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The state of Mizoram is in northeastern India.

This is a list of governors of Mizoram, an Indian state part of Northeast India. There are 27 governors with additional charge.

Powers and functions

See also: 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.


List of Lieutenant Governors of Mizoram

Legend
  • † Died in office
  • § Transferred
  • ‡ Resigned/removed

S.J.Das was the administrator of Mizoram from 21 January 1972 to 23 April 1972. He was followed by these Lieutenant Governors:

# Name

(lifespan)

Portrait Took office Left Office Appointer
1 S. P. Mukherjee 24 April 1972 12 June 1974 V. V. Giri
2 S. K. Chibber 13 June 1974 26 September 1977
3 N. P. Mathur 27 September 1977 15 April 1981 Neelam S. Reddy
4 S. N. Kohli 16 April 1981 9 August 1983
5 H. S. Dubey 10 August 1983 10 December 1986 Zail Singh
6 Hiteswar Saikia

(1934– 1996)

11 December 1986 19 February 1987

Governors of Mizoram

Legend
  • † Died in office
  • § Transferred
  • ‡ Resigned
  • @ Removed
Color key
  •    indicates acting/additional charge/position vacant
# Portrait Name
(born – died) 		Home state Tenure in office Appointer
(President)
From To Time in office
1 Hiteswar Saikia
(1934–1996) 		Assam 20 February 1987 30 April 1989[‡] 2 years, 69 days Zail Singh
2 General
K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd)
PVSM
(1923–2016)
(Additional Charge) 		Andhra Pradesh 1 May 1989 20 July 1989[§][α] 80 days Ramaswamy Venkataraman
3 Williamson A. Sangma
(1919–1990) 		Meghalaya 21 July 1989 7 February 1990[‡] 201 days
4 Swaraj Kaushal
(1952–2025) 		Punjab 8 February 1990 9 February 1993 3 years, 1 day
5 Paty Ripple Kyndiah
(1928–2015) 		Meghalaya 10 February 1993 13 January 1998[‡][β] 4 years, 337 days K. R. Narayanan
6 Siddheshwar Prasad
(1929–2023)
(Additional Charge) 		Bihar 14 January 1998 28 January 1998 14 days
7 Arun Prasad Mukherjee
IPS (Retd) 		West Bengal 29 January 1998 1 May 1998[‡] 92 days
8 A. Padmanabhan
IAS (Retd)
(born 1928) 		Tamil Nadu 2 May 1998 30 November 2000[‡] 2 years, 212 days
9 Ved Marwah
IPS (Retd)
(1934–2020)
(Additional Charge) 		National Capital Territory of Delhi 1 December 2000 17 May 2001 167 days
10 Amolak Rattan Kohli
(born 1942) 		Haryana 18 May 2001 24 July 2006 5 years, 67 days
11 Lieutenant General
Madan Mohan Lakhera (Retd)
PVSM AVSM VSM
(born 1937) 		Uttarakhand 25 July 2006 1 September 2011 5 years, 38 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
12 Vakkom Purushothaman
(1928–2023) 		Kerala 2 September 2011 9 July 2014[‡] 2 years, 310 days Pratibha Patil
13 Kamla Beniwal
(1927–2024) 		Rajasthan 9 July 2014 7 August 2014[@] 29 days Pranab Mukherjee
14 Vinod Kumar Duggal
IAS (Retd)
(born 1944)
(Additional Charge) 		Punjab 8 August 2014 16 September 2014[‡] 39 days
15 Krishan Kant Paul
IPS (Retd)
(born 1948)
(Additional Charge) 		Chandigarh 16 September 2014 8 January 2015[§][γ] 114 days
16 Aziz Qureshi
(1941–2024) 		Madhya Pradesh 9 January 2015 3 April 2015[@] 84 days
17 Keshari Nath Tripathi
(1934–2023)
(Additional Charge) 		Uttar Pradesh 4 April 2015 25 May 2015 51 days
18 Lieutenant General
Nirbhay Sharma (Retd)
PVSM UYSM AVSM VSM
(born 1946) 		Uttar Pradesh 26 May 2015 25 May 2018 2 years, 364 days
– Position Vacant – 25 May

2018

29 May

2018

4 days –
19 Kummanam Rajasekharan
(born 1952) 		Kerala 29 May 2018 8 March 2019[‡][δ] 283 days Ram Nath Kovind
20 Jagdish Mukhi
(born 1942)
(Additional Charge) 		National Capital Territory of Delhi 9 March 2019 4 November 2019 240 days
21 P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
(born 1954) 		Kerala 5 November 2019 18 July 2021[§][ε] 1 year, 255 days
22 Kambhampati Hari Babu
(born 1953) 		Andhra Pradesh 19 July 2021 10 August 2021 22 days
23 Brigadier
B. D. Mishra (Retd)
(born 1939)
(Acting) 		Uttar Pradesh 11 August 2021 6 November 2021 87 days
24 Kambhampati Hari Babu
(born 1953) 		Andhra Pradesh 7 November 2021 30 September 2024 2 years, 328 days
25 Indrasena Reddy
(born 1953)
(Acting) 		Telangana 30 September 2024 9 October 2024 9 days Droupadi Murmu
26   Kambhampati Hari Babu
(born 1953) 		Andhra Pradesh 9 October 2024 16 January 2025[§][ζ] 99 days
27 General
Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd)
PVSM AVSM YSM ADC
(born 1951) 		Uttar Pradesh 16 January 2025 Incumbent 1 year, 91 days
  1. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
  2. ^ Resigned to contest in the 1998 general election
  3. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Uttarakhand
  4. ^ Resigned to contest in the 2019 general election
  5. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Goa
  6. ^ Transferred as the Governor of Odisha

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 Mizoram 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 Mizoram.”

See also