List of governors of Manipur explained

Post:	Governor of Manipur
Insigniasize:	200
Insigniacaption:	Emblem of Manipur
Incumbent:	Lakshman Prasad Acharya (additional charge)
Incumbentsince:	31 July 2024
Style:	His Excellency
Residence:	Raj Bhavan Imphal
Termlength:	5 Years
Appointer:	President of India
Inaugural:	B. K. Nehru

The governor of Manipur is the nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Manipur. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. The current governor of Manipur is Lakshman Prasad Acharya (additional charge), appointed by President Droupadi Murmu on 31 July 2024.^[1]

Governors of Manipur

	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration
1	B. K. Nehru		21 January 1972	20 September 1973
2	L.P. Singh		21 September 1973	11 August 1981
3	S. M. H. Burney		18 August 1981	11 June 1984
4	K. V. Krishna Rao		2 June 1984	7 July 1989
5	Chintamani Panigrahi		10 July 1989	19 March 1993
6	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy		20 March 1993	30 August 1993
7	Lt.Gen. V. K. Nayar		31 August 1993	22 December 1994
8	O.N. Shrivastava		23 December 1994	11 February 1999
9	Ved Marwah		2 December 1999	12 June 2003
10	Arvind Dave		13 June 2003	5 August 2004
11	Shivinder Singh Sidhu		6 August 2004	22 July 2008
12	Gurbachan Jagat^[2]		23 July 2008	22 July 2013
13	Ashwani Kumar^[3]		23 July 2013	31 December 2013
14	Vinod Duggal^[4]		31 December 2013	28 August 2014
—	K. K. Paul (additional charge)		16 September 2014	15 May 2015
15	Syed Ahmed		16 May 2015	27 September 2015
—	V. Shanmuganathan (additional charge)^[5]		30 September 2015	17 August 2016
16	Najma A. Heptulla^[6]		21 August 2016	1 May 2018
—	Jagdish Mukhi (additional charge)		2 May 2018	30 May 2018
(16)	Najma Heptulla		31 May 2018	26 June 2019
—	Padmanabha Acharya (additional charge)		27 June 2019 ^[7]	23 July 2019
(16)	Najma Heptulla		24 July 2019	10 August 2021
—	Ganga Prasad (additional charge)		12 August 2021	26 August 2021
17	La. Ganesan		27 August 2021	12 February 2023
18	Anusuiya Uikey		12 February 2023	30 July 2024
—	Lakshman Prasad Acharya (additional charge)		31 July 2024	Incumbent

See also

• Manipur
• Chief Minister of Manipur
• Governors of India

References

7. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other- states/sikkim-governor-sworn-in-as-governor-in-charge-of-manipur/article35875622.ece

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023-02-12 . India Political Updates: Resignation of Ladakh L-G R K Mathur accepted, Brig B D Mishra appointed in his place . 2023-02-12 . Deccan Herald . en.
2. Web site: Manipur Legislative Assembly-Bills Passed-Subject-wise. manipurassembly.nic.in. 14 May 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160513073454/http://manipurassembly.nic.in/html/governor.html. 13 May 2016. dmy-all.
3. Web site: Ashwani Kumar sworn in as Governor of Manipur. The Hindu. 14 May 2016.
4. Web site: Vinod Kumar Duggal sworn in Manipur Governor. The Hindu. 14 May 2016.
5. Web site: English Releases. pib.nic.in. 14 May 2016.
6. Web site: Press Releases . The President of India . 2018-07-29.
7. News: Acharya sworn in as Governor of Manipur. 13 August 2019. Business Standard. 27 June 2019. dmy-all.