List of governors of Kerala

The Governor of Kerala is the constitutional head of state of the southern Indian state of Kerala. The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years. The governor is de jure head of the Government of Kerala.Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. . p. 237, 241–44. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Kerala as well.

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 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 70pxP. S. Rao(Acting)Andhra Pradesh19561956 Rajendra Prasad 1 70px Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Andhra Pradesh 1956 1960  2 70px V. V. Giri Madras Presidency 1960 1965  3 70px Ajit Prasad Jain Uttar Pradesh 1965 1966  Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 4 70px Bhagwan Sahay Uttar Pradesh 1966 1967  5 70px V. Viswanathan Kerala 1967 1973  Zakir Husain 6 70px N. N. Wanchoo Madhya Pradesh 1973 1977  V. V. Giri 7 70px Jothi Venkatachalam Tamil Nadu 1977 1982  Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 8 70px P. Ramachandran Tamil Nadu 1982 1988  Zail Singh 9 70px Ram Dulari Sinha Bihar 1988 1990  Ramaswamy Venkataraman 10 70px Sarup Singh Haryana 1990 1990  11 70px B. Rachaiah Karnataka 1990 1995   70px Gopala Ramanujam(Acting) Tamil Nadu 1995 1995  Shankar Dayal Sharma (11) 70px B. Rachaiah Karnataka 1995 1995  12 70px P. Shiv Shankar Andhra Pradesh 1995 1996   70px Khurshed Alam Khan(Additional Charge) Uttar Pradesh 1996 1997  13 70px Sukhdev Singh Kang Punjab 1997 2000   70px C. Rangarajan(Acting) Tamil Nadu 2000 2000  K. R. Narayanan (13) 70px Sukhdev Singh Kang Punjab 2000 2000   70px C. Rangarajan(Acting) Tamil Nadu 2000 2000  (13) 70px Sukhdev Singh Kang Punjab 2000 2001   70px Mohammed Fazal(Acting) Uttar Pradesh 2001 2001  (13) 70px Sukhdev Singh Kang Punjab 2001 2002   70px C. Rangarajan(Acting) Tamil Nadu 2002 2002  (13) 70px Sukhdev Singh Kang Punjab 2002 2002  14 70px Sikander Bakht National Capital Territory of Delhi 2002 2004   70px T. N. Chaturvedi(Additional Charge) Uttar Pradesh 2004 2004  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 15 70px R. L. Bhatia Punjab 2004 2008  16 70px R. S. Gavai Maharashtra 2008 2011  Pratibha Patil 17 70px M. O. H. Farook Puducherry 2011 2012   70px H. R. Bhardwaj(Additional Charge) Punjab 2012 2013  18 70px Nikhil Kumar Bihar 2013 2014  Pranab Mukherjee 19 70px Sheila Dikshit National Capital Territory of Delhi 2014 2014  20 70px P. Sathasivam Tamil Nadu 2014 2019  21 70px Arif Mohammad Khan Uttar Pradesh 2019 2025  Ram Nath Kovind 22 70px Rajendra Arlekar Goa 2025 Incumbent  Droupadi Murmu

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