upright|thumb|The state of Nagaland is on the border with Burma.
The Governor of Nagaland is the head of state of Nagaland. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The current governor is Nand Kishore Yadav since 13 March 2026.
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 Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
- Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.
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 Nagaland 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 Nagaland.
List
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- Died in office
- Transferred
- Resigned/removed
;Color key
- indicates acting/additional charge
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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/ UT
! 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
|
| Vishnu Sahay<br/>
| rowspan="2"|Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1963
| <br/>1968
|
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|-
! 2
| 70px
| Braj Kumar Nehru<br/>
| <br/>1968
| <br/>1973
|
| Zakir Husain
|-
! 3
|
| Lallan Prasad Singh<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>1973
| <br/>1981
|
| V. V. Giri
|-
! 4
|
| S. M. H. Burney<br/>
| Uttar Pradesh
| <br/>1981
| <br/>1984
|
| Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|-
! 5
| 70px
| <br/>K. V. Krishna Rao <br/><br/>
| Andhra Pradesh
| <br/>1984
| <br/>1989
|
| Zail Singh
|-
! 6
| 70px
| Gopal Singh<br/>
| Punjab
| <br/>1989
| <br/>1990
|
| rowspan="3"| Ramaswamy Venkataraman
|-
! 7
|
| M. M. Thomas<br/>
| Kerala
| <br/>1990
| <br/>1992
|
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 8
| 70px
| Lokanath Misra<br/><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Orissa
| <br/>1992
| <br/>1993
|
|-
! 9
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>V. K. Nayar <br/><br/><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>1994
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="3"| Shankar Dayal Sharma
|-
! 10
| 70px
| Oudh Narayan Shrivastava<br/>
| Madhya Pradesh
| <br/>1994
| <br/>1996
|
|-
! 11
| 70px
| Om Prakash Sharma<br/>
| Punjab
| <br/>1996
| <br/>2002
|
|-
! 12
| 70px
| Shyamal Datta<br/>
| West Bengal
| <br/>2002
| <br/>2007
|
| K. R. Narayanan
|-
! 13
| 70px
| Kateekal Sankaranarayanan<br/>
| Kerala
| <br/>2007
| <br/>2009
|
| A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|-
! 14
| bgcolor="wheat"| 70px
| bgcolor="wheat"| Gurbachan Jagat<br/><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| bgcolor="wheat"| Chandigarh
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2009
| bgcolor="wheat"| <br/>2009
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| rowspan="2"| Pratibha Patil
|-
! 15
| 70px
| Nikhil Kumar<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>2009
| <br/>2013
|
|-
! 16
| 104x104px
| Ashwani Kumar<br/>
| Himachal Pradesh
| <br/>2013
| <br/>2014
|
| rowspan="3" | Pranab Mukherjee
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 17
| 70px
| Krishan Kant Paul<br><br /><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Chandigarh
| <small>2 July</small><br />2014
| <br />2014
|
|-
! 18
| 70px
| Padmanabha Acharya<br/>
| Karnataka
| <br/>2014
| <br/>2019
|
|-
! 19
| 97x97px
| R. N. Ravi<br/>
| Bihar
| <br/>2019
| <br/>2021
|
| rowspan="2"| Ram Nath Kovind
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 20
| 91x91px
| Jagdish Mukhi<br/><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| National Capital Territory of Delhi
| <br/>2021
| <br/>2023
|
|-
! 21
| 120x120px
| La. Ganesan<br/>
| Tamil Nadu
| <br/>2023
| <br/>2025
|
| rowspan="3"| Droupadi Murmu
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 22
| 70px
| Ajay Kumar Bhalla<br/><br/><small>(Additional Charge)</small>
| Punjab
| <br/>2025
| <small>13 March</small>
2026
|
|-
!23
| 70px
|Nand Kishore Yadav
<small>(born 1953)</small>
|Bihar
|<small>13 March</small>
2026
|Incumbent
|
|}
See also
- Nagaland
- Governors of India
- Chief Minister of Nagaland
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070208084406/http://www.nagaland.nic.in/functionaries/rajbhavan/list.htm
https://nagaland.gov.in/governors