List of governors of Andhra Pradesh

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The governor of Andhra Pradesh is the head of state of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Governors in India have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at the central level. They exist in the state appointed by the president of India and they are not local to the state that they are appointed to govern. The factors based on which the president evaluates the candidates is not mentioned in the constitution. The governor acts as the nominal head whereas the real power lies with the Chief Minister of the state and their council of ministers.This is a list of governors of Andhra Pradesh, including Andhra State and united Andhra Pradesh, in office from 1953 to the present date. The official residence of the governor is the Raj Bhavan, situated in Vijayawada. E. S. L. Narasimhan is the longest serving governor, serving for 9 years and 208 days.

The current incumbent is S. Abdul Nazeer since 24 February 2023.

Qualifications

Article 157 and Article 158 of the Constitution of India specify eligibility requirements for the post of governor. They are as follows:

A governor must:

be a citizen of India.
be at least 35 years of age.
not be a member of either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature.
not hold any office of profit.

Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Saasana Sabha (Legislative Assembly) or Saasana Mandali (Legislative Council), and
Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Andhra Pradesh is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Andhra Pradesh. The universities include Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Adikavi Nannaya University, Andhra University, Cluster University, Dr. Abdul Haq Urdu University, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Dr. YSR Architecture & Fine Arts University, Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Dravidian University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Anantapur), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Kakinada), Krishna University, Rayalaseema University, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Sri Venkateswara University, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Vikrama Simhapuri University and Yogi Vemana University

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Governors of Andhra State (19531956)

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| Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

| Bombay State

| 1953

| 1956

| Rajendra Prasad

Governors of Andhra Pradesh (1956present)

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! colspan="3"| Tenure in office

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| Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

| Bombay State

| 1956

| 1957

| rowspan="2"| Rajendra Prasad

! 2

| 70px

| Bhim Sen Sachar

| Punjab

| 1957

| 1962

! 3

| 70px

| S. M. Shrinagesh

| Maharashtra

| 1962

| 1964

| rowspan="2"| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

! 4

| 70px

| Pattom A. Thanu Pillai

| Kerala

| 1964

| 1968

! 5

| 70px

| Khandubhai Kasanji Desai

| Gujarat

| 1968

| 1975

| Zakir Husain

! 6

| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px

| bgcolor="wheat"| S. Obul Reddy (Acting)

| bgcolor="wheat"| Andhra Pradesh

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1975

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1976

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| rowspan="3"| Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

! 7

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| Mohan Lal Sukhadia

| Rajasthan

| 1976

! 8

| 70px

| Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare

| Maharashtra

| 1976

| 1977

! 9

| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px

| bgcolor="wheat"| B. J. Divan (Acting)

| bgcolor="wheat"| Gujarat

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1977

| bgcolor="wheat"|

| rowspan="2"| B. D. Jatti

! 10

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| Sharda Mukherjee

| Maharashtra

| 1977

| 1978

! 11

| 70px

| K. C. Abraham

| Kerala

| 1978

| 1983

| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

! 12

| 70px

| Thakur Ram Lal

| Himachal Pradesh

| 1983

| 1984

| rowspan="3"| Zail Singh

! 13

| 70px

| Shankar Dayal Sharma

| Madhya Pradesh

| 1984

| 1985

! 14

| 70px

| Kumudben Joshi

| Gujarat

| 1985

| 1990

! 15

| 70px

| Krishan Kant

| Punjab

| 1990

| 1997

| Ramaswamy Venkataraman

! 16

| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px

| bgcolor="wheat"| Gopala Ramanujam (1915- 2001) (Additional Charge)

| bgcolor="wheat"| Tamil Nadu

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1997

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| rowspan="2"| K. R. Narayanan

! 17

| 70px

| C. Rangarajan

| Tamil Nadu

| 1997

| 2003

! 18

| 70px

| Surjit Singh Barnala

| Punjab

| 2003

| 2004

| rowspan="3"| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

! 19

| 70px

| Sushilkumar Shinde

| Maharashtra

| 2004

| 2006

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! 20

| 70px

| Rameshwar Thakur (1925- 2015) (Additional Charge)

| Jharkhand

| 2006

| 2007

! 21

| 70px

| Narayan Dutt Tiwari

| Uttarakhand

| 2007

| 2009

| rowspan="2"|Pratibha Patil

!22

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|E. S. L. Narasimhan

(born 1945)

IAS (Retd)

(Additional charge till 22 January 2010)

|Tamil Nadu

|28 December

2009

|24 July

2019

! 23

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| Biswabhusan Harichandan

| Odisha

| 2019

| 2023

| Ram Nath Kovind

! 24

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| Syed Abdul Nazeer

| Karnataka

| 2023

| Incumbent

| Droupadi Murmu

Timeline

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| Timeline of Andhra Pradesh governors

Oath

Nenu... [Ikkada mee peru cheppali], devuni perita pramanam chesthunnanu. Nenu dharmanusruthamga... [ / Andhra Pradesh] rashtra dhavaniga (Governor ga) naa vidhulanu nirvahisthanani, naa shakthi vanchana lekunda raajyanganni, chattaniki liybadi prathipalisthanani, kaapadathanani, mariyu nenu... [Telangana / Andhra Pradesh] prajala seva koraku, vaari kshemam koraku nannu nenu samarpinchukuntanani devuni sakshiga pramanam chesthunnanu."

References

External links

Official Website of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh
List on Andhra Pradesh State Government's Web Site

Qualifications

Powers and functions

List

Governors of Andhra State (19531956)

Governors of Andhra Pradesh (1956present)

Timeline

See also

Oath

References

External links