List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry

Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry

**புதுச்சேரி துணைநிலை ஆளுநர்**

**పుదుచ్చేరి లెఫ్టినెంట్ గవర్నర్**
**പുതുച്ചേരി ലെഫ്റ്റനന്റ് ഗവർണർ**
**Lieutenants-gouverneurs de Pondichéry**
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry ; புதுச்சேரி துணைநிலை ஆளுநர்; పుదుచ్చేరి లెఫ్టినెంట్ గవర్నర్ പുതുച്ചേരി ലെഫ്റ്റനന്റ് ഗവർണർ; Lieutenants-gouverneurs de Pondichéry
	Emblem of Puducherry
	Incumbent; Kuniyil Kailashnathan; since 7 August 2024
Style	His Excellency (formal) ; The Honourable (informal)
Status	Head of State (Union Territory)
Reports to	President of India; Government of India
Residence	Raj Niwas, Puducherry
Appointer	President of India on the advice of the Government of India
Term length	5 Years
Inaugural holder	S. L. Silam
Formation	14 October 1963

Puducherry (formerly known as "Pondicherry") is a Union Territory of India. Governance and administration of the territory fall directly under federal authority.

List

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1	S.L. Silam^[a]	14 Oct 1963	13 Oct 1968	4 years, 365 days
2	B.D. Jatti	14 Oct 1968	7 Nov 1972	4 years, 24 days
3	Chhedilal	8 Nov 1972	29 Aug 1976	3 years, 295 days
4	B.T. Kulkarni	30 Aug 1976	31 Oct 1980	4 years, 62 days
5	Ram Kishore Vyas	1 Nov 1980	15 Apr 1981	165 days
-	Sri Sadiq Ali^[b]	16 Apr 1981	26 Jul 1981	101 days
6	R.N. Haldipur	27 Jul 1981	14 May 1982	291 days
7	K.M. Chandy	15 May 1982	5 Aug 1983	1 year, 82 days
8	Kona Prabhakara Rao	2 Sep 1983	17 Jun 1984	289 days
-	S.L. Khurana^[b]	18 Jun 1984	30 Sep 1984	104 days
9	Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary	1 Oct 1984	21 Jun 1988	3 years, 264 days
10	Ranjit Singh Dyal	22 Jun 1988	19 Feb 1990	1 year, 242 days
11	Chandrawati	19 Feb 1990	18 Dec 1990	302 days
12	Har Swarup Singh	19 Dec 1990	05 Feb 1993	2 years, 48 days
-	Bishma Narain Singh^[b]	06 Feb 1993	31 May 1993	2 years, 84 days
-	Marri Channa Reddy^[b]	31 May 1993	1 May 1995	1 year, 335 days
13	Rajendra Kumari Bajpai	2 May 1995	22 Apr 1998	2 years, 355 days
14	Rajani Rai	23 Apr 1998	29 Jul 2002	4 years, 97 days
15	K. R. Malkani	31 Jul 2002	27 Oct 2003	1 year, 88 days
-	P.S. Rama Mohan Rao^[b]	27 Oct 2003	5 Jan 2004	70 days
16	Nagendra Nath Jha	5 Jan 2004	6 Jul 2004	183 days
17	M. M. Lakhera	7 Jul 2004	18 Jul 2006	2 years, 11 days
18	Mukut Mithi	19 Jul 2006	12 Mar 2008	1 year, 237 days
19	Bhopinder Singh	15 Mar 2008	22 Jul 2008	129 days
20	Govind Singh Gurjar	23 Jul 2008	6 Apr 2009	257 days
-	Surjit Singh Barnala^[c]	9 Apr 2009	27 Jul 2009	109 days
21	Iqbal Singh	27 Jul 2009	9 Jul 2013	3 years, 347 days
22	Virendra Kataria	10 Jul 2013	11 Jul 2014	1 year, 1 day
23	A. K. Singh^[1]	12 Jul 2014	26 May 2016	1 year, 319 days
24	Kiran Bedi^[2]	28 May 2016	16 Feb 2021	4 years, 264 days
-	Tamilisai Soundararajan (additional charge)	18 Feb 2021	18 March 2024^[3]	3 years, 30 days
-	C.P. Radhakrishnan (additional charge) ^[d]	20 March 2024	6 August 2024	134 days
25	Kuniyil Kailashnathan^[4]	7 August 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 326 days