The governor of Kerala is the constitutional head of state of the southern Indian state of Kerala. The governor is appointed by the President of India, and holds office at the President's pleasure. The governor is de jure head of the government of Kerala; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. The elected council of ministers is headed by the chief minister of Kerala, who thus holds de facto executive authority in the state. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon their own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent.[1]
| Governor of Kerala | |
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| Style | The Honourable, His Excellency |
| Residence | Raj Bhavan, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the President |
| Formation | 1 November 1956 |
| Website | www |
Since 25 December 2024, Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, is the governor of Kerala.
Governors of Kerala
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| # | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Duration | Home State | Appointed by |
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| _ | P. S. Rao | 1 November 1956 | 21 November 1956 | 20 days | Not Known | Rajendra Prasad | |
| 1. | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao | 22 November 1956 | 1 July 1960 | 3 years, 222 days | Andhra Pradesh | ||
| 2. | V. V. Giri | 1 July 1960 | 2 April 1965 | 4 years, 275 days | Odisha | ||
| 3. | Ajith Prasad Jain | 2 April 1965 | 6 February 1966 | 310 days | Uttar Pradesh | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | |
| 4. | Bhagwan Sahay | 6 February 1966 | 15 May 1967 | 1 year, 98 days | |||
| 5. | V. Viswanathan | 15 May 1967 | 1 April 1973 | 5 years, 321 days | Kerala | Zakir Husain | |
| 6. | N. N. Wanchoo | 1 April 1973 | 10 October 1977 | 4 years, 192 days | Madhya Pradesh | V. V. Giri | |
| 7. | Jothi Venkatachalam | 14 October 1977 | 27 October 1982 | 5 years, 13 days | Tamil Nadu | Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy | |
| 8. | P. Ramachandran | 27 October 1982 | 23 February 1988 | 5 years, 119 days | Zail Singh | ||
| 9. | Ram Dulari Sinha | 23 February 1988 | 12 February 1990 | 1 year, 354 days | Bihar | R. Venkataraman | |
| 10. | Sarup Singh | 12 February 1990 | 20 December 1990 | 311 days | Haryana | ||
| 11. | B. Rachaiah | 20 December 1990 | 9 November 1995 | 4 years, 324 days | Karnataka | ||
| _ | Gopal Ramanujam | 20 April 1995 | 29 April 1995 | 9 days | Tamil Nadu | Shankar Dayal Sharma | |
| 12. | P. Shiv Shankar | 12 November 1995 | 1 May 1996 | 171 days | Andhra Pradesh | ||
| 13. | Khurshid Alam Khan | 5 May 1996 | 25 January 1997 | 265 days | Uttar Pradesh | ||
| 14. | Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang | 25 January 1997 | 29 February 2000 | 3 years, 35 days | Punjab | ||
| _ | C. Rangarajan | 29 February 2000 | 23 April 2000 | 54 days | Tamil Nadu | K. R. Narayan | |
| (14). | Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang | 23 April 2000 | 19 October 2000 | 179 days | Punjab | ||
| _ | C. Rangarajan | 19 October 2000 | 7 November 2000 | 19 days | Tamil Nadu | ||
| (14). | Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang | 7 November 2000 | 14 September 2001 | 311 days | Punjab | ||
| — | Mohammed Fazal | 14 September 2001 | 28 September 2001 | 14 days | Uttar Pradesh | ||
| (14). | Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang | 28 September 2001 | 16 February 2002 | 141 days | Punjab | ||
| _ | C. Rangarajan | 16 February 2002 | 28 February 2002 | 12 days | Tamil Nadu | ||
| (14). | Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang | 28 February 2002 | 18 April 2002 | 49 days | Punjab | ||
| 15. | Sikander Bakht | 18 April 2002 | 23 February 2004 | 1 year, 311 days | Delhi | ||
| _ | T. N. Chaturvedi[a] | 25 February 2004 | 23 June 2004 | 119 days | Uttar Pradesh | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | |
| 16. | R. L. Bhatia | 23 June 2004 | 10 July 2008 | 4 years, 17 days | Punjab | ||
| 17. | R. S. Gavai | 11 July 2008 | 7 September 2011 | 3 years, 58 days | Maharashtra | Pratibha Patil | |
| 18. | M. O. H. Farook | 8 September 2011 | 26 January 2012 | 140 days | Puducherry | ||
| — | Hansraj Bhardwaj | 26 January 2012 | 22 March 2013 | 1 year, 55 days | Haryana | ||
| 19. | Nikhil Kumar | 23 March 2013 | 5 March 2014 | 347 days | Bihar | Pranab Mukherjee | |
| 20. | Sheila Dikshit | 5 March 2014 | 5 September 2014 | 184 days | Delhi | ||
| 21. | P. Sathasivam | 5 September 2014 | 5 September 2019 | 5 years, 0 days | Tamil Nadu | ||
| 22. | Arif Mohammad Khan | 6 September 2019 | 1 January 2025 | 5 years, 109 days | Uttar Pradesh | Ramnath Kovind | |
| 23. | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar | 2 January 2025 | Incumbent | −5 days | Goa | Droupadi Murmu |
See also
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edit- ^ Interim after the death of Sikander Bakht
References
edit- ^ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Kerala as well.