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List of governors of Himachal Pradesh

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Governor of Himachal Pradesh
since 13 February 2023
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Shimla
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holderS. Chakravarti, ICS Retd.
Formation25 January 1971; 53 years ago (1971-01-25)
Websitehttps://himachalrajbhavan.nic.in

The governor of Himachal Pradesh (ISO: Himachal Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Shiv Pratap Shukla is the 22nd governor (31st if governors with additional charge also counted) of Himachal Pradesh since February 2023.

Out of the regular 21 governors (except the present one) of the state only three have been able to complete their full terms: S. Chakravarti (1971–77), Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (2003–08) and Urmila Singh (2010–15).

Lieutenant governors of Himachal Pradesh

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# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration
1 Maj. Gen. K. S. Himmatsinhji (retd.) 1 March 1952 31 December 1954
2 Rai Bajrang Bahadur Singh 1 January 1955 13 August 1963
3 Sh. Bhagawan Sahay 14 August 1963 25 February 1966
4 Sh. V. Viswanathan, ICS (retd.) 26 February 1966 6 May 1967
5 Sh. Om Parkash 7 May 1967 15 May 1967
6 Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.) 16 May 1967 24 January 1971

Governors of Himachal Pradesh

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Key
 • indicates that this was an additional charge
# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration Home State Appointed by
1. S. Chakravarti 25 January 1971 16 February 1977 6 years, 22 days Not Known V. V. Giri
2. Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan
(1911 - 1983) 		17 February 1977 25 August 1981 4 years, 189 days Haryana Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
3. A. K. Banerjee 26 August 1981 15 April 1983 1 year, 232 days Not Known Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
4. Hokishe Sema
(1921 - 2007) 		16 April 1983 7 March 1986 2 years, 325 days Nagaland Zail Singh
– Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai
(1930 - 2004) 		8 March 1986 16 April 1986 39 days Gujarat
5. R. K. S. Ghandhi
(1924 - 2014) 		17 April 1986 15 February 1990 3 years, 304 days Madhya Pradesh
– S. M. H. Burney
(1924 - 2014) 		2 December 1987 10 January 1988 39 days Uttar Pradesh R. Venkataraman
– H. A. Brari 20 December 1989 12 January 1990 23 days Not Known
6. B. Rachaiah
(1922 - 2000) 		16 February 1990 19 December 1990 306 days Karnataka
7. Virendra Verma
(1916 - 2009) 		20 December 1990 29 January 1993 2 years, 40 days Uttar Pradesh
– Surendra Nath
(1926 - 1994) 		30 January 1993 10 December 1993 314 days Not Known Shankar Dayal Sharma
8. Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922 - 2011) 		11 February 1993 29 June 1993 138 days Bihar
9. Gulsher Ahmad
(1921 - 2002) 		30 June 1993 26 November 1993 149 days Madhya Pradesh
– Surendra Nath
(1926 - 1994) 		27 November 1993 9 July 1994 224 days Not Known
– Viswanathan Ratnam
(1932 - 2020) 		10 July 1994 30 July 1994 20 days Tamil Nadu
10. Sudhakarrao Naik
(1934 - 2001) 		30 July 1994 18 September 1995 1 year, 50 days Maharashtra
– Mahabir Prasad
(1939 - 2010) 		18 September 1995 17 November 1995 60 days Uttar Pradesh
11. Sheila Kaul
(1915 - 2015) 		17 November 1995 23 April 1996 158 days
– Mahabir Prasad
(1939 - 2010) 		23 April 1996 25 July 1997 1 year, 93 days
12. V. S. Ramadevi
(1934 - 2013) 		26 July 1997 1 December 1999 2 years, 128 days Tamil Nadu K. R. Narayan
13. Vishnu Kant Shastri
(1929 - 2005) 		2 December 1999 23 November 2000 357 days West Bengal
14. Suraj Bhan
(1928 - 2006) 		23 November 2000 7 May 2003 2 years, 165 days Haryana
15. Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje
(born 1939) 		8 May 2003 19 July 2008 5 years, 72 days Madhya Pradesh A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
16. Prabha Rau
(1935 - 2010) 		19 July 2008 24 January 2010 1 year, 189 days Maharashtra Pratibha Patil
17. Urmila Singh
(1946 - 2018) 		25 January 2010 28 January 2015 5 years, 3 days Madhya Pradesh
- Kalyan Singh
(1932 - 2021) 		28 January 2015 12 August 2015 196 days Uttar Pradesh Pranab Mukherjee
18. Acharya Devvrat
(born 1959) 		12 August 2015 21 July 2019

3 years, 343 days

Haryana
19. Kalraj Mishra
(born 1941) 		22 July 2019 10 September 2019 50 days Uttar Pradesh Ramnath Kovind
20. Bandaru Dattatreya
(born 1947) 		11 September 2019 13 July 2021 1 year, 305 days Telangana
21. Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
(born 1954) 		13 July 2021 13 February 2023 1 year, 215 days Goa
22. Shiv Pratap Shukla
(born 1952) 		13 February 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 317 days Uttar Pradesh Draupadi Murmu

See also

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References

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