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Kerala Governor List

On November 22 1956, Burgula Ramakrishna Rao became the first Kerala Governor in independent India. After him, V V Giri held the post and since then Kerala’s has had 17 Governors. The other persons to have held this post are former Delhi Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit and former Supreme Court judge, P Sathasivam. Arif Mohammad Khan took charge as Kerala Governor on September 6 2019.

List of Governors of Kerala

Governor From To
Arif Mohammad Khan 6 September 2019 Incumbent
Arif Mohammad Khan 6 September 2019 Incumbent
P Sathasivam 5 September 2014 September 5, 2019
Sheila Dikshit 5 March 2014 August 26, 2014
Nikhil Kumar 23 March 2013 March 5, 2014
Hansraj Bhardwaj (additional charge after the death of M.O.H. Farook) 26 January 2012 March 22, 2013
M. O. H. Farook 8 September 2011 January 26, 2012
R. S. Gavai 11 July 2008 September 7, 2011
R. L. Bhatia 23 June 2004 July 10, 2008
T. N. Chaturvedi (additional charge after the death of Sikander Bakht) 25 February 2004 June 23, 2004
Governor From To
Sikander Bakht 18 April 2002 February 23, 2004
Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang 25 January 1997 April 18, 2002
Mohammed Fazal (additional charge) 14 September 2001 September 28, 2001
16 February 2002 February 28, 2002
19 October 2000 November 7, 2000
Dr. C. Rangarajan (additional charge) 29 February 2000 April 23, 2000
Khurshid Alam Khan 5 May 1996 January 25, 1997
P. Shiv Shankar 12 November 1995 May 1, 1996
Gopal Ramanujam (additional charge) 20 April 1995 April 29, 1995
B. Rachaiah 20 December 1990 November 9, 1995
Dr. Sarup Singh 12 February 1990 December 20, 1990
Ram Dulari Sinha 23 February 1988 February 12, 1990
P. Ramachandran 27 October 1982 February 23, 1988
Jothi Venkatachalam 14 October 1977 October 27, 1982
N. N. Wanchoo 1 April 1973 October 10, 1977
V. Viswanathan 15 May 1967 April 1, 1973
Bhagwan Sahay 6 February 1966 May 15, 1967
Ajith Prasad Jain 2 April 1965 February 6, 1966
V. V. Giri 1 July 1960 April 2, 1965
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao 22 November 1956 July 1, 1960
Source: ECI
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The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.

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