List of governors of Maharashtra explained

Post:Governor
Insignia:Seal of Maharashtra.svg
Insigniasize:100
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Maharashtra
Body:Maharashtra
Incumbent:C. P. Radhakrishnan
Incumbentsince:31 July 2024
Abbreviation:GOM
Style:The Honourable
Mr.Governor
His/Her Excellency
Residence:Raj Bhavan, MumbaiRaj Bhavan, NagpurRaj Bhavan, PuneRaj Bhavan, Mahabaleshwar
Termlength:Five years
Appointer:President of India
Precursor:Governor of Maharashtra
Inaugural:Raja Maharaj Singh

The Governor of Maharashtra is the ceremonial head of the state of Maharashtra. The Constitution of India confers the executive powers of the state to the governor, however the de facto executive powers lie with the Council of Ministers.[1]

C. P. Radhakrishnan is the current governor of Maharashtra since 31 July 2024.[2] [3]

Powers and duties

The governor formally appoints many of the state officials, including the advocate general of Bombay, the Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta, the state election commissioner, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), the chairmen and members of the three development boards, the sheriff of Bombay, and the state chief information commissioner.

Governors of Maharashtra

This is a list of governors of Maharashtra:[4]

PortraitName
(borndied)
Home stateTenure in officeImmediate prior position heldAppointed by
FromToTime in office
Governor of Bombay State
1Raja Sir Maharaj Singh

Punjab6 January
1948
30 May
1952
President, All India Conference of Indian ChristiansLord Louis Mountbatten
2Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai

Uttar Pradesh30 May
1952
5 December
1954
Secretary-General, Ministry of External AffairsRajendra Prasad

M. C. Chagla

(Acting)
Bombay5 December
1954
2 March
1955
3Harekrushna Mahatab
Orissa2 March
1955
14 October
1956
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

M. C. Chagla

(Acting)
Bombay14 October
1956
10 December
1956
4Sri Prakasa
Uttar Pradesh10 December
1956
30 April
1960
Governor of Madras State
Governor of Maharashtra
(4)Sri Prakasa
Uttar Pradesh1 May
1960
16 April
1962
Governor of Bombay StateRajendra Prasad
5P. Subbarayan
Madras17 April
1962
6 October
1962
Union Cabinet Minister for Transport and Communications

H. K. Chainani

(Acting)
Maharashtra6 October
1962
28 November
1962
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
6Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Uttar Pradesh28 November
1962
18 October
1964
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

Ambassador to Ireland and Spain

H. K. Chainani

(Acting)
Maharashtra18 October
1964
14 November
1964
7P. V. Cherian
Madras14 November
1964
8 November
1969
Chairman of Madras Legislative Council

S. P. Kotval

(Acting)
Maharashtra8 November
1969
26 February
1970
V. V. Giri
8Ali Yavar Jung
Telangana26 February
1970
11 December
1976
Ambassador to the United States

R. M. Kantawala

(Acting)
Maharashtra11 December
1976
30 April
1977
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
9Sadiq Ali
Rajasthan30 April
1977
8 November
1980
B. D. Jatti
10
Om Prakash Mehra

Punjab8 November
1980
5 March
1982
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
11
Idris Hasan Latif

Telangana6 March
1982
16 April
1985

Konda Madhava Reddy

(Acting)
Telangana16 April
1985
30 May
1985
Zail Singh
12Kona Prabhakara Rao
Andhra Pradesh31 May
1985
2 April
1986
Governor of Sikkim
13Shankar Dayal Sharma
Madhya Pradesh3 April
1986
2 September
1987
Governor of Punjab and
Administrator of Chandigarh

S. K. Desai

(Acting)
Maharashtra3 September
1987
2 November
1987
R. Venkataraman

Chittatosh Mookerjee

(Acting)
West Bengal2 November
1987
20 February
1988
14Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Andhra Pradesh20 February
1988
18 January
1990
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Chittatosh Mookerjee

(Acting)
West Bengal18 January
1990
14 February
1990
15Chidambaram Subramaniam
Tamil Nadu15 February
1990
9 January
1993
16P. C. Alexander
Kerala12 January
1993
13 July
2002
Shankar Dayal Sharma

C. K. Thakker

(Acting)
Gujarat13 July
2002
10 October
2002
K. R. Narayanan
17Mohammed Fazal
Uttar Pradesh10 October
2002
5 December
2004
Governor of GoaA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
18S. M. Krishna
Karnataka12 December
2004
5 March
2008
S. C. Jamir

(Additional charge until
8 July 2008)
Nagaland9 March
2008
8 July
2008
Governor of GoaPratibha Patil
19S. C. Jamir
8 July
2008
22 January
2010
20K. Sankaranarayanan
Kerala22 January
2010
7 May
2012
Governor of Jharkhand
7 May
2012
24 August
2014
Om Prakash Kohli

(Additional Charge)
Delhi24 August
2014
30 August
2014
Pranab Mukherjee
21C. Vidyasagar Rao
Telangana30 August
2014
4 September
2019
22Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Uttarakhand5 September
2019
17 February
2023
Ram Nath Kovind
23Ramesh Bais
Chhattisgarh18 February
2023
30 July
2024
Governor of JharkhandDroupadi Murmu
24C. P. Radhakrishnan
Tamil Nadu31 July 2024Incumbent

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Governor - Information under RTI Act. 16 March 2013. 1. https://web.archive.org/web/20140220025530/http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/rti.pdf. 20 February 2014. dead.
  2. News: 2024-07-28 . Jishnu Dev Varma is new Governor of Telangana; Radhakrishnan moves to Maharashtra . live . 2024-07-28 . Telangana Today.
  3. Web site: 2024-07-27 . PRESS COMMUNIQUE . 2024-07-28 . President of India.
  4. Web site: Previous Governors . . 7 December 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090206050259/http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/previous/default.htm . 6 February 2009 .