List of governors of Rajasthan

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{{short description|Governors of Indian state of Rajasthan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor
| title = Governor
| body = [[Rajasthan]]
| image = The Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Kalraj Mishra addressing at the MSME-Samsung Technical School MoU signing ceremony, in New Delhi on June 02, 2017.jpg
| incumbent = [[Kalraj Mishra]]
| incumbentsince = 9 September 2019
| style = [[Excellency|Honourable(s.2012)]]
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Rajasthan)|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Jaipur]]
| termlength = Five Years
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1949|05|30}}
| inaugural = |[[Man Singh II|Maharaj Man Singh II]] ([[Rajpramukh]])
| website = {{URL|rajbhawan.rajasthan.gov.in}}
| insignia = Emblem of India.svg
| insigniasize = 75px
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagcaption = Flag of India
| insigniacaption = '''Raj Bhavan'''
}}

The '''Governor of Rajasthan''' is the nominal [[head of state]] and the representative of the [[President of India]] of the state of [[Rajasthan]]. The governor's powers are mostly ceremonial and the executive powers of the governor are exercised by the [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan]], who is the head of the executive of the state government of Rajasthan.
The following is a list of governors of Rajasthan.<ref name=gov>{{cite web|title= Previous Governor|url=http://www.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/Governor/Pages/PreviousGovernor.aspx?ShowOld=true|access-date=16 August 2014 |publisher=Government of Rajasthan|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085754/http://www.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/Governor/Pages/PreviousGovernor.aspx?ShowOld=true|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=assem>{{cite web | title = Photo Gallery of Governors | url = http://rajassembly.nic.in/govphoto.htm | publisher = Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan | access-date = 16 August 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120417094946/http://www.rajassembly.nic.in/govphoto.htm | archive-date = 17 April 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = States of India since 1947 | last = Cahoon | first = Ben | url = http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html | access-date = 22 December 2014 }}</ref>

The [[incumbent]], [[Kalraj Mishra]] has served as the Governor of Rajasthan since 9 September 2019.

==Governors of Rajasthan==

{| class="wikitable"
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''#'''
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Name'''
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Took office'''
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Left office'''
|-
!
|[[Man Singh II|Maharaj Man Singh II]] ([[Rajpramukh]])<ref name=gov/><ref>{{cite web | title = Former Governors | publisher = Raj Bhawan, Rajasthan | url = http://rajbhawan.rajasthan.gov.in/SitePages/rajpramukh.aspx | access-date = 16 August 2014 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140627023040/http://rajbhawan.rajasthan.gov.in/SitePages/rajpramukh.aspx | archive-date = 27 June 2014 }}</ref>
|30 March 1949
|31 October 1956
|-
! 1
| [[Gurumukh Nihal Singh]]
| 1 November 1956
| 16 April 1962
|-
! 2
| [[Sampurnanand]]
| 16 April 1962
| 16 April 1967
|-
! 3
| [[Sardar Hukam Singh]]
| 16 April 1967
| 1 July 1972
|-
! 4
| [[Sardar Jogendra Singh]]
| 1 July 1972
| 15 February 1977
|-
! -
| [[Vedpal Tyagi]] ''(acting)''
| 15 February 1977
| 11 May 1977
|-
! 5
| [[Raghukul Tilak]]
| 17 May 1977
| 8 August 1981
|-
! -
| [[K. D. Sharma]] ''(acting)''
| 8 August 1981
| 6 March 1982
|-
! 6
| [[Om Prakash Mehra]]
| 6 March 1982
| 4 January 1985
|-
! 7
| [[Vasantdada Patil]]
| 20 November 1985
| 15 October 1987
|-
! 8
| [[Sukhdev Prasad]]
| 20 February 1988
| 3 February 1990
|-
! -
| [[Milap Chand Jain]] ''(acting)''
| 3 February 1990
| 14 February 1990
|-
! 9
| [[D. P. Chattopadhyaya|Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya]]
| 14 February 1990
| 26 August 1991
|-
! -
| [[Sarup Singh]] ''(acting)''
| 26 August 1991
| 5 February 1992
|-
! 10
| [[Marri Chenna Reddy]]
| 5 February 1992
| 31 May 1993
|-
! -
| [[Dhanik Lal Mandal]] ''(additional charge)''
| 31 May 1993
| 30 June 1993
|-
! 11
| [[Bali Ram Bhagat]]
| 30 June 1993
| 1 May 1998
|-
! 12
| [[Darbara Singh (speaker)|Darbara Singh]]
| 1 May 1998
| 24 May 1998
|-
! -
| [[Navrang Lal Tibrewal]] ''(acting)''
| 25 May 1998
| 16 January 1999
|-
! 13
| [[Anshuman Singh]]
| 16 January 1999
| 14 May 2003
|-
! 14
| [[Nirmal Chandra Jain]]
| 14 May 2003
| 22 September 2003
|-
! -
| [[Kailashpati Mishra]] ''(additional charge)''
| 22 September 2003
| 14 January 2004
|-
! 15
| [[Madan Lal Khurana]]
| 14 January 2004
| 1 November 2004
|-
! -
| [[T. V. Rajeswar]] ''(additional charge)''
| 1 November 2004
| 8 November 2004
|-
! 16
| [[Pratibha Patil]]
| 8 November 2004
| 21 June 2007
|-
! -
| [[Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai]] ''(additional charge)''
| 21 June 2007
| 6 September 2007
|-
! 17
| [[Shilendra Kumar Singh|S. K. Singh]]
| 6 September 2007
| 1 December 2009
|-
! -
| [[Prabha Rau]] ''(additional charge)''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pratibhapatil.nic.in/pr021209.html |date=2 December 2009 |title= Governor of Himachal Pradesh gets additional charge of Rajasthan |publisher=Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi Press Release Dated|access-date=22 October 2013 }}</ref>
| 2 December 2009
| 24 January 2010
|-
! 18
| [[Prabha Rau]]
| 25 January 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57002 |title=President appoints Governors |publisher= Press Information Bureau, New Delhi Press release dated 16 January 2010 |access-date= 22 October 2013}}</ref>
| 26 April 2010
|-
! -
| [[Shivraj Patil]] ''(additional charge)''
| 26 April 2010
| 12 May 2012
|-
! 19
| [[Margaret Alva]]
| 12 May 2012
| 7 August 2014
|-
! -
| [[Ram Naik]] ''(additional charge)''
| 8 August 2014
| 3 September 2014
|-
! 20
| [[Kalyan Singh]]
| 4 September 2014
| 8 September 2019
|-
! 21
| [[Kalraj Mishra]]
| 9 September 2019
| ''Incumbent''
|}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

{{Rajasthan}}
{{Governors of Rajasthan}}
{{Governors_and_Lt_Governors_of_Indian_States}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | title = Governor of Rajasthan | publisher = Government of Rajasthan | url = http://www.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/Governor/Pages/Governor.aspx | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819021934/http://www.rajasthan.gov.in/Government/Governor/Pages/Governor.aspx | archive-date = 19 August 2014 }}

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