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{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor of Manipur
| insignia = Emblem of India.svg
| insigniasize = 50px
| insigniacaption = '''Raj Bhavan'''
| flag = 
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = 
| flagborder = yes
| image =The Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg
| incumbent = [[Ajay Kumar Bhalla]]
| incumbentsince = 3 January 2025
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Manipur)|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Imphal]]
| termlength = 5 Years
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1972|01|21}}
| inaugural = [[B. K. Nehru]]
| website = 
}}

The '''Governor of Manipur''' is the nominal head and representative of the [[President of India]] in the state of [[Manipur]]. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. The current and 25th Governor of Manipur is [[Ajay Kumar Bhalla]] from January 3, 2025.

==Governors of Manipur==

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc;" 
|| '''#'''
|| ''''Portrait'''
|| '''Name'''
|| '''Took Office'''
|| '''Left Office'''
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 1
|| [[File:Braj Kumar Nehru with Kennedy (cropped).jpg|95x95px]]
|| [[B. K. Nehru]]
|| 21 January 1972
|| 20 September 1973
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 2
||
|| [[L.P. Singh]]
|| 21 September 1973
|| 11 August 1981
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 3
||
|| [[S. M. H. Burney]]
|| 18 August 1981
|| 11 June 1984
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 4
|| [[File:General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao.jpg|75px]]
|| [[K. V. Krishna Rao]]
|| 2 June 1984
|| 7 July 1989
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 5
||
|| [[Chintamani Panigrahi]]
|| 10 July 1989
|| 19 March 1993
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 6
||
|| [[K. V. Raghunatha Reddy]]
|| 20 March 1993
|| 30 August 1993
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 7
||
|| Lt.Gen. [[V. K. Nayar]]
|| 31 August 1993
|| 22 December 1994
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 8
||
|| [[O.N. Shrivastava]]
|| 23 December 1994
|| 11 February 1999
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 9
||
|| [[Ved Marwah]]
|| 2 December 1999
|| 12 June 2003
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 10
||
|| [[Arvind Dave]]
|| 13 June 2003
|| 5 August 2004
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 11
|| [[File:Shivinder Singh Sidhu.jpg|75px]]
|| [[Shivinder Singh Sidhu]]
|| 6 August 2004
|| 22 July 2008
|-
| style="background:#def;"| 12
| style="background:#def;" |
| style="background:#def;" | [[Gurbachan Jagat]]<ref name="manipurassembly">{{cite web|url=http://manipurassembly.nic.in/html/governor.html|title=Manipur Legislative Assembly-Bills Passed-Subject-wise|publisher=manipurassembly.nic.in|access-date=14 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513073454/http://manipurassembly.nic.in/html/governor.html|archive-date=13 May 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| style="background:#def;"| 23 July 2008
| style="background:#def;"| 22 July 2013
|-
| style="background:#def;"| 13
| style="background:#def;" | [[File:Ashwani Kumar (governor).jpg]]
| style="background:#def;" | [[Ashwani Kumar (IPS)|Ashwani Kumar]]<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|url=http://thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ashwani-kumar-sworn-in-as-governor-of-manipur/article4966677.ece|title=Ashwani Kumar sworn in as Governor of Manipur|work=The Hindu|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#def;"| 23 July 2013
| style="background:#def;"| 31 December 2013
|-
| style="background:#def;"| 14
| style="background:#def;" | [[File:Vinod Kumar Duggal in New Delhi on August 29, 2005 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| style="background:#def;" | [[Vinod Duggal]]<ref name="thehindu2">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/vinod-kumar-duggal-takes-over-as-manipurs-governor/article5523162.ece|title=Vinod Kumar Duggal sworn in Manipur Governor|work=The Hindu|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#def;"| 31 December 2013
| style="background:#def;"| 28 August 2014
|-
| style="background:#def;"|15
| style="background:#def;" | [[File:Governor of Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
| style="background:#def;" | [[K. K. Paul]] <br> ''(additional charge)''
| style="background:#def;"| 16 September 2014
| style="background:#def;"| 15 May 2015
|-
| style="background:#def;"| 16
| style="background:#def;" |[[File:Syed Ahmed (politician).jpg|75px]]
| style="background:#def;" | [[Syed Ahmed (politician)|Syed Ahmed]]
| style="background:#def;"| 16 May 2015
| style="background:#def;"| 27 September 2015
|-
| style="background:#def;"|17
| style="background:#def;" | [[File:The Governor-designate of Meghalaya, Shri V. Shanmuganathan calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on May 13, 2015.jpg (cropped).jpg|92x92px]]
| style="background:#def;" | [[V. Shanmuganathan]] <br> ''(additional charge)''<ref name="pib">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=128253|title=English Releases|publisher=pib.nic.in|access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>
| style="background:#def;"| 30 September 2015
| style="background:#def;"| 17 August 2016
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 18
| style="background:#def;" | [[File:Najma Heptulla.jpg|100x100px]]
|| [[Najma A. Heptulla]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/press-release-detail.htm?2392 |title=Press Releases |publisher=The President of India |access-date=2018-07-29}}</ref>
|| 21 August 2016
| style="background:#def;"| 26 July 2019
|-
| style="background:#def;"|19
| style="background:#def;" | [[File:Smriti Irani meeting the Governor of Tripura Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (cropped).jpg|101x101px]]
| style="background:#def;" | [[Padmanabha Acharya]] <br> ''(additional charge)''
|style="background:#def;" | 27 June 2019 <br> {{small|''(Assumed charge in Heptulla's absence)''}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Acharya sworn in as Governor of Manipur|url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/acharya-sworn-in-as-governor-of-manipur-119062701276_1.html|access-date=13 August 2019|work=Business Standard|date=27 June 2019|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| style="background:#def;"| 23 July 2019
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 20
| style="background:#def;" | [[File:The Governor of Manipur, Dr. Najma Heptulla calling on the Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, in New Delhi on September 07, 2017 (cropped).jpg|96x96px]]
|| [[Najma Heptulla]]
|| 24 July 2019
|style="background:#def;" | 10 August 2021
|-
| style="background:#def;"| 21
| style="background:#def;" | [[File:The Governor of Meghalaya, Shri Ganga Prasad calling on the Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, in New Delhi on February 05, 2018 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| style="background:#def;" | [[Ganga Prasad]] <br> ''(additional charge)''
| style="background:#def;"| 12 August 2021 <br> {{small|''(Assumed charge in Heptulla's absence)''}}
| style="background:#def;"| 26 August 2021
|-
| style="background:#def;"| 22
| style="background:#def;" |[[File:La Ganesan Ji (cropped).jpg|84x84px]]
| style="background:#def;" | [[La. Ganesan]]
| style="background:#def;"| 27 August 2021
| style="background:#def;"| 22 February 2023
|-
! 23
|[[File:Anusuiya Uikey (cropped).jpg|87x87px]]
|'''[[Anusuiya Uikey]]'''
|22 February 2023
|29 July 2024
|- bgcolor="wheat"|
! 24
|[[File:Lakshman Prasad Acharya (cropped).jpg|88x88px]]
|'''[[Lakshman Acharya]]''' 
<small>(Additional charge)</small>
|31 July 2024
|3 January 2025
|-
! 25
|[[File:The Secretary, Ministry of Power, Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla in New Delhi on May 31, 2019 (cropped).jpg|88x88px]]
|'''[[Ajay Kumar Bhalla]]''' 
|3 January 2025
|Incumbent
|}

==See also==
* [[Manipur]]
* [[Chief Minister of Manipur]]
* [[Governors of India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}7. [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sikkim-governor-sworn-in-as-governor-in-charge-of-manipur/article35875622.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-       states/sikkim-governor-sworn-in-as-governor-in-charge-of-manipur/article35875622.ece] 

==External links==
* {{URL|web.archive.org/web/20070220092917/http://manipur.nic.in/rajbhawan.asp|Manipur Raj Bhavan}}

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