List of governors of Uttar Pradesh

The governor of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttara Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The post is preceded by the governor of United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950.

Powers and functions

The governor has:

• 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.

In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Uttar Pradesh is chancellor of the universities of Uttar Pradesh as per the Acts of the Universities.

List

Legend

• Template:Note label Died in office
• Template:Note label Transferred
• Template:Note label Resigned/removed

Color key

• Template:Legend2 indicates acting/additional charge

#	Portrait	Name (bornTemplate:Spaced ndashdied)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
				From	To	Time in office
1		Hormasji Pherozeshah Mody Template:Small	Bombay	Template:Small 1950	Template:Small 1952	Template:Ayd	Rajendra Prasad
2	File:K M Munshi.jpg	Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi Template:Small	Bombay	Template:Small 1952	Template:Small 1957	Template:Ayd
3	File:President V. V. Giri.jpg	V. V. Giri Template:Small	Madras	Template:Small 1957	Template:Small 1960Template:Ref labelTemplate:Efn-lg	Template:Ayd
4	File:Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, 1952 (cropped).jpg	Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Template:Small	Andhra Pradesh	Template:Small 1960	Template:Small 1962	Template:Ayd
5	File:Biswanath-Das.jpg	Bishwanath Das Template:Small	Orissa	Template:Small 1962	Template:Small 1967	Template:Ayd
6	File:Bezawada Gopala Reddy.jpg	Bezawada Gopala Reddy Template:Small	Andhra Pradesh	Template:Small 1967	Template:Small 1972	Template:Ayd	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Template:Ndash	Error creating thumbnail:	Template:Small Shashi Kanta Verma Template:Small (Acting)	Uttar Pradesh	Template:Small 1972	Template:Small 1972	Template:Ayd	V. V. Giri
7	File:Photo Akbar Ali Khan.jpg	Akbar Ali Khan Template:Small	Andhra Pradesh	Template:Small 1972	Template:Small 1974Template:Ref labelTemplate:Efn-lg	Template:Ayd
8	File:DrMChannaReddy (cropped).jpg	Marri Chenna Reddy Template:Small	Andhra Pradesh	Template:Small 1974	Template:Small 1977Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
9	File:Ganpatrao Devji Tapase portrait.jpg	Ganpatrao Devji Tapase Template:Small	Maharashtra	Template:Small 1977	Template:Small 1980Template:Ref labelTemplate:Efn-lg	Template:Ayd	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
10	File:Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh.png	Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh Template:Small	Bihar	Template:Small 1980	Template:Small 1985	Template:Ayd
11	File:Mohammad Usman Arif.jpg	Mohammed Usman Arif Template:Small	Rajasthan	Template:Small 1985	Template:Small 1990	Template:Ayd	Zail Singh
12	File:B. Satya Narayan Reddy portrait.jpg	B. Satya Narayan Reddy Template:Small	Andhra Pradesh	Template:Small 1990	Template:Small 1993Template:Ref labelTemplate:Efn-lg	Template:Ayd	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
13	File:Motilal Vora.jpg	Motilal Vora Template:Small	Madhya Pradesh	Template:Small 1993	Template:Small 1996Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd	Shankar Dayal Sharma
Template:Ndash	File:Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (cropped).jpg	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Template:Small (Additional Charge)	Jammu and Kashmir	Template:Small 1996	Template:Small 1996	Template:Ayd
14	File:Romesh Bhandari.jpg	Romesh Bhandari Template:Small	Punjab	Template:Small 1996	Template:Small 1998Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd
Template:Ndash	File:Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Governor of Madhya Pradesh (cropped).jpg	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Template:Small (Additional Charge)	Jammu and Kashmir	Template:Small 1998	Template:Small 1998	Template:Ayd	K. R. Narayanan
15	File:Suraj Bhan in 2004.jpg	Suraj Bhan Template:Small	Haryana	Template:Small 1998	Template:Small 2000Template:Ref labelTemplate:Efn-lg	Template:Ayd
16	File:Vishnu Kant Shastri (cropped).jpg	Vishnu Kant Shastri Template:Small	West Bengal	Template:Small 2000	Template:Small 2004Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd
Template:Ndash	File:Sudarshan Agarwal (cropped).jpg	Sudarshan Agarwal Template:Small (Additional Charge)	Punjab	Template:Small 2004	Template:Small 2004	Template:Ayd	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
17	File:T. V. Rajeswar (cropped).jpg	T. V. Rajeswar Template:Small	Tamil Nadu	Template:Small 2004	Template:Small 2009	Template:Ayd
18	File:Banwari Lal Joshi.jpg	Banwari Lal Joshi Template:Small	Rajasthan	Template:Small 2009	Template:Small 2014Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd	Pratibha Patil
Template:Ndash	File:Aziz Qureshi at valedictory function of the 89th Foundation Course for All India Services, at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (cropped).jpg	Aziz Qureshi Template:Small (Additional Charge)	Madhya Pradesh	Template:Small 2014	Template:Small 2014	Template:Ayd	Pranab Mukherjee
19	File:Governor Ram Naik.jpg	Ram Naik Template:Small	Maharashtra	Template:Small 2014	Template:Small 2019	Template:Ayd
20	File:Anandiben Patel in 2022 (cropped).jpg	Anandiben Patel Template:Small	Gujarat	Template:Small 2019	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	Ram Nath Kovind

Timeline

Timeline of Uttar Pradesh governors

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 from: 02/06/1952 till: 09/06/1957 color:ind text:"Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi"
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 from: 10/06/1957 till: 30/06/1960 color:ind text:"V. V. Giri"
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 from: 01/07/1960 till: 15/04/1962 color:ind text:"Burgula Ramakrishna Rao"
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 from: 16/04/1962 till: 30/04/1967 color:ind text:"Bishwanath Das"
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 from: 01/05/1967 till: 30/06/1972 color:ind text:"Bezawada Gopala Reddy"
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 from: 01/07/1972 till: 13/11/1972 color:ind text:"Shashi Kanta Verma"
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 from: 14/11/1972 till: 24/10/1974 color:ind text:"Akbar Ali Khan"
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 from: 25/10/1974 till: 01/10/1977 color:ind text:"Marri Chenna Reddy"
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 from: 02/10/1977 till: 27/02/1980 color:ind text:"Ganpatrao Devji Tapase"
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 from: 28/02/1980 till: 31/03/1985 color:ind text:"Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh"
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 from: 31/03/1985 till: 11/02/1990 color:ind text:"Mohammed Usman Arif"
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 from: 12/02/1990 till: 25/05/1993 color:ind text:"B. Satya Narayan Reddy"
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 from: 26/05/1993 till: 03/05/1996 color:ind text:"Motilal Vora"
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 from: 03/05/1996 till: 19/07/1996 color:ind
 from: 17/03/1998 till: 19/04/1998 color:ind text:"Mohammad Shafi Qureshi"
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 from: 19/07/1996 till: 17/03/1998 color:ind text:"Romesh Bhandari"
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 from: 20/04/1998 till: 23/11/2000 color:ind text:"Suraj Bhan"
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 from: 24/11/2000 till: 02/07/2004 color:ind text:"Vishnu Kant Shastri"
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 from: 03/07/2004 till: 07/07/2004 color:ind text:"Sudarshan Agarwal"
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 from: 08/07/2004 till: 27/07/2009 color:ind text:"T. V. Rajeswar"
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 from: 28/07/2009 till: 17/06/2014 color:ind text:"Banwari Lal Joshi"
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 from: 17/06/2014 till: 22/07/2014 color:ind text:"Aziz Qureshi"
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 from: 22/07/2014 till: 28/07/2019 color:ind text:"Ram Naik"
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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 .............(name of the State) 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 ..………(name of the State).”

See also

• Uttar Pradesh
• (1732–1857) – Nawabs of Awadh
• (1834–1836) – Governors of Agra
• (1836–1877) – Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces
• (1856–1877) – Chief Commissioners of Oudh
• (1877–1902) – Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh
• (1902–1921) – Lieutenant Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
• (1921–1937) – Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
• (1937–1950) – Governors of the United Provinces
• Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• Governors of India

External links

• Provinces of British India
• The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain
• http://upgovernor.gov.in/
• Governors of the United Provinces