The Governor of Maharashtra (IAST: Mahārāṣṭrāce Rājyapāl) is the ceremonial head of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Constitution of India confers the executive powers of the state to the governor; however, the de facto executive powers lie with the Council of Ministers.
Jishnu Dev Varma is the Governor of Maharashtra since 10 March 2026.
Powers and duties
The governor formally appoints many of the state officials, including the advocate general of Bombay, the Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta, the state election commissioner, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), the chairmen and members of the three development boards, the sheriff of Bombay, and the state chief information commissioner.
Oath
List
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- Died in office
- Transferred
- Resigned/removed
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- indicates acting/additional charge
Governors of Bombay State (19481960)
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! 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
| Raja Sir Maharaj Singh<br/><br/>
| Punjab
| <br/>1948
| <br/>1952
|
| Lord Mountbatten<br>
|-
! 2
| 70px
| Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai<br> <br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1952
| <br/>1954
|
| rowspan="6"| Rajendra Prasad
|- bgcolor="wheat"
!
| 70px
| <br>M. C. Chagla<br><br/>(Acting)
| Bombay State
| <br/>1954
| <br/>1955
|
|-
! 3
| 70px
| Harekrushna Mahatab<br>
| Orissa
| <br/>1955
| <br/>1956
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
!
| 70px
| <br>M. C. Chagla<br><br/>(Acting)
| Bombay State
| <br/>1956
| <br/>1956
|
|-
! 4
| 70px
| Sri Prakasa<br>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1956
| <br/>1960
|
|-
|}
Governors of Maharashtra (1960present)
{| 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
| Sri Prakasa<br>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1960
| <br/>1962
|
| rowspan="2"| Rajendra Prasad
|-
! 2
| 70px
| P. Subbarayan<br>
| Madras State
| <br/>1962
| <br/>1962
|
|-
! 3
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br>Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani<br><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Maharashtra
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1962
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1962
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="4"| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|-
! 4
| 70px
| Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit<br>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1962
| <br/>1964
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 5
|
| <br>Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani<br><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| Maharashtra
| <br/>1964
| <br/>1964
|
|-
! 6
| 70px
| P. V. Cherian<br>
| Madras State
| <br/>1964
| <br/>1969
|
|-
! 7
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br>S. P. Kotval<br><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Maharashtra
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1969
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1970
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| V. V. Giri
|-
! 8
| 70px
| Ali Yavar Jung<br>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1970
| <br/>1976
|
|-
! 9
| bgcolor="wheat"| 60px
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br>R. M. Kantawala<br><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Maharashtra
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1976
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1977
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
|-
! 10
|
| Sadiq Ali<br>
| Rajasthan
| <br/>1977
| <br/>1980
|
| B. D. Jatti
|-
! 11
| 70px
| <br/>Om Prakash Mehra <br/><br/>
| National Capital Territory of Delhi
| <br/>1980
| <br/>1982
|
| rowspan="2"| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|-
! 12
| 70px
| <br/>Idris Hasan Latif<br><br>
| rowspan="3"|Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1982
| <br/>1985
|
|-
! 13
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| bgcolor="wheat"|<small>Justice</small>
Konda Madava Reddy<br /><small>(1923- 1997)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| <small>16 April</small>
1985
| bgcolor="wheat"| <small>31 May</small>
1985
| bgcolor="wheat"|44 days
| rowspan="3"| Zail Singh
|-
! 14
|
| Kona Prabhakara Rao<br>
| <br/>1985
| <br/>1986
|
|-
! 15
| 70px
| Shankar Dayal Sharma<br/>
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br/>1986
| <br/>1987
|
|-
! 16
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br>S. K. Desai<br><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Maharashtra
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1987
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1987
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="7"| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
|-
! 17
| bgcolor="wheat"| 60px
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br>Chittatosh Mookerjee<br><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| West Bengal
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1987
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1988
| bgcolor="wheat"|
|-
! 18
| 70px
| Kasu Brahmananda Reddy<br>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1988
| <br/>1990
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"|
! 19
|
| <br>Chittatosh Mookerjee<br><br/><small>(Acting)</small>
| West Bengal
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1990
|
|-
! 20
| 70px
| Chidambaram Subramaniam<br>
| Tamil Nadu
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1992
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 21
| 70px
| Sarup Singh<br/><br/><small>(Additional charge)</small>
| Haryana
| <br/>1992
| <br/>1992
|
|-
! 22
| 70px
| Chidambaram Subramaniam<br>
| Tamil Nadu
| <br/>1992
| <br/>1993
|
|-
! 23
| 70px
| P. C. Alexander<br>
| Kerala
| <br/>1993
| <br/>2002
|
| Shankar Dayal Sharma
|-
! 24
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br>C. K. Thakker<br><br/><small>(Additional charge)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Gujarat
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2002
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2002
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| K. R. Narayanan
|-
! 25
| 70px
| Mohammed Fazal<br>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>2002
| <br/>2004
|
| rowspan="2"| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|-
! 26
| 70px
| S. M. Krishna<br/>
| Karnataka
| <br/>2004
| <br/>2008
|
|-
! 27
|70px
|S. C. Jamir<br/><small>(1931-)</small>
<small>(Additional charge till 20 July 2008)</small>
|Nagaland
| <br />2008
| <br />2010
|
| rowspan="2" |Pratibha Patil
|-
! 28
| 70px
| Kateekal Sankaranarayanan<br />
| Kerala
| <br />2010
| <br />2014
|
|-
! 29
| bgcolor="wheat" | 70x70px
| bgcolor="wheat" | Om Prakash Kohli<br /><br /><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat" | National Capital Territory of Delhi
| bgcolor="wheat" | <br />2014
| bgcolor="wheat" | <br />2014
| bgcolor="wheat" |
| rowspan="2" | Pranab Mukherjee
|-
! 30
| 89x89px
| C. Vidyasagar Rao<br>
| Telangana
| <br />2014
| <br />2019
|
|-
! 31
| 70px
| Bhagat Singh Koshyari<br>
| Uttarakhand
| <br />2019
| <br />2023
|
| Ram Nath Kovind
|-
! 32
| 87x87px
| Ramesh Bais<br />
| Chhattisgarh
| <br />2023
| <br />2024
|
| rowspan="4" | Droupadi Murmu
|-
! 33
| 70px
| C. P. Radhakrishnan<br />
| Tamil Nadu
| <br />2024
| <br />2025
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 34
| 70px
| Acharya Devvrat<br /><br /><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Haryana
| <small>15 September</small> 2025
| <small>9 March</small>
2026
|
|-
!35
| 96x96px
|Jishnu Dev Varma
<small>(born 1957)</small>
|Tripura
|<small>10 March</small>
2026
|Incumbent
|
|-
|}
See also
- List of chief ministers of Maharashtra
- List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra
- List of chairpersons of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of deputy speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- Governors of India