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{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor
| native_name =
| insignia = Emblem of India.svg
| insigniasize = 50px
| insigniacaption = '''Raj Bhavan'''
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| flagborder = yes
| incumbent = [[Jishnu Dev Varma]]
| incumbentsince = 10 March 2026
| image_size = 180px
| style = [[The Honourable]] {{small|(formal)}} [[Mister|Mr.Governor]] {{small|(informal)}} [[Excellency|His/Her Excellency]]
| residence = Raj Bhavan, Mumbai
Raj Bhavan, Nagpur
Raj Bhavan, Pune
Raj Bhavan, Mahabaleshwar
| termlength = Five years
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| precursor = [[Governor of Bombay]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1943|03|24}}
| inaugural = [[ Raja Maharaj Singh]]
| website = {{URL|http://rajbhavan-maharashtra.gov.in/|Raj Bhavan Maharashtra}}
| image = File:Jishnu Dev Varma, Governor of Telangana (cropped).jpg
| body = Maharashtra
}}

The '''Governor of Maharashtra''' is the ceremonial head of the state of [[Maharashtra]]. The [[Constitution of India]] confers the executive powers of the state to the Governor, however the de facto executive powers lie with the Council of Ministers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Governor - Information under RTI Act|url=http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/rti.pdf|access-date=16 March 2013|page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220025530/http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/rti.pdf|archive-date=20 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Bhagat Singh Koshiyari]] is the governor of Maharashtra since September 5, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bhagat Singh Koshyari sworn in as new governor of Maharashtra|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/bhagat-singh-koshyari-sworn-in-as-new-governor-of-maharashtra|publisher=Free Press Journal|access-date=5 September 2019}}</ref>

== Powers and duties ==
The Governor appoints many top authorities as follows:
:Advocate General of Maharashtra.
:[[Maharashtra Lokayukta|Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta]]
:[[Maharashtra State Election Commission|State Election Commissioner]]
:Chairman and Members of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal
:Chairman and Members of the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission
:Chairman and Members of the [[Maharashtra Public Service Commission]] (MPSC)
:Chairmen and Members of the 3 Development Boards
:[[Sheriff of Mumbai]]
:[[Maharashtra State Information Commission|State Chief Information Commissioner]]

==Governors of Maharashtra==
*legend2="wheat"| additional charge
This is a list of governors of [[Maharashtra]]:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rajbhavan-maharashtra.gov.in/rajbhavan/Pages/frm_prevgoverner.aspx |title=Previous Governors |work=Rajbhavan, [[Government of Maharashtra]] |access-date=7 December 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206050259/http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/previous/default.htm |archive-date=6 February 2009 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! {{Abbr|#}}
! class="unsortable"|Portrait
! Name
!colspan=2| Term of office
!scope=col|Time in office
! Appointed by
|-style="text-align:center"
|1
|[[File: Raja Maharaj Singh.jpg|100px]]
|[[Raja Maharaj Singh|Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, CIE]]
| 6 January 1948
| 30 May 1952
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|1948|01|06|1952|05|30}}
| [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|L. Mountbatten]] {{small|(Governor General)}}
|-style="text-align:center"
|2
|[[File: Girja Shankar Bajpai.jpg|100px]]
|[[Girija Shankar Bajpai|Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai, KCSI, KBE, CIE]]
| 30 May 1952
| 5 December 1954
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|1952|05|30|1954|12|05}}
|rowspan="2" | [[Rajendra Prasad|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]]
|-style="text-align:center"
|3
| [[File:Harekrushna Mahatab 2000 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
| Dr. [[Harekrushna Mahatab]]
| 2 March 1955
| 14 October 1956
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|1955|03|02|1956|10|14}}
|-style="text-align:center"
|4
|[[File:Sri Prakasa 1991 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
|[[Sri Prakasa]]
| 10 December 1956
| 16 April 1962
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|1956|12|10|1962|04|16}}
|rowspan="2" | [[Rajendra Prasad|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]]
|-style="text-align:center"
|5
| [[File:P Subbarayan 1989 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
| Dr [[P. Subbarayan]]
| 17 April 1962
| 6 October 1962
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|1962|04|17|1962|10|06}}
|-style="text-align:center"
|6
|[[File:Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1965b.jpg|100px]]
|[[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]]
| 28 November 1962
| 18 October 1964
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|1962|11|28|1964|10|18}}
|rowspan="2" | [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
|-style="text-align:center"
|7
|
| Dr. [[P V Cherian]]
| 14 November 1964
| 8 November 1969
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|1964|11|14|1969|11|08}}
|-style="text-align:center"
|8
|
|[[Ali Yavar Jung]]
| 26 February 1970
| 11 December 1976
|{{age in years and days|1970|2|26|1976|12|11}}
|[[V. V. Giri]]
|-style="text-align:center"
|9
|
|[[Sri Sadiq Ali]]
| 30 April 1977
| 3 November 1980
|{{age in years and days|1977|4|30|1980|11|3}}
|[[B. D. Jatti]] {{small|''(acting President)''}}
|-style="text-align:center"
|10
|
| [[O P Mehra]]
| 3 November 1980
| 5 March 1982
|{{age in years and days|1980|11|3|1982|3|5}}
|rowspan="2" |[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
|-style="text-align:center"
|11
| [[File:ACM IH Latif.jpg|100px]]
| [[Idris Hasan Latif]]
| 6 March 1982
| 16 April 1985
|{{age in years and days|1982|3|6|1985|4|16}}
|-style="text-align:center"
| 12
| [[File:Acting Governor PM.png|100px]]
| [[Peer Mohammed (Maharashtra politician)|Peer Mohammed]] ''(acting)''
| 19 April 1985
| 30 May 1985
|{{age in years and days|1985|4|19|1985|5|30}}
|-style="text-align:center"
|13
|
|[[Kona Prabhakara Rao]]
| 31 May 1985
| 2 April 1986
|{{age in years and days|1985|5|31|1986|4|2}}
|rowspan="2" |[[Zail Singh]]
|-style="text-align:center"
|14
|[[File:Shankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg|100px]]
| Dr. [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| 3 April 1986
| 2 September 1987
|{{age in years and days|1986|4|3|1987|9|2}}
|-style="text-align:center"
|15
|[[File:Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 2011 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
|[[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
| 20 February 1988
| 18 January 1990
|{{age in years and days|1988|2|20|1990|1|18}}
|rowspan="2" |[[Ramaswamy Venkataraman|R. Venkataraman]]
|-style="text-align:center"
|16
| [[File:Chidambaram Subramaniam.jpg|100px]]
| Dr. [[C Subramaniam]]
| 15 February 1990
| 9 January 1993
|{{age in years and days|1990|2|15|1993|1|9}}
|-style="text-align:center"
|17
|
| Dr. [[P.C. Alexander]]
| 12 January 1993
| 13 July 2002
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|1993|01|12|2002|07|13}}
|[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
|-style="text-align:center"
|18
|
|[[Mohammed Fazal]]
| 10 October 2002
| 5 December 2004
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|2002|10|10|2004|12|05}}
|rowspan="2" |[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
|-style="text-align:center"
|19
|[[File:Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[S.M. Krishna]]
| 12 December 2004
| 5 March 2008
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|2004|12|12|2008|03|05}}
|-style="text-align:center"
|20
|[[File:Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[S.C. Jamir]]
| 9 March 2008
| 22 January 2010
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|2008|03|09|2010|01|22}}
|rowspan="2" |[[Pratibha Patil]]
|- style="text-align:center"
|21
|[[File:K. Sankaranarayanan.jpg|75px]]
|[[Kateekal Sankaranarayanan]]
| 22 January 2010
| 24 August 2014
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|2010|01|22|2014|08|24}}
|-style="text-align:center"
|22
| [[File:Vidhyasagar Rao.jpg|131x131px]]
|[[C. Vidyasagar Rao|Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao]]
| 30 August 2014
| 4 September 2019
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|2014|08|30|2019|09|04}}
| [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|-style="text-align:center"
|23
| [[File:Governor of Maharashtra Shri B S Koshyari.jpg|100px]]
|[[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]]
| 5 September 2019
| 18 February 2023
|{{age in years and days|sortable=table|2019|09|05|2023|2|18}}
| [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
|-
|24
|[[File:The Governor of Tripura, Shri Ramesh Bais.jpg|133x133px]]
|[[Ramesh Bais]]
|18 February 2023
|29 July 2024
|{{ayd|18 Feb 2023|29 Jul 2024}}
|rowspan="4"|[[Droupadi Murmu]]
|-
|25
|[[File:Shri C P Radhakrishnan, Honourable Vice President of India.jpg|120x120px]]
|[[C. P. Radhakrishnan]]
|31 July 2024
|11 September 2025 (resigned to become the Vice- President of India)
|{{ayd|31 Jul 2024|11 Sep 2025}}
|- bgcolor="wheat"|
|26
|[[File:Acharya Dev Vrat, Governor of Gujarat in 2022 (cropped).jpg|133x133px]]
|[[Acharya Devvrat]]
(Additional charge)
|15 September 2025
|10 March 2026
|{{ayd|15 Sep 2025|10 Mar 2026}}
|-
|27
|[[File:Jishnu Dev Varma, Governor of Telangana (cropped).jpg|137x137px]]
|'''[[Jishnu Dev Varma]]'''
|10 March 2026
|Incumbent
|{{ayd|10 Mar 2026}}
|}

==Seen also==
*List of governors of Maharashtra

*[[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra]]

*[[List of Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council]]

*[[List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]

*[[List of Deputy Speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]

*[[List of Deputy Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council]]

*[[List of Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]

*[[List of Leaders of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council]]

* [[List of Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]

*[[List of Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council]]

*[[List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]

*[[List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Council]]

*List of Deputy Leaders of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

*List of Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
*[[Governors of India]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Governors and Lt Governors of Indian States}}

[[Category:Lists of governors of Indian states|Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Governors of Maharashtra| ]]
[[Category:Maharashtra-related lists|Governors]]

List of governors of Maharashtra - Revision history

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