List of governors of Jharkhand

Governor of Jharkhand
Governor of Jharkhand
	Emblem of Jharkhand
	Incumbent; Santosh Gangwar; since 31 July 2024
Style	His/Her Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Ranchi
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	Prabhat Kumar
Formation	15 November 2000
Website	rajbhavanjharkhand.nic.in

This is a list of governors of Jharkhand since its inception on 15 November 2000.

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		Prabhat Kumar IAS (Retd) (born 1940)	Uttar Pradesh	15 November 2000	3 February 2002^[‡]	1 year, 80 days	K. R. Narayanan
–		Vinod Chandra Pande IAS (Retd) (1938–2005) Governor of Bihar (Additional Charge)	Uttar Pradesh	4 February 2002	14 July 2002	160 days
2		Justice (Retd) Mandagadde Rama Jois (1931–2021)	Karnataka	15 July 2002	11 June 2003^[§]^{[lower-greek 1]}	331 days
3		Ved Marwah IPS (Retd) (1934–2020)	Delhi	12 June 2003	9 December 2004	1 year, 180 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
4		Syed Sibtey Razi (1939–2022)	Uttar Pradesh	10 December 2004	25 July 2009^[§]^{[lower-greek 2]}	4 years, 227 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
5		Kateekal Sankaranarayanan (1932–2022)	Kerala	26 July 2009	21 January 2010^[§]^{[lower-greek 3]}	179 days	Pratibha Patil
6		M. O. H. Farook (1937–2012)	Puducherry	22 January 2010	4 September 2011^[§]^{[lower-greek 4]}	1 year, 225 days
7		Syed Ahmed (1943–2015)	Maharashtra	4 September 2011	17 May 2015^[§]^{[lower-greek 5]}	3 years, 255 days
8		Droupadi Murmu (born 1958)	Odisha	18 May 2015	13 July 2021	6 years, 56 days	Pranab Mukherjee
9		Ramesh Bais (born 1947)	Chhattisgarh	14 July 2021	17 February 2023^[§]^{[lower-greek 3]}	1 year, 218 days	Ram Nath Kovind
10		C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 1957)	Tamil Nadu	18 February 2023	30 July 2024^[§]^{[lower-greek 3]}	1 year, 163 days	Droupadi Murmu
11		Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948)	Uttar Pradesh	31 July 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 333 days	Droupadi Murmu