List of governors of Gujarat

The Governor of Gujarat is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of Gujarat. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. Acharya Devvrat took charge as the Governor on 22 July 2019.

Governor of Gujarat
Incumbent Acharya Devvrat since 21 July 2019
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Gandhinagar
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five Years
Inaugural holder	Mehdi Nawaz Jung
Formation	1 May 1960; 64 years ago (1960-05-01)
Website	https://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in

List

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Mehdi Nawaz Jung	1 May 1960	1 Aug 1965
2	Nityanand Kanungo	1 Aug 1965	7 Dec 1967
-	P.N. Bhagwati (Acting)	7 Dec 1967	26 Dec 1967
3	Shriman Narayan	26 Dec 1967	17 Mar 1973
-	P.N. Bhagwati (Acting)	17 Mar 1973	4 Apr 1973
4	Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham	4 Apr 1973	14 Aug 1978
5	Sharda Mukherjee	14 Aug 1978	6 Aug 1983
6	Kizhekethil Mathew Chandy	6 Aug 1983	26 Apr 1984
7	Braj Kumar Nehru	26 Apr 1984	26 Feb 1986
8	Ram Krishna Trivedi	26 Feb 1986	2 May 1990
9	Mahipal Shastri	2 May 1990	21 Dec 1990
10	Sarup Singh	21 Dec 1990	1 Jul 1995
11	Naresh Chandra	1 Jul 1995	1 Mar 1996
12	Krishna Pal Singh	1 Mar 1996	25 Apr 1998
13	Anshuman Singh	25 Apr 1998	16 Jan 1999
-	K.G. Balakrishnan[1] (Acting)	16 Jan 1999	18 Mar 1999
14	Sunder Singh Bhandari	18 Mar 1999	7 May 2003
15	Kailashpati Mishra	7 May 2003	2 Jul 2004
16	Balram Jakhar (Additional Charge)	2 Jul 2004	24 Jul 2004
17	Nawal Kishore Sharma	24 Jul 2004	24 Jul 2009
-	S. C. Jamir(Additional Charge) [2]	30 Jul 2009	26 Nov 2009
18	Kamala Beniwal	27 Nov 2009	6 July 2014
-	Margaret Alva (Additional Charge)	7 July 2014	15 July 2014
19	Om Prakash Kohli	16 July 2014[3]	21 July 2019
20	Acharya Devvrat	22 July 2019	Incumbent