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Full List of Governors of Kerala: 1956 to present

Names of all the Governors of Kerala to date.

Pratidin Bureau

19 Jan 2023 18:41 IST

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The Constitution defines the governor as the head of the state, and he or she must follow the advice of the Council of Ministers (CoM). He functions as a vital link between the Union government and the state government. Since Article 153 mandates the presence of a governor in every state, Kerala has had 17 governors since 1956. The first governor of Kerala was Burgula Ramakrishna Rao. He was appointed in 1956. Fast forwarding to today, the present governor is Arif Mohammad Khan. In this list, we have mentioned the names of all the Governors of Kerala to date.

Sl.No	Governor	From	To
1	Arif Mohammad Khan	"September 6	2019"	Incumbent
2	P Sathasivam	"September 5	2014"	"September 5	2019"
3	Sheila Dikshit	"March 5	2014"	"August 26	2014"
4	Nikhil Kumar	"March 23	2013"	"March 5	2014"
5	Hansraj Bhardwaj (additional charge after the death of M.O.H Farook)	"January 26	2012"	"March 22	2013"
6	M.O.H. Farook	"September 8	2011"	"January 26	2012"
7	R.S. Gavai	"July 11	2008"	"September 7	2011"
8	R.L Bhatia	"June 23	2004"	"July 10	2008"
9	T. N. Chaturvedi (Additional charge after the death of Sikander Bakht)	25 February 2004	"June 23	2004"
10	Swaroop Singh	"February 12	1990"	"December 20	1990"
11	Ram Dulari Sinha	"February 23	1988"	"February 12	1990"
12	P. Ramachandran	"October 27	1982"	"February 23	1988"
13	Jothi Venkatachalam	"October 14	1977"	"October 27	1982"
14	N.N. Wanchoo	"April 1	1973"	"October 10	1977"
15	V. Viswanathan	"May 15	1967"	"April 1	1973"
16	Bhagwan Sahay	"February 6	1966"	"May 15	1967"
17	Ajith Prasad Jain	2 April 1965	"February 6	1966"
18	V.V. Giri	"July 1	1960"	"April 2	1965"
19	Burgula Ramakrishna Rao	"November 22	1956"	"July 1	1960"

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