Reddy(Acting) Andhra Pradesh 1990 1991  14 70px Mohammad Yunus Saleem Uttar Pradesh 1991 1991   70px B. Satya Narayan Reddy(Additional Charge) Andhra Pradesh 1991 1991  15 70px Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Jammu and Kashmir 1991 1993  (10) 70px Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Delhi 1993 1998  Shankar Dayal Sharma 16 70px Sunder Singh Bhandari Rajasthan 1998 1999  K. R. Narayanan  70px Brij Mohan Lal(Acting) Delhi 1999 1999   70px Suraj Bhan(Additional Charge) Haryana 1999 1999  17 70px Vinod Chandra Pande Uttar Pradesh 1999 2003  18 70px Mandagadde Rama Jois Karnataka 2003 2004  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam  70px Ved Marwah(Additional Charge) Delhi 2004 2004  19 70px Buta Singh Punjab 2004 2006   70px Gopalkrishna Gandhi(Additional Charge) Delhi 2006 2006  20 70px R. S. Gavai Maharashtra 2006 2008  21 70px R. L. Bhatia Punjab 2008 2009  Pratibha Patil 22 70px Devanand Konwar Assam 2009 2013  23 70px D. Y. Patil Maharashtra 2013 2014  Pranab Mukherjee  70px Keshari Nath Tripathi(Additional Charge) Uttar Pradesh 2014 2015  24 70px Ram Nath Kovind Uttar Pradesh 2015 2017   70px Keshari Nath Tripathi(Additional Charge) Uttar Pradesh 2017 2017  25 70px Satya Pal Malik Uttar Pradesh 2017 2018  Ram Nath Kovind 26 70px Lalji Tandon Uttar Pradesh 2018 2019  27 70px Phagu Chauhan Uttar Pradesh 2019 2023  28 70px Rajendra Arlekar Goa 2023 2025  Droupadi Murmu 29 70px Arif Mohammad Khan Uttar Pradesh 2025 Incumbent 

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governors
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Bihar governors