List of governors of Maharashtra

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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.^[1]

Bhagat Singh Koshiyari is the governor of Maharashtra since September 5, 2019.^[2]

Powers and duties

The Governor appoints many top authorities as follows:

Advocate General of Maharashtra.

Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta

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

State Chief Information Commissioner

Governors of Maharashtra

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This is a list of governors of Maharashtra:^[3]

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Time in office	Appointed by
1		Raja Sir Maharaj Singh, CIE	6 January 1948	30 May 1952	Template:Age in years and days	L. Mountbatten Template:Small
2		Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai, KCSI, KBE, CIE	30 May 1952	5 December 1954	Template:Age in years and days	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
3		Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab	2 March 1955	14 October 1956	Template:Age in years and days	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4		Sri Prakasa	10 December 1956	16 April 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
5		Dr P. Subbarayan	17 April 1962	6 October 1962	Template:Age in years and days	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
6		Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit	28 November 1962	18 October 1964	Template:Age in years and days	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
7		Dr. P V Cherian	14 November 1964	8 November 1969	Template:Age in years and days	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
8		Ali Yavar Jung	26 February 1970	11 December 1976	Template:Age in years and days	V. V. Giri
9		Sri Sadiq Ali	30 April 1977	3 November 1980	Template:Age in years and days	B. D. Jatti Template:Small
10		O P Mehra	3 November 1980	5 March 1982	Template:Age in years and days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
11		Idris Hasan Latif	6 March 1982	16 April 1985	Template:Age in years and days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
12		Peer Mohammed (acting)	19 April 1985	30 May 1985	Template:Age in years and days
13		Kona Prabhakara Rao	31 May 1985	2 April 1986	Template:Age in years and days	Zail Singh
14		Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma	3 April 1986	2 September 1987	Template:Age in years and days	Zail Singh
15		Kasu Brahmananda Reddy	20 February 1988	18 January 1990	Template:Age in years and days	R. Venkataraman
16		Dr. C Subramaniam	15 February 1990	9 January 1993	Template:Age in years and days	R. Venkataraman
17		Dr. P.C. Alexander	12 January 1993	13 July 2002	Template:Age in years and days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
18		Mohammed Fazal	10 October 2002	5 December 2004	Template:Age in years and days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
19		S.M. Krishna	12 December 2004	5 March 2008	Template:Age in years and days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
20		S.C. Jamir	9 March 2008	22 January 2010	Template:Age in years and days	Pratibha Patil
21		Kateekal Sankaranarayanan	22 January 2010	24 August 2014	Template:Age in years and days	Pratibha Patil
22		Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao	30 August 2014	4 September 2019	Template:Age in years and days	Pranab Mukherjee
23	File:Governor of Maharashtra Shri B S Koshyari.jpg	Bhagat Singh Koshyari	5 September 2019	18 February 2023	Template:Age in years and days	Ram Nath Kovind
24	File:The Governor of Tripura, Shri Ramesh Bais.jpg	Ramesh Bais	18 February 2023	29 July 2024	Template:Ayd	Droupadi Murmu
25		C. P. Radhakrishnan	31 July 2024	11 September 2025 (resigned to become the Vice- President of India)	Template:Ayd
26	File:Acharya Dev Vrat, Governor of Gujarat in 2022 (cropped).jpg	Acharya Devvrat (Additional charge)	15 September 2025	10 March 2026	Template:Ayd
27	File:Jishnu Dev Varma, Governor of Telangana (cropped).jpg	Jishnu Dev Varma	10 March 2026	Incumbent	Template:Ayd