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| 2 | List of governors of Tamil Nadu - Tamil Nadu |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | # | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Term | President who appointed the Governor |
| 4 | 1 | Sardar Ujjal Singh | 14 January 1969 | 27 May 1971 | 1 | Zakir Hussain |
| 5 | 2 | Kodardas Kalidas Shah | 27 May 1971 | 16 June 1976 | 1 | Varaha Venkata Giri |
| 6 | 3 | Mohan Lal Sukhadia | 16 June 1976 | 8 April 1977 | 1 | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| 7 | 4 | P. Govindan Nair (acting) | 9 April 1977 | 27 April 1977 | 1 | - |
| 8 | 5 | Prabhudas Patwari | 27 April 1977 | 27 October 1980 | 1 | Basappa Danappa Jatti |
| 9 | 6 | M. M. Ismail (acting) | 27 October 1980 | 4 November 1980 | 1 | - |
| 10 | 7 | Sadiq Ali | 4 November 1980 | 3 September 1982 | 1 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 11 | 8 | Sundar Lal Khurana, IAS (Retired) | 3 September 1982 | 17 February 1988 | 1 | Giani Zail Singh |
| 12 | 9 | P. C. Alexander, IAS (Retired) | 17 February 1988 | 24 May 1990 | 1 | R. Venkataraman |
| 13 | 10 | Surjit Singh Barnala | 24 May 1990 | 15 February 1991 | 1 | R. Venkataraman |
| 14 | 11 | Bhishma Narain Singh | 15 February 1991 | 31 May 1993 | 1 | R. Venkataraman |
| 15 | 12 | Marri Chenna Reddy | 31 May 1993 | 2 December 1996 | 1 | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 16 | 13 | Krishan Kant (additional charge) | 2 December 1996 | 25 January 1997 | 1 | - |
| 17 | 14 | M. Fathima Beevi | 25 January 1997 | 3 July 2001 | 1 | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| 18 | 15 | C. Rangarajan (additional charge) | 3 July 2001 | 18 January 2002 | 1 | - |
| 19 | 16 | P. S. Ramamohan Rao, IPS (Retired) | 18 January 2002 | 3 November 2004 | 1 | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 20 | 17 | Surjit Singh Barnala | 3 November 2004 | 31 August 2011 | 2 | - |
| 21 | 18 | Konijeti Rosaiah | 31 August 2011 | 30 August 2016 | 1 | Pratibha Patil |
| 22 | 19 | C. Vidyasagar Rao (additional charge) | 2 September 2016 | 6 October 2017 | 1 | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 23 | 20 | Banwarilal Purohit | 6 October 2017 | Incumbent | 1 | Ram Nath Kovind |

Question: Did any governers of Tamil Nadu serve multiple non-consecutive terms?
Answer: Surjit Singh Barnala was appointed as governor, and served two terms in office (24 May 1990–15 February 1991 and 3 November 2004–31 August 2011).