The governor of Goa is the nominal head of the Indian state of Goa. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years. Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju became 21st governor on 26 July 2025.
Powers and functions
The governor has:
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.
Ex officio powers The governor is the chancellor of Goa University and exercises powers delegated under the Goa University Act, 1984, and the statutes of the university. The governor is the ex officio president of the Indian Red Cross Society, Goa Branch, and has the powers to appoint the chairman, hon. secretary, etc. The governor is the president of the Goa State Environment Protection Council, which is an advisory body, set up by the government of Goa. The council consisting of government authorities and the NGOs engaged in environmental and the related areas meets once in six months and deliberates on various issues on the environment and ecology of the state. The governor is the chairman of the Special Fund for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Ex-Servicemen and Widows.
Lieutenant governors of Goa, Daman and Diu Goa, Daman and Diu was a union territory of India until 30 May 1987. As such it had a lieutenant governor till that time.
# Portrait Name Took office Left office1Kunhiraman Palat Candeth 19 December 19616 June 1962 2Tumkur Sivasankar 7 June 1962 1 September 1963 3M. R. Sachdev 2 September 19638 December 19644Hari Sharma 12 December 196423 February 19655K. R. Damle 24 February 1965 17 April 1967 6Nakul Sen 18 April 196715 November 1972 7 S. K. Banerji 16 November 197215 November 1977 8 P. S. Gill 16 November 197730 March 19819 Jagmohan 31 March 1981 29 August 1982 10 Idris Hasan Latif 30 August 198223 February 1983 11 K. T. Satarawala24 February 1983 3 July 1984 12 Idris Hasan Latif 4 July 1984 23 September 1984 13 Gopal Singh24 September 198429 May 1987
Governors of Goa (1987present)
Legend Died in office Transferred Resigned/removed
Color key indicates acting/additional charge
# Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 Gopal Singh Punjab 1987 1989 Zail Singh 2 Khurshed Alam Khan Uttar Pradesh 1989 1991 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 3 Bhanu Prakash Singh Madhya Pradesh 1991 1994 4 B. Rachaiah(Additional charge) Karnataka 1994 1994 Shankar Dayal Sharma 5 Gopala Ramanujam Tamil Nadu 1994 1995 6 Romesh Bhandari Punjab 1995 1996 7 P. C. Alexander(Additional charge) Kerala 1996 1998 8 T. R. Satishchandran Karnataka 1998 1998 K. R. Narayanan 9 J. F. R. Jacob West Bengal 1998 1999 10 Mohammed Fazal Uttar Pradesh 1999 2002 11 Kidar Nath Sahani National Capital Territory of Delhi 2002 2004 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 12 Mohammed Fazal(Additional charge) Uttar Pradesh 2004 2004 13 S. C. Jamir Nagaland 2004 2008 14 Shivinder Singh Sidhu Punjab 2008 2011 Pratibha Patil 14 Kateekal Sankaranarayanan(Additional charge) Kerala 2011 2012 15 Bharat Vir Wanchoo Madhya Pradesh 2012 2014 15 Margaret Alva(Additional charge) Karnataka 2014 2014 Pranab Mukherjee 16 Om Prakash Kohli(Additional charge) National Capital Territory of Delhi 2014 2014 17 Mridula Sinha Bihar 2014 2019 18 Satya Pal Malik Uttar Pradesh 2019 2020 Ram Nath Kovind 19 Bhagat Singh Koshyari(Additional charge) Uttarakhand 2020 2021 20 P. S. Sreedharan Pillai Kerala 2021 2025 21 Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju Andhra Pradesh 2025 Incumbent Droupadi Murmu
See also History of Goa Governors of India
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