The governor of Andhra Pradesh is the head of state of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Governors in India have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at the central level. They exist in the state appointed by the president of India and they are not local to the state that they are appointed to govern. The factors based on which the president evaluates the candidates is not mentioned in the constitution. The governor acts as the nominal head whereas the real power lies with the Chief Minister of the state and their council of ministers.This is a list of governors of Andhra Pradesh, including Andhra State and united Andhra Pradesh, in office from 1953 to the present date. The official residence of the governor is the Lok Bhavan, situated in Vijayawada. E. S. L. Narasimhan is the longest serving governor, serving for 9 years and 208 days.
The current incumbent is Syed Abdul Nazeer since 24 February 2023.
Qualifications Article 157 and Article 158 of the Constitution of India specify eligibility requirements for the post of governor. They are as follows:
A governor must:
be a citizen of India. be at least 35 years of age. not be a member of either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature. not hold any office of profit.
Powers and functions
The governor enjoys many different types of powers: Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals, Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Saasana Sabha (Legislative Assembly) or Saasana Mandali (Legislative Council), and Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.
Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Andhra Pradesh is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Andhra Pradesh. The universities include Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Adikavi Nannaya University, Andhra University, Cluster University, Dr. Abdul Haq Urdu University, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Dr. YSR Architecture & Fine Arts University, Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Dravidian University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Anantapur), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Kakinada), Krishna University, Rayalaseema University, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Sri Venkateswara University, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Vikrama Simhapuri University and Yogi Vemana University
List Legend Died in office Transferred Resigned/removed
Color key indicates acting/additional charge
Governors of Andhra State (19531956)
# Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Bombay State 1953 1956 Rajendra Prasad
Governors of Andhra Pradesh (1956present)
# Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Bombay State 1956 1957 Rajendra Prasad 2 Bhim Sen Sachar Punjab 1957 1962 3 S. M. Shrinagesh Maharashtra 1962 1964 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 4 Pattom A. Thanu Pillai Kerala 1964 1968 5 Khandubhai Kasanji Desai Gujarat 1968 1975 Zakir Husain 6 S. Obul Reddy(Acting) Andhra Pradesh 1975 1976 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 7 Mohan Lal Sukhadia Rajasthan 1976 1976 8 Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare Maharashtra 1976 1977 9 B. J. Divan(Acting) Gujarat 1977 1977 B. D. Jatti 10 Sharda Mukherjee Maharashtra 1977 1978 11 K. C. Abraham Kerala 1978 1983 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 12 Thakur Ram Lal Himachal Pradesh 1983 1984 Zail Singh 13 Shankar Dayal Sharma Madhya Pradesh 1984 1985 14 Kumudben Joshi Gujarat 1985 1990 15 Krishan Kant Punjab 1990 1997 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 16 Gopala Ramanujam(1915- 2001)(Additional Charge) Tamil Nadu 1997 1997 K. R. Narayanan 17 C. Rangarajan Tamil Nadu 1997 2003 18 Surjit Singh Barnala Punjab 2003 2004 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 19 Sushilkumar Shinde Maharashtra 2004 2006 20 Rameshwar Thakur Jharkhand 2006 2007 21 N. D. Tiwari Uttarakhand 2007 2009 Pratibha Patil 22 E. S. L. Narasimhan Tamil Nadu 2009 2019 23 Biswabhusan Harichandan Odisha 2019 2023 Ram Nath Kovind 24 Syed Abdul Nazeer Karnataka 2023 Incumbent Droupadi Murmu
Timeline Timeline of Andhra Pradesh governors
See also List of governors of Telangana Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Governor (India)
Oath Nenu... [Ikkada mee peru cheppali], devuni perita pramanam chesthunnanu. Nenu dharmanusruthamga... [ / Andhra Pradesh] rashtra dhavaniga (Governor ga) naa vidhulanu nirvahisthanani, naa shakthi vanchana lekunda raajyanganni, chattaniki liybadi prathipalisthanani, kaapadathanani, mariyu nenu... [Telangana / Andhra Pradesh] prajala seva koraku, vaari kshemam koraku nannu nenu samarpinchukuntanani devuni sakshiga pramanam chesthunnanu."
References
External links Official Website of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh List on Andhra Pradesh State Government's Web Site