| Post: | Governor |
| Status: | Abolished |
| Body: | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Flag: | Flag of Jammu and Kashmir (1952-2019).svg |
| Flagcaption: | State flag of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Insignia: | Seal of Jammu and Kashmir color.png |
| Insigniacaption: | State emblem of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Residence: | |
| Termlength: | Five years |
| Formation: | 30 March 1965 |
| Abolished: | 30 October 2019 |
| Appointer: | President of India |
| Inaugural: | Karan Singh |
| Last: | Satya Pal Malik |
| Website: | http://jkrajbhawan.nic.in |
The governor of Jammu and Kashmir was the head of the Indian state Jammu and Kashmir.[1]
When India became independent, Hari Singh was the Maharaja of the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir. Technically he remained so until 17 November 1952, although from 20 June 1949 his son Karan Singh acted as regent. From 17 November 1952 to 30 March 1965, Karan Singh was the elected as the Sadr-e-Riyasat of the State of Jammu and Kashmir. On 30 March 1965, Karan Singh became the first Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
The office of governor was abolished after the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was passed in August 2019 in the Parliament of India, reorganising the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, on 31 October 2019.[2] Provisions contained within the act created the positions of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.[3]
| Name | Term of office | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Karan Singh | (total: 14 years, 179 days) | [4] | |||
| 2 | Bhagwan Sahay | |||||
| 3 | L. K. Jha | |||||
| 4 | B. K. Nehru | |||||
| 5 | Jagmohan Malhotra | |||||
| 6 | Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao | |||||
| (5) | Jagmohan Malhotra | (total: 5 years, 203 days) | ||||
| 7 | Girish Chandra Saxena | |||||
| (6) | Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao | (total: 5 years, 243 days) | ||||
| (7) | Girish Chandra Saxena | (total: 7 years, 365 days) | ||||
| 8 | S. K. Sinha | |||||
| 9 | N. N. Vohra | |||||
| 10 | Satya Pal Malik | |||||
| Jammu and Kashmir state partitioned on 31 October 2019 | ||||||