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{{Short description|Heads of state Nagaland, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor
| native_name =
| body = Nagaland
| image = [[File: Governor of Nagaland Nand Kishor Yadav.jpg|180px]]
| imagesize = 180
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Nagaland]]
| insignia =
| incumbent = [[Nand Kishore Yadav]]
| incumbentsince = 13 March 2026
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Nagaland)|Lok Bhavan]]; [[Kohima]]
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure#Derivatives|At the pleasure of the president]]
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1963|12|1}}
| inaugural = [[Vishnu Sahay]], ICS (Retd.)
| website = {{url|https://rajbhavan.nagaland.gov.in/}}
}}

[[File:IN-NL.svg|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 6 March 2026.

==Powers and functions==
{{See also|Governors of India#Powers and functions|l1=Powers and functions of the governor}}

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==

;Legend
*{{note label|†|†|†}} Died in office
*{{note label|§|§|§}} Transferred
*{{note label|‡|‡|‡}} Resigned/removed

;Color key
*{{legend2|wheat}} indicates acting/additional charge

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;"
! rowspan="2"| {{abbr|#|Number}}
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:14em" | Name (born{{spaced ndash}}died)
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Home state/ UT
! colspan="3"| Tenure in office
! rowspan="2" style="width:7em" | Appointer (President)
|-
! style="width:7em"| From
! style="width:7em"| To
! style="width:5em"| Time in office
|-
! 1
|
| '''[[Vishnu Sahay]]''' {{small|[[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] (Retd) (1901{{ndash}}1989)}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{small|1 December}} 1963{{efn-lg|Concurrently also served as the [[Governor of Assam]]}}
| {{small|16 April}} 1968
| '''{{ayd|1 Dec 1963|16 Apr 1968}}'''
| [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
|-
! 2
| [[File:Braj Kumar Nehru with Kennedy (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Braj Kumar Nehru]]''' {{small|[[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] (Retd) (1909{{ndash}}2001)}}
| {{small|17 April}} 1968{{efn-lg|Concurrently also served as the [[Governor of Assam]] (1968{{ndash}}1973); and as the [[Governor of Meghalaya]], [[Governor of Manipur|Manipur]], and [[Governor of Tripura|Tripura]] (1972{{ndash}}1973)}}
| {{small|18 September}} 1973
| '''{{ayd|17 Apr 1968|18 Sep 1973}}'''
| [[Zakir Husain]]
|-
! 3
|
| '''[[Lallan Prasad Singh]]''' {{small|[[Indian Civil Service|ICS]] (Retd) (1912{{ndash}}1998)}}
| [[Bihar]]
| {{small|19 September}} 1973{{efn-lg|Concurrently also served as the [[Governor of Assam|Assam]], [[Governor of Meghalaya|Meghalaya]], [[Governor of Manipur|Manipur]], and [[Governor of Tripura|Tripura]]}}
| {{small|9 August}} 1981
| '''{{ayd|19 Sep 1973|9 Aug 1981}}'''
| [[V. V. Giri]]
|-
! 4
|
| '''[[S. M. H. Burney]]''' {{small|[[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] (Retd) (1924{{ndash}}2014)}}
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{small|10 August}} 1981{{efn-lg|name=NT|Concurrently also served as the [[Governor of Manipur]] and [[Governor of Tripura|Tripura]]}}
| {{small|12 June}} 1984{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the [[Governor of Haryana]]}}
| '''{{ayd|10 Aug 1981|12 Jun 1984}}'''
| [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
|-
! 5
| [[File:General Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao.jpg|70px]]
| {{small|[[General (India)|General]]}} '''[[K. V. Krishna Rao]]''' {{small|(Retd)}} {{post-nominals|country=IND|PVSM}} {{small|(1923{{ndash}}2016)}}
| [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| {{small|13 June}} 1984{{efn-lg|name=NT}}
| {{small|19 July}} 1989{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the [[Governor of Jammu and Kashmir]]}}
| '''{{ayd|13 Jun 1984|19 Jul 1989}}'''
| [[Zail Singh]]
|-
! 6
| [[File:Gopal Singh Rajya Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Gopal Singh (politician)|Gopal Singh]]''' {{small|(1917{{ndash}}1990)}}
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| {{small|20 July}} 1989
| {{small|3 May}} 1990{{ref label|‡|‡|‡}}
| '''{{ayd|20 Jul 1989|3 May 1990}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
|-
! 7
|
| '''[[M. M. Thomas]]''' {{small|(1916{{ndash}}1996)}}
| [[Kerala]]
| {{small|9 May}} 1990
| {{small|12 April}} 1992{{ref label|‡|‡|‡}}
| '''{{ayd|9 May 1990|12 Apr 1992}}'''
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 8
| [[File:Lokanath Misra.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Lokanath Misra]]''' {{small|(1921{{ndash}}2009)}} (Additional Charge)
| [[Orissa]]
| {{small|13 April}} 1992
| {{small|1 October}} 1993
| '''{{ayd|13 Apr 1992|1 Oct 1993}}'''
|-
! 9
| bgcolor="wheat"|
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|[[Lieutenant general (India)|Lieutenant General]]}} '''[[V. K. Nayar]]''' {{small|(Retd)}} {{post-nominals|country=IND|PVSM|SM}} {{small|(d. 2015)}} (Additional Charge)
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{ndash}}
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|2 October}} 1993
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|4 August}} 1994
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|2 Oct 1993|4 Aug 1994}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
|-
! 10
| [[File:Oudh Narayan Shrivastava.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Oudh Narayan Shrivastava]]''' {{small|[[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd) (born 1935)}}
| [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| {{small|23 December}} 1994
| {{small|11 November}} 1996{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the [[Governor of Manipur]]}}
| '''{{ayd|23 Dec 1994|1 Dec 1999}}'''
|-
! 11
| [[File:Om Prakash Sharma Governor.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Om Prakash Sharma (Nagaland politician)|Om Prakash Sharma]]''' {{small|[[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd)}}
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| {{small|12 November}} 1996
| {{small|27 January}} 2002
| '''{{ayd|12 Nov 1996|27 Jan 2002}}'''
|-
! 12
| [[File:Shyamal Dutta.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Shyamal Datta]]''' {{small|[[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd) (born 1941)}}
| [[West Bengal]]
| {{small|28 January}} 2002
| {{small|2 February}} 2007
| '''{{ayd|28 Jan 2002|2 Feb 2007}}'''
| [[K. R. Narayanan]]
|-
! 13
| [[File:Governor of Maharashtra, Shri K. Sankaranarayanan with Vice President Hamid Ansari at TISS in 2013.png|70px]]
| '''[[K. Sankaranarayanan|Kateekal Sankaranarayanan]]''' {{small|(1932{{ndash}}2022)}}
| [[Kerala]]
| {{small|3 February}} 2007
| {{small|28 July}} 2009{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the [[Governor of Jharkhand]]}}
| '''{{ayd|3 Feb 2007|28 Jul 2009}}'''
| [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
|-
! 14
| bgcolor="wheat"| [[File:Gurbachan Jagat.jpg|70px]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''[[Gurbachan Jagat]]''' {{small|[[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd) (born 1942)}} (Additional Charge)
| bgcolor="wheat"| [[Chandigarh]]
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|28 July}} 2009
| bgcolor="wheat"| {{small|14 Oct}} 2009
| bgcolor="wheat"| '''{{ayd|28 Jul 2009|14 Oct 2009}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Pratibha Patil]]
|-
! 15
| [[File:Nikhil Kumar Nagaland Governor (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nikhil Kumar (governor)|Nikhil Kumar]]''' {{small|[[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd) (born 1941)}}
| [[Bihar]]
| {{small|15 October}} 2009
| {{small|20 March}} 2013{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the [[Governor of Kerala]]}}
| '''{{ayd|15 Oct 2009|20 Mar 2013}}'''
|-
! 16
| [[File:The Governor of Nagaland, Shri Ashwani Kumar calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on June 20, 2014 (cropped).jpg|104x104px]]
| '''[[Ashwani Kumar (police officer)|Ashwani Kumar]]''' {{small|[[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd) (1950{{ndash}}2020)}}
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| {{small|21 March}} 2013
| {{small|1 July}} 2014{{ref label|‡|‡|‡}}
| '''{{ayd|21 Mar 2013|1 Jul 2014}}'''
| rowspan="3" | [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 17
| [[File:Governor of Uttarakhand Krishan Kant Paul (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Krishan Kant Paul]]''' {{small|[[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd) (born 1948)}} (Additional Charge)
| [[Chandigarh]]
| 2 July 2014
| {{small|19 July}} 2014{{efn-lg|Although his successor, [[Vakkom Purushothaman]] was appointed, he was never sworn in, so Paul continued till 19th July 2014}}
| '''{{ayd|'''17 days'''
|-
! 18
| [[File:Smriti Irani meeting the Governor of Tripura Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Padmanabha Acharya]]''' {{small|(1931{{ndash}}2023)}}
| [[Karnataka]]
| {{small|19 July}} 2014
| {{small|31 July}} 2019
| '''{{ayd|19 Jul 2014|31 Jul 2019}}'''
|-
! 19
| [[File:The Governor of Nagaland, Shri R.N. Ravi.jpg|97x97px]]
| '''[[R. N. Ravi]]''' {{small|[[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd) (born 1952)}}
| [[Bihar]]
| {{small|1 August}} 2019
| {{small|17 September}} 2021{{ref label|§|§|§}}{{efn-lg|Transferred as the [[Governor of Tamil Nadu]]}}
| '''{{ayd|1 Sep 2019|17 Sep 2021}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 20
| [[File:The Governor of Assam, Shri Jagdish Mukhi meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 28, 2018 (cropped).JPG|91x91px]]
| '''[[Jagdish Mukhi]]''' {{small|(born 1942)}} (Additional Charge)
| [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]]
| {{small|17 September}} 2021
| {{small|19 February}} 2023
| '''{{ayd|17 Sep 2021|19 Feb 2023}}'''
|-
! 21
| [[File:La Ganesan Ji (cropped).jpg|120x120px]]
| '''[[La. Ganesan]]''' {{small|(1945{{ndash}}2025)}}
| [[Tamil Nadu]]
| {{small|20 February}} 2023
| {{small|15 August}} 2025{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| '''{{ayd|20 Feb 2023|15 Aug 2025}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Droupadi Murmu]]
|- bgcolor="wheat"
! 22
| [[File:Ajay Bhalla in 2025 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ajay Kumar Bhalla]]''' {{small|[[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] (Retd) (born 1960)}} (Additional Charge)
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| {{small|25 August}} 2025
| 13 March
2026
| '''{{ayd|25 Aug 2025|13 March 2026}}'''
|-
!23
| [[File: Governor of Nagaland Nand Kishor Yadav.jpg|100px]]
|'''[[Nand Kishore Yadav]]'''
(born 1953)
|[[Bihar]]
|13 March
2026
|''Incumbent''
|'''{{ayd|13 Mar 2026}}'''
|}

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==See also==
* [[Nagaland]]
* [[Governors of India]]
* [[Chief Minister of Nagaland]]
{{More citations needed|date=September 2014}}
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==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070208084406/http://www.nagaland.nic.in/functionaries/rajbhavan/list.htm

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https://nagaland.gov.in/governors

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