List of governors of Himachal Pradesh

Governor of Himachal Pradesh
Governor of Himachal Pradesh
	Incumbent; Kavinder Gupta; since 10 March 2026
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Shimla
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	S. Chakravarti, ICS Retd.
Formation	25 January 1971
Website	https://himachalrajbhavan.nic.in

This is a List of governors of Himachal Pradesh.

List

Legend

^† Died in office
^§ Transferred
^‡ Resigned/removed

Color key

indicates acting/additional charge

#	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
#	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	From	To	Time in office	Appointer (President)
1		S. Chakravarti ICS (Retd)	–	25 January 1971	16 February 1977	6 years, 22 days	V. V. Giri
2		Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan (1911–1983)	Rajasthan	17 February 1977	25 August 1981	4 years, 189 days	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
3		Ashoknath Banerji IAS (Retd) (1929–2006)	West Bengal	26 August 1981	15 April 1983	1 year, 232 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
4		Hokishe Sema (1921–2007)	Nagaland	16 April 1983	7 March 1986^[‡]	2 years, 325 days	Zail Singh
–		Justice Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai (1930–2004) Chief Justice, Himachal Pradesh High Court (Acting)	Gujarat	8 March 1986	16 April 1986	39 days
5		Vice Admiral Rustom K. S. Ghandhi (Retd) PVSM VrC (1924–2014)	Maharashtra	17 April 1986	2 December 1987	1 year, 229 days
–		S. M. H. Burney IAS (Retd) (1924–2014) Governor of Haryana (Acting)	Uttar Pradesh	2 December 1987	10 January 1988	39 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(5)		Vice Admiral Rustom K. S. Ghandhi (Retd) PVSM VrC (1924–2014)	Maharashtra	11 January 1988	20 December 1989	1 year, 343 days
–		Hari Anand Barari IPS (Retd) (1924–2014) Governor of Haryana (Acting)	West Bengal	20 December 1989	12 January 1990	23 days
(5)		Vice Admiral Rustom K. S. Ghandhi (Retd) PVSM VrC (1924–2014)	Maharashtra	13 January 1990	15 February 1990	33 days
6		B. Rachaiah (1922–2000)	Karnataka	16 February 1990	19 December 1990^[§]^{[lower-greek 1]}	306 days
7		Virendra Verma (1916–2009)	Uttar Pradesh	20 December 1990	29 January 1993	2 years, 40 days
–		Surendra Nath IPS (Retd) (1926–1994) Governor of Punjab (Additional Charge)	Delhi	30 January 1993	10 December 1993	314 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
8		Bali Ram Bhagat (1922–2011)	Bihar	11 February 1993	29 June 1993^[§]^{[lower-greek 2]}	138 days
9		Gulsher Ahmed (1921–2002)	Madhya Pradesh	30 June 1993	26 November 1993^[‡]	149 days
–		Surendra Nath IPS (Retd) (1926–1994) Governor of Punjab	Delhi	27 November 1993	9 July 1994^[†]	224 days
–		Justice Viswanathan Ratnam (1932–2020) Chief Justice, Himachal Pradesh High Court (Acting)	Tamil Nadu	10 July 1994	30 July 1994	20 days
9		Sudhakarrao Naik (1934–2001)	Maharashtra	30 July 1994	17 September 1995^[‡]	1 year, 49 days
–		Mahabir Prasad (1939–2010) Governor of Haryana (Additional Charge)	Uttar Pradesh	18 September 1995	17 November 1995	60 days
10		Sheila Kaul (1915–2025)	Uttar Pradesh	17 November 1995	23 April 1996^[‡]	158 days
–		Mahabir Prasad (1939–2010) Governor of Haryana (Additional Charge)	Uttar Pradesh	23 April 1996	25 July 1997	1 year, 93 days
11		V. S. Ramadevi IAS (Retd) (1934–2013)	Andhra Pradesh	26 July 1997	1 December 1999^[§]^{[lower-greek 3]}	2 years, 128 days
12		Vishnu Kant Shastri (1929–2005)	West Bengal	2 December 1999	23 November 2000^[§]^{[lower-greek 4]}	357 days	K. R. Narayanan
13		Suraj Bhan (1928–2006)	Haryana	23 November 2000	7 May 2003	2 years, 165 days	K. R. Narayanan
14		Justice (Retd) Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (born 1939)	Madhya Pradesh	8 May 2003	19 July 2008	5 years, 72 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
15		Prabha Rau (1935–2010)	Maharashtra	19 July 2008	24 January 2010^[§]^{[lower-greek 2]}	1 year, 189 days	Pratibha Patil
16		Urmila Singh (1946–2018)	Madhya Pradesh	25 January 2010	28 January 2015	5 years, 3 days	Pratibha Patil
–		Kalyan Singh (1932–2021) Governor of Rajasthan (Additional Charge)	Uttar Pradesh	28 January 2015	12 August 2015	196 days	Pranab Mukherjee
17		Acharya Dev Vrat (born 1959)	Haryana	12 August 2015	21 July 2019^[§]^{[lower-greek 5]}	3 years, 343 days	Pranab Mukherjee
18		Kalraj Mishra (born 1941)	Uttar Pradesh	21 July 2019	10 September 2019^[§]^{[lower-greek 2]}	51 days	Ramnath Kovind
19		Bandaru Dattatreya (born 1947)	Telangana	11 September 2019	13 July 2021^[§]^{[lower-greek 6]}	1 year, 305 days
20		Rajendra Arlekar (born 1954)	Goa	13 July 2021	13 February 2023^[§]^{[lower-greek 7]}	1 year, 215 days
21		Shiv Pratap Shukla (born 1952)	Uttar Pradesh	13 February 2023	11 March 2026^[§]^{[lower-greek 8]}	3 years, 26 days	Droupadi Murmu
22		Kavinder Gupta (born 1959)	Jammu and Kashmir	10 March 2026	Incumbent	111 days	Droupadi Murmu