Governors of India
List of Governors of Kerala
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List of Governors of Kerala |
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao is the first person to hold the office of Governor of Kerala. Jyothi Venkatachalam is the first female Governor of Kerala, and P Sathasivam is the current Governor of Kerala.
# | Name | From | To |
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1 | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao | 22 November 1956 | 1 July 1960 |
2 | V. V. Giri | 1 July 1960 | 2 April 1965 |
3 | Ajith Prasad Jain | 2 April 1965 | 6 February 1966 |
4 | Bhagwan Sahay | 6 February 1966 | 15 May 1967 |
5 | V. Viswanathan | 15 May 1967 | 1 April 1973 |
6 | N. N. Wanchoo | 1 April 1973 | 10 October 1977 |
7 | Jothi Venkatachalam | 14 October 1977 | 27 October 1982 |
8 | P. Ramachandran | 27 October 1982 | 23 February 1988 |
9 | Ram Dulari Sinha | 23 February 1988 | 12 February 1990 |
10 | Swaroop Singh | 12 February 1990 | 20 December 1990 |
11 | B. Rachaiah | 20 December 1990 | 9 November 1995 |
12 | P. Shiv Shankar | 12 November 1995 | 1 May 1996 |
13 | Khurshid Alam Khan | 5 May 1996 | 25 January 1997 |
14 | Sukhdev Singh Kang | 25 January 1997 | 18 April 2002 |
15 | Sikander Bakht | 18 April 2002 | 23 February 2004 |
16 | T. N. Chaturvedi | 25 February 2004 | 23 June 2004 |
17 | R. L. Bhatia | 23 June 2004 | 10 July 2008 |
18 | R. S. Gavai | 11 July 2008 | 7 September 2011 |
19 | M. O. H. Farook | 8 September 2011 | 26 January 2012 |
20 | Hansraj Bhardwaj | 26 January 2012 | 22 March 2013 |
21 | Nikhil Kumar | 23 March 2013 | 5 March 2014 |
22 | Sheila Dikshit | 5 March 2014 | 26 August 2014 |
23 | P Sathasivam | 5 September 2014 | Incumbent |