The Governor of Maharashtra (IAST: Mahārāṣṭrāce Rājyapāl) is the ceremonial head of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Constitution of India confers the executive powers of the state to the governor; however, the de facto executive powers lie with the Council of Ministers.
Jishnu Dev Varma is the Governor of Maharashtra since 10 March 2026.
Powers and duties The governor formally appoints many of the state officials, including the advocate general of Bombay, the Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta, the state election commissioner, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission, the chairman and members of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC), the chairmen and members of the three development boards, the sheriff of Bombay, and the state chief information commissioner.
Oath
List
Legend Died in office Transferred Resigned/removed
Color key indicates acting/additional charge
Governors of Bombay State (19481960)
# Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 Raja Sir Maharaj Singh Punjab 1948 1952 Lord Mountbatten 2 Sir Girija Shankar Bajpai Uttar Pradesh 1952 1954 Rajendra Prasad M. C. Chagla(Acting) Bombay State 1954 1955 3 Harekrushna Mahatab Orissa 1955 1956 M. C. Chagla(Acting) Bombay State 1956 1956 4 Sri Prakasa Uttar Pradesh 1956 1960
Governors of Maharashtra (1960present)
# Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 Sri Prakasa Uttar Pradesh 1960 1962 Rajendra Prasad 2 P. Subbarayan Madras State 1962 1962 3 Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani(Acting) Maharashtra 1962 1962 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 4 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Uttar Pradesh 1962 1964 5 Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani(Acting) Maharashtra 1964 1964 6 P. V. Cherian Madras State 1964 1969 7 S. P. Kotval(Acting) Maharashtra 1969 1970 V. V. Giri 8 Ali Yavar Jung Andhra Pradesh 1970 1976 9 R. M. Kantawala(Acting) Maharashtra 1976 1977 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 10 Sadiq Ali Rajasthan 1977 1980 B. D. Jatti 11 Om Prakash Mehra National Capital Territory of Delhi 1980 1982 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 12 Idris Hasan LatifAndhra Pradesh 1982 1985 13Justice Konda Madava Reddy(1923- 1997) 16 April 1985 31 May 198544 days Zail Singh 14 Kona Prabhakara Rao 1985 1986 15 Shankar Dayal Sharma Madhya Pradesh 1986 1987 16 S. K. Desai(Acting) Maharashtra 1987 1987 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 17 Chittatosh Mookerjee(Acting) West Bengal 1987 1988 18 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Andhra Pradesh 1988 1990 19 Chittatosh Mookerjee(Acting) West Bengal 1990 1990 20 Chidambaram Subramaniam Tamil Nadu 1990 1992 21 Sarup Singh(Additional charge) Haryana 1992 1992 22 Chidambaram Subramaniam Tamil Nadu 1992 1993 23 P. C. Alexander Kerala 1993 2002 Shankar Dayal Sharma 24 C. K. Thakker(Additional charge) Gujarat 2002 2002 K. R. Narayanan 25 Mohammed Fazal Uttar Pradesh 2002 2004 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 26 S. M. Krishna Karnataka 2004 2008 27S. C. Jamir(1931-) (Additional charge till 20 July 2008)Nagaland 2008 2010Pratibha Patil 28 Kateekal Sankaranarayanan Kerala 2010 2014 29 Om Prakash Kohli(Additional Charge) National Capital Territory of Delhi 2014 2014 Pranab Mukherjee 30 C. Vidyasagar Rao Telangana 2014 2019 31 Bhagat Singh Koshyari Uttarakhand 2019 2023 Ram Nath Kovind 32 Ramesh Bais Chhattisgarh 2023 2024 Droupadi Murmu 33 C. P. Radhakrishnan Tamil Nadu 2024 2025 34 Acharya Devvrat(Additional Charge) Haryana 15 September 2025 9 March 2026 35 Jishnu Dev Varma (born 1957)Tripura10 March 2026Incumbent
See also
List of chief ministers of Maharashtra List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra List of chairpersons of the Maharashtra Legislative Council List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly List of deputy speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Council List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Governors of India
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