List of governors of Telangana

Template:Politics of Telangana The governor of Telangana is the nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Telangana. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years.

Shiv Pratap Shukla has been serving as the governor since 11 March 2026.

History

The post of Governor of Telangana emerged in 2 June 2014 following the bifurcation of the state from Andhra Pradesh. Then Andhra Pradesh Governor, E. S. L. Narasimhan was given the additional charge of the new state. In 20 July 2019, Narasimhan was named as the Governor of Telangana only, taking oath on 24 July 2019. Odisha leader Biswabhusan Harichandan succeeded him as Andhra Pradesh governor. In 1 September 2019, the President of India appointed Tamil Nadu leader Tamilisai Soundarajan as the Governor of Telangana. Soundarajan got additional charge as the LT Governor of Puducherry upon the retirement of Kiran Bedi. Soundarajan subsequently resigned as the Governor of Telangana and the Acting Governor of Puducherry in March 2024 upon the contesting the 2024 Indian General Election . The Governor of Jharkhand, C. P. Radhakrishnan got additional charge of both the state and the union territory. Radhakrishnan was relieved of his additional duties as the Governor of Telangana and the main duties as the Governor of Jharkhand once upon his transfer as the Governor of Maharashtra in July 2024 and was also relieved of his additional duties in Puducherry in August 2024. Former Tripura Deputy Chief Minister , Jishnu Dev Varma was appointed as the Governor of Telangana becoming the first governor not belonging from Tamil Nadu. After that, Shiv Pratap Shukla was appointed the governor of Telangana. Since then, Shukla has been the Governor of the state.

Template:See also 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 Saasana Sabha or Saasana Mandali, and
Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

#	Portrait	Name (bornTemplate:Spaced ndashdied)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
#	Portrait	Name (bornTemplate:Spaced ndashdied)	Home state	From	To	Time in office	Appointer (President)
Template:Ndash		E. S. L. Narasimhan Template:Small	Tamil Nadu	2 June 2014	23 July 2019Template:Ref label Template:Efn-lg	Template:Ayd	Pranab Mukherjee
1		E. S. L. Narasimhan Template:Small	Tamil Nadu	24 July 2019	7 September 2019	Template:Ayd	Pranab Mukherjee
2		Tamilisai Soundararajan Template:Small	Tamil Nadu	8 September 2019	19 March 2024Template:Ref label Template:Efn-lg	Template:Ayd	Ram Nath Kovind
Template:Ndash	File:C. P. Radhakrishnan (cropped).png	C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 1957) Governor of Jharkhand (Additional charge)	Tamil Nadu	20 March 2024	30 July 2024Template:Ref label Template:Efn-lg	Template:Ayd	Droupadi Murmu
3	File:Jishnu Dev Varma, Governor of Telangana (cropped).jpg	Jishnu Dev Varma Template:Small	Tripura	31 July 2024	11 March 2026Template:Ref label Template:Efn-lg	Template:Ayd
4		Shiv Pratap Shukla Template:Small	Uttar Pradesh	11 March 2026	Incumbent	Template:Ayd