List of governors of Himachal Pradesh

The Governor of Himachal Pradesh (ISO: Himachal Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head and representative of the President of India in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Sh. Shiv Pratap Shukla is the 22nd governor (31st if governors with additional charge also counted) of Himachal Pradesh since February 2023.

Governor of Himachal Pradesh
Incumbent Shiv Pratap Shukla since 13 February 2023
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Shimla
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five Years
Inaugural holder	S. Chakravarti, ICS Retd.
Formation	25 January 1971 (1971-01-25)
Website	https://himachalrajbhavan.nic.in

Out of the regular 21 governors (except the present one) of the state only three have been able to complete their full terms: S. Chakravarti (1971–77), Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (2003–08) and Urmila Singh (2010–15).

Lieutenant governors of Himachal Pradesh

#	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration
1	Maj. Gen. K. S. Himmatsinhji (retd.)		1 March 1952	31 December 1954
2	Rai Bajrang Bahadur Singh		1 January 1955	13 August 1963
3	Sh. Bhagawan Sahay		14 August 1963	25 February 1966
4	Sh. V. Viswanathan, ICS (retd.)		26 February 1966	6 May 1967
5	Sh. Om Parkash		7 May 1967	15 May 1967
6	Lt. Gen. K. Bhadur Singh (retd.)		16 May 1967	24 January 1971

Governors of Himachal Pradesh

Key

•	indicates that this was an additional charge

#	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration	Home State	Appointed by
1.	S. Chakravarti		25 January 1971	16 February 1977	6 years, 22 days	Not Known	V. V. Giri
2.	Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan (1911 - 1983)		17 February 1977	25 August 1981	4 years, 189 days	Haryana	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
3.	A. K. Banerjee		26 August 1981	15 April 1983	1 year, 232 days	Not Known	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
4.	Hokishe Sema (1921 - 2007)		16 April 1983	7 March 1986	2 years, 325 days	Nagaland	Zail Singh
–	Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai (1930 - 2004)		8 March 1986	16 April 1986	39 days	Gujarat
5.	R. K. S. Ghandhi (1924 - 2014)		17 April 1986	15 February 1990	3 years, 304 days	Madhya Pradesh
–	S. M. H. Burney (1924 - 2014)		2 December 1987	10 January 1988	39 days	Uttar Pradesh	R. Venkataraman
–	H. A. Brari		20 December 1989	12 January 1990	23 days	Not Known
6.	B. Rachaiah (1922 - 2000)		16 February 1990	19 December 1990	306 days	Karnataka
7.	Virendra Verma (1916 - 2009)		20 December 1990	29 January 1993	2 years, 40 days	Uttar Pradesh
–	Surendra Nath (1926 - 1994)		30 January 1993	10 December 1993	314 days	Not Known	Shankar Dayal Sharma
8.	Bali Ram Bhagat (1922 - 2011)		11 February 1993	29 June 1993	138 days	Bihar
9.	Gulsher Ahmad (1921 - 2002)		30 June 1993	26 November 1993	149 days	Madhya Pradesh
–	Surendra Nath (1926 - 1994)		27 November 1993	9 July 1994	224 days	Not Known
–	Viswanathan Ratnam (1932 - 2020)		10 July 1994	30 July 1994	20 days	Tamil Nadu
10.	Sudhakarrao Naik (1934 - 2001)		30 July 1994	18 September 1995	1 year, 50 days	Maharashtra
–	Mahabir Prasad (1939 - 2010)		18 September 1995	17 November 1995	60 days	Uttar Pradesh
11.	Sheila Kaul (1915 - 2015)		17 November 1995	23 April 1996	158 days
–	Mahabir Prasad (1939 - 2010)		23 April 1996	25 July 1997	1 year, 93 days
12.	V. S. Ramadevi (1934 - 2013)		26 July 1997	1 December 1999	2 years, 128 days	Tamil Nadu	K. R. Narayan
13.	Vishnu Kant Shastri (1929 - 2005)		2 December 1999	23 November 2000	357 days	West Bengal
14.	Suraj Bhan (1928 - 2006)		23 November 2000	7 May 2003	2 years, 165 days	Haryana
15.	Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (born 1939)		8 May 2003	19 July 2008	5 years, 72 days	Madhya Pradesh	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
16.	Prabha Rau (1935 - 2010)		19 July 2008	24 January 2010	1 year, 189 days	Maharashtra	Pratibha Patil
17.	Urmila Singh (1946 - 2018)		25 January 2010	28 January 2015	5 years, 3 days	Madhya Pradesh
-	Kalyan Singh (1932 - 2021)		28 January 2015	12 August 2015	196 days	Uttar Pradesh	Pranab Mukherjee
18.	Acharya Devvrat (born 1959)		12 August 2015	21 July 2019	3 years, 343 days	Haryana
19.	Kalraj Mishra (born 1941)		22 July 2019	10 September 2019	50 days	Uttar Pradesh	Ramnath Kovind
20.	Bandaru Dattatreya (born 1947)		11 September 2019	13 July 2021	1 year, 305 days	Telangana
21.	Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar (born 1954)		13 July 2021	13 February 2023	1 year, 215 days	Goa
22.	Shiv Pratap Shukla (born 1952)		13 February 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 283 days	Uttar Pradesh	Draupadi Murmu

See also

• Himachal Pradesh
• Governors of India
• Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
• Government of Himachal Pradesh

External links

• H.P.Vidhan Sabha-Past Governor's