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.
| 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 |
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