The governor of Goa is the nominal head of the Indian state of Goa. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju became 21st governor on 26 July 2025.
Powers and functions
The governor has:
- Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
- Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.
Ex officio powers
- The governor is the chancellor of Goa University and exercises powers delegated under the Goa University Act, 1984, and the statutes of the university.
- The governor is the ex officio president of the Indian Red Cross Society, Goa Branch, and has the powers to appoint the chairman, hon. secretary, etc.
- The governor is the president of the Goa State Environment Protection Council, which is an advisory body, set up by the government of Goa. The council consisting of government authorities and the NGOs engaged in environmental and the related areas meets once in six months and deliberates on various issues on the environment and ecology of the state.
- The governor is the chairman of the Special Fund for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Ex-Servicemen and Widows.
Lieutenant governors of Goa, Daman and Diu
Goa, Daman and Diu was a union territory of India until 30 May 1987. As such it had a lieutenant governor till that time.
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! Portrait
! Name
! Took office
! Left office
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!1
|72x72px
|Kunhiraman Palat Candeth
| 19 December 1961
|6 June 1962
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! 2
|60px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
|Tumkur Sivasankar
| 7 June 1962
| 1 September 1963
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! 3
|60px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
|M. R. Sachdev
| 2 September 1963
|8 December 1964
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!4
|60px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
|Hari Sharma
| 12 December 1964
|23 February 1965
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!5
|60px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
|K. R. Damle
| 24 February 1965
| 17 April 1967
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! 6
|60px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
|Nakul Sen
| 18 April 1967
|15 November 1972
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! 7
|60px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| S. K. Banerji
| 16 November 1972
|15 November 1977
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! 8
|60px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| P. S. Gill
| 16 November 1977
|30 March 1981
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!9
|60x60px
| Jagmohan
| 31 March 1981
| 29 August 1982
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! 10
|71x71px
| Idris Hasan Latif
| 30 August 1982
|23 February 1983
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! 11
|60px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| K. T. Satarawala
|24 February 1983
| 3 July 1984
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! 12
| 71x71px
| Idris Hasan Latif
| 4 July 1984
| 23 September 1984
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! 13
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| Gopal Singh
|24 September 1984
|29 May 1987
|}
Governors of Goa (1987present)
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- Died in office
- Transferred
- Resigned/removed
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;"
! rowspan="2"| #
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:14em" | Name<br><small>(borndied)</small>
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Home state
! colspan="3"| Tenure in office
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Appointer<br/>(President)
|-
! style="width:7em"| From
! style="width:7em"| To
! style="width:5em"| Time in office
|-
! 1
| 70px
| Gopal Singh<br/>
| Punjab
| <br/>1987
| <br/>1989
|
| Zail Singh
|-
! 2
| 70px
| Khurshed Alam Khan<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1989
| <br/>1991
|
| rowspan="2"| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
|-
! 3
| 70px
| Bhanu Prakash Singh<br/>
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br/>1991
| <br/>1994
|
|-
! 4
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| B. Rachaiah<br/><br/><small>(Additional charge)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Karnataka
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1994
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1994
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="4"| Shankar Dayal Sharma
|-
! 5
| 70px
| Gopala Ramanujam<br/>
| Tamil Nadu
| <br/>1994
| <br/>1995
|
|-
! 6
| 70px
| Romesh Bhandari<br/>
| Punjab
| <br/>1995
| <br/>1996
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 7
| 70px
| P. C. Alexander<br><br/><small>(Additional charge)</small>
| Kerala
| <br/>1996
| <br/>1998
|
|-
! 8
| 60px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| T. R. Satishchandran<br/>
| Karnataka
| <br/>1998
| <br/>1998
|
| rowspan="3"| K. R. Narayanan
|-
! 9
| 70px
| <br/>J. F. R. Jacob <br/><br/>
| West Bengal
| <br/>1998
| <br/>1999
|
|-
! 10
| 70px
| Mohammed Fazal<br>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1999
| <br/>2002
|
|-
! 11
| 70px
| Kidar Nath Sahani<br/>
| National Capital Territory of Delhi
| <br/>2002
| <br/>2004
|
| rowspan="3"| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 12
| 70px
| Mohammed Fazal<br><br/><small>(Additional charge)</small>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>2004
| <br/>2004
|
|-
! 13
| 70px
| S. C. Jamir<br/>
| Nagaland
| <br/>2004
| <br/>2008
|
|-
! 14
| 70px
| Shivinder Singh Sidhu<br/>
| Punjab
| <br/>2008
| <br/>2011
|
| rowspan="3"| Pratibha Patil
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 14
| 70px
| Kateekal Sankaranarayanan<br/><br/><small>(Additional charge)</small>
| Kerala
| <br/>2011
| <br/>2012
|
|-
! 15
| 70px
| Bharat Vir Wanchoo<br/>
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br/>2012
| <br/>2014
|
|-
! 15
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| Margaret Alva<br/><br/><small>(Additional charge)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Karnataka
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2014
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2014
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="3"| Pranab Mukherjee
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 16
| 70x70px
| Om Prakash Kohli<br/><br/><small>(Additional charge)</small>
| National Capital Territory of Delhi
| <br/>2014
| <br/>2014
|
|-
! 17
| 70px
| Mridula Sinha<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>2014
| <br/>2019
|
|-
! 18
| 70px
| Satya Pal Malik<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>2019
| <br/>2020
|
| rowspan="3"| Ram Nath Kovind
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 19
| 93x93px
| Bhagat Singh Koshyari<br><br/><small>(Additional charge)</small>
| Uttarakhand
| <br/>2020
| <br/>2021
|
|-
! 20
| 70px
| P. S. Sreedharan Pillai<br/>
| Kerala
| <br/>2021
| <br/>2025
|
|-
! 21
| 85x85px
| Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju<br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>2025
| Incumbent
|
| Droupadi Murmu
|-
|}
See also
- History of Goa
- Governors of India