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Heads of state of Goa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The governor of Goa is a nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Goa. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. P. S. Sreedharan Pillai became governor on 7 July 2021.[1]
Governor of Goa | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Residence | Raj Bhavan, Goa, Panaji |
Appointer | President of India |
Term length | Five Years |
Inaugural holder | Gopal Singh |
Formation | 30 May 1987 |
Website | goa |
The governor has:
The first Portuguese governor general was Francisco de Almeida in 1505 and the last Manuel Antonio Vassalo e Silva who left office in 1961. In total there have been 163 governors general.
Goa, along with Daman and Diu was a union territory of India until 30 May 1987. As such it had a lieutenant governor till that time.[2]
# | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Birth-Death | Duration |
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1 | Maj Gen K. P. Candeth (military governor) | ![]() |
19 December 1961 | 6 June 1962 | 1916–2003 | |
2 | Tumkur Sivasankar | ![]() |
7 June 1962 | 1 September 1963 | 189?–19?? | |
3 | M. R. Sachdev | ![]() |
2 September 1963 | 8 December 1964 | 1903–1964 | |
4 | Hari Sharma | ![]() |
12 December 1964 | 23 February 1965 | 1910–1987 | |
5 | K. R. Damle | ![]() |
24 February 1965 | 17 April 1967 | 1912–2001 | |
6 | Nakul Sen | ![]() |
18 April 1967 | 15 November 1972 | 1915–1983 | |
7 | S. K. Banerji | ![]() |
16 November 1972 | 15 November 1977 | 1922–2010 | |
8 | P. S. Gill | ![]() |
16 November 1977 | 30 March 1981 | 1927-living | |
9 | Jagmohan | ![]() |
31 March 1981 | 29 August 1982 | 1927–2021 | |
10 | Air Chief Marshal I H Latif | ![]() |
30 August 1982 | 23 February 1983 | 1923–2018 | |
11 | K. T. Satarawala | ![]() |
24 February 1983 | 3 July 1984 | 1930–2016 | |
12 | Air Chief Marshal I H Latif | ![]() |
4 July 1984 | 23 September 1984 | 1923–2018 | |
13 | Gopal Singh | ![]() |
24 September 1984 | 29 May 1987 | 1917–1990 |
Goa became a full-fledged state of India in 1987 and since then has had the following governors:[2]
# | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration |
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1 | Gopal Singh | ![]() |
30 May 1987 | 17 July 1989 | |
2 | Khurshed Alam Khan | 18 July 1989 | 17 March 1991 | ||
3 | Bhanu Prakash Singh | ![]() |
18 March 1991 | 3 April 1994 | |
4 | B. Rachaiah | ![]() |
4 April 1994 | 3 August 1994 | |
5 | Gopala Ramanujam | ![]() |
4 August 1994 | 15 June 1995 | |
6 | Romesh Bhandari | ![]() |
16 June 1995 | 18 July 1996 | |
7 | P.C. Alexander | ![]() |
19 July 1996 | 15 January 1998 | |
8 | T. R. Satish Chandran | ![]() |
16 January 1998 | 18 April 1998 | |
9 | Lieutenant General J. F. R. Jacob | ![]() |
19 April 1998 | 26 November 1999 | |
10 | Mohammed Fazal | ![]() |
26 November 1999 | 25 October 2002 | |
11 | Kidar Nath Sahani | ![]() |
26 October 2002 | 2 July 2004 | |
– | Mohammed Fazal (acting) | ![]() |
3 July 2004 | 16 July 2004 | |
12 | S. C. Jamir | ![]() |
17 July 2004 | 21 July 2008 | |
13 | Shivinder Singh Sidhu | ![]() |
22 July 2008 | 26 August 2011 | |
14 | Kateekal Sankaranarayanan | ![]() |
27 August 2011 | 3 May 2012 | |
15 | Bharat Vir Wanchoo | ![]() |
4 May 2012 | 4 July 2014 | |
16 | Margaret Alva | ![]() |
12 July 2014 | 5 August 2014 | |
– | Om Prakash Kohli (additional charge) | ![]() |
6 August 2014 | 25 August 2014 | |
17 | Mridula Sinha | ![]() |
26 August 2014 | 2 November 2019 | |
18 | Satyapal Malik | 3 November 2019 | 18 August 2020 | ||
– | Bhagat Singh Koshyari (additional charge) | ![]() |
18 August 2020 | 6 July 2021 | |
19 | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | ![]() |
7 July 2021 | Incumbent | |
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