The Governor of Manipur is the constitutional head of state of the Indian state of Manipur. The governor is appointed by the president of India. Though all official affairs of the state are administered and carried out in the name of the governor, the real executive power rests with the chief minister who is a member of the legislative assembly and is the leader of the majority party in the house. The official residence of the governor is Lok Bhavan.
The position of the governor of Manipur came into existence in January 1972. The first governor to be appointed was Braj Kumar Nehru, then Governor of Assam who also served as the governor of the other north-eastern states of Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tripura. The current governor is Ajay Kumar Bhalla who has been in office since January 2025.
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! 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)
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! style="width:7em"| From
! style="width:7em"| To
! style="width:5em"| Time in office
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! 1
| 70px
| Braj Kumar Nehru<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1972
| <br/>1973
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| rowspan="2"| V. V. Giri
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! 2
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| Lallan Prasad Singh<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>1973
| <br/>1981
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|-
! 3
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| S. M. H. Burney<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1981
| <br/>1984
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| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
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! 4
| 70px
| <br/>K. V. Krishna Rao <br/><br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1984
| <br/>1989
|
| Zail Singh
|-
! 5
|
| Chintamani Panigrahi<br/>
| Orissa
| <br/>1989
| <br/>1993
|
| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
|-
! 6
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| K. V. Raghunatha Reddy<br/><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Andhra Pradesh
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="3" | Shankar Dayal Sharma
|-
! 7
| 70px<!-- Do not use placeholder images per WP:IPH -->
| <br/>V. K. Nayar <br/><br/>
|
| <br/>1993
| <br/>1994
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|-
! 8
|70px
|Oudh Narayan Shrivastava<br/> <small>11 November 1996)</small>
|Madhya Pradesh
| <br />1994
| <br />1999
|
|-
! 9
| 70px
| Ved Marwah<br />
| National Capital Territory of Delhi
| <br />1999
| <br />2003
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| K. R. Narayanan
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! 10
| 70px
| Arvind Dave<br />
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br />2003
| <br />2004
|
| rowspan="2" |A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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! 11
| 70px
| Shivinder Singh Sidhu<br />
| Punjab
| <br />2004
| <br />2008
|
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! 12
| 70px
| Gurbachan Jagat<br />
| Chandigarh
| <br />2008
| <br />2013
|
| Pratibha Patil
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! 13
| bgcolor="wheat" | 70px
| bgcolor="wheat" | Ashwani Kumar<br /><br /><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat" | Himachal Pradesh
| bgcolor="wheat" | <br />2013
| bgcolor="wheat" | <br />2013
| bgcolor="wheat" |
| rowspan="6" | Pranab Mukherjee
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! 14
| 70px
| Vinod Kumar Duggal<br />
| Punjab
| <br />2013
| <br />2014
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 15
| 70px
| Krishan Kant Paul<br><br /><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Chandigarh
| <br />2014
| <br />2015
|
|-
! 16
| 70px
| Syed Ahmed<br />
| Maharashtra
| <br />2015
| <br />2015
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 17
| 70px
| V. Shanmuganathan<br /><br /><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Tamil Nadu
| <br />2015
| <br />2016
|
|-
! 18
| 89x89px
| Najma Heptulla<br />
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br />2016
| <br />2018
|
|-
! 19
| bgcolor="wheat" | 84x84px
| bgcolor="wheat" | Jagdish Mukhi<br /><br /><small>(Acting)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat" | National Capital Territory of Delhi
| bgcolor="wheat" | <br />2018
| bgcolor="wheat" | <br />2018
| bgcolor="wheat" |
| rowspan="6" | Ram Nath Kovind
|-
! (18)
| 89x89px
| Najma Heptulla<br />
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br />2018
| <br />2019
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 20
| 70px
| Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya<br /><br /><small>(Acting)</small>
| Karnataka
| <br />2019
| <br />2019
|
|-
! (18)
| 89x89px
| Najma Heptulla<br />
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br />2019
| <br />2021
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 21
| 90x90px
| Ganga Prasad Chaurasia<br /><br /><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Bihar
| <br />2021
| <br />2021
|
|-
! 22
| 84x84px
| La. Ganesan<br />
| Tamil Nadu
| <br />2021
| <br />2023
|
|-
! 23
| 70px
| Anusuiya Uikey<br>
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br />2023
| <br />2024
|
| rowspan="3" | Droupadi Murmu
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 24
| 70px
| Lakshman Prasad Acharya<br /><br /><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br />2024
| <br />2025
|
|-
! 25
| 70px
| Ajay Kumar Bhalla<br />
| Punjab
| <br />2025
| 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).”
See also
- Manipur
- Chief Minister of Manipur
- Governors of India