List of governors of Madhya Pradesh

The governor of Madhya Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. There are 25 governors.

List

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Died in office
Transferred
Resigned/removed

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indicates acting/additional charge

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! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| Portrait

! rowspan="2" style="width:14em" | Name (borndied)

! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Home state

! colspan="3"| Tenure in office

! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Appointer (President)

! style="width:7em"| From

! style="width:7em"| To

! style="width:5em"| Time in office

! 1

| 70px

| Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya

| Andhra Pradesh

| 1956

| 1957

| rowspan="2"| Rajendra Prasad

! 2

| 70px

| Hari Vinayak Pataskar

| Bombay State

| 1957

| 1965

! 3

| 70px

| K. Chengalaraya Reddy

| Mysore State

| 1965

| 1966

| rowspan="3"| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

|- bgcolor="wheat"|

! 4

| P. V. Dixit (Acting)

| Madhya Pradesh

| 1966

! 5

| 70px

| K. Chengalaraya Reddy

| Mysore State

| 1966

| 1971

! 6

| 70px

| Satya Narayan Sinha

| Bihar

| 1971

| 1977

| V. V. Giri

! 7

| 70px

| N. N. Wanchoo

| Madhya Pradesh

| 1977

| 1978

| rowspan="5"| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

! 8

| 70px

| C. M. Poonacha

| Karnataka

| 1978

| 1980

! 9

| 70px

| Bhagwat Dayal Sharma

| Haryana

| 1980

| 1981

|- bgcolor="wheat"

! 10

| Guru Prasanna Singh (Acting)

| Madhya Pradesh

| 1981

! (9)

| 70px

| Bhagwat Dayal Sharma

| Haryana

| 1981

| 1983

! (10)

| bgcolor="wheat"|

| bgcolor="wheat"| Guru Prasanna Singh (Acting)

| bgcolor="wheat"| Madhya Pradesh

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1983

| bgcolor="wheat"|

| rowspan="3"| Zail Singh

! (9)

| 70px

| Bhagwat Dayal Sharma

| Haryana

| 1983

| 1984

! 11

| 70px

| K. M. Chandy

| Kerala

| 1984

| 1987

! 12

| bgcolor="wheat"|

| bgcolor="wheat"| Narayan Dutta Ojha (Acting)

| bgcolor="wheat"| Madhya Pradesh

| bgcolor="wheat"| 1987

| bgcolor="wheat"|

| rowspan="4"| Ramaswamy Venkataraman

! (11)

| 70px

| K. M. Chandy

| Kerala

| 1987

| 1989

! 13

| Sarla Grewal

| Punjab

| 1989

| 1990

! 14

| 70px

| Kunwar Mahmud Ali Khan

| Uttar Pradesh

| 1990

| 1993

! 15

| 70px

| Mohammad Shafi Qureshi

| Jammu and Kashmir

| 1993

| 1998

| Shankar Dayal Sharma

! 16

| 70px

| Bhai Mahavir

| Punjab

| 1998

| 2003

| K. R. Narayanan

! 17

| 70px

| Ram Prakash Gupta

| Uttar Pradesh

| 2003

| 2004

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

|- bgcolor="wheat"

! 18

| 70px

| Krishna Mohan Seth (Additional Charge)

| Uttar Pradesh

| 2004

! 19

| 70px

| Balram Jakhar

| Punjab

| 2004

| 2009

! 20

| 70px

| Rameshwar Thakur

| Jharkhand

| 2009

| 2011

| rowspan="2"| Pratibha Patil

! 21

| 70px

| Ram Naresh Yadav

| Uttar Pradesh

| 2011

| 2016

! 22

| bgcolor="wheat"| 70x70px

| bgcolor="wheat"| Om Prakash Kohli (Additional Charge)

| bgcolor="wheat"| Delhi

| bgcolor="wheat"| 2016

| bgcolor="wheat"| 2018

| bgcolor="wheat"|

| Pranab Mukherjee

! 23

| 87x87px

| Anandiben M. Patel

| Gujarat

| 2018

| 2019

| rowspan="4"| Ram Nath Kovind

! 24

| 102x102px

| Lalji Tandon

| Uttar Pradesh

| 2019

| 21 July 2020

| 358 days

|- bgcolor="wheat"

! (23)

| bgcolor="wheat"|87x87px

| bgcolor="wheat"| Anandiben M. Patel (Additional charge)

| bgcolor="wheat"| Gujarat

| bgcolor="wheat"| 2020

| bgcolor="wheat"| 2021

| bgcolor="wheat"|

! 25

| 93x93px

| Mangubhai C. Patel

| Gujarat

| 2021

| Incumbent

Oath

“I, A. B., do swear in the name of God/solemly affirm that I will faithfully

execute the office of Governor (or discharge the functions

of the Governor) of .............(name of the State) and will to

the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the

Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to

the service and well-being of the people of ..………(name

of the State).”Main, [Name], Ishwar ki shapath leta hoon (ya nishtha se pratigya karta hoon) ki main sachhe mann se Governor (Rajyapal) ke roop mein [State Name] ke pad ka karyabhar sambhalunga (ya zimmedari uthaunga).

Main apni poori kabiliyat se Samvidhan (Constitution) aur kanoon (Law) ki raksha, suraksha aur bachaav karunga, aur main apne aap ko [State Name] ki janta ki seva aur kalyan (well-being) mein samarpit karunga."

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Oath

See also