The governor of Madhya Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. There are 22 governors.
Below is a list of governors of the Central Provinces and Berar and the precursor offices associated with that title:
Chief commissioners of Nagpur Province and Saugor Nerbudda territories 1861–1862: Edward King Elliot
Chief commissioners of the Central Provinces 1862–1864: Edward King Elliot 1864–1867: Sir Richard Temple, Bt. 1867–1883: Sir John Henry Morris 1883–1884: William Brittain Jones 1884–1885: Sir Charles Haukes Todd 1885–1887: Dennis Fitzpatrick 1887–1889: Alexander Mackenzie 1889–1893: Sir Antony Patrick Macdonnell 1893–1895: Sir John Woodburn 1895–1898: Sir Charles James Lyall 1898–1899: Sir Denzil Charles Jelf Ibbetson 1899–1902: Sir Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser 1902–1904: John Prescott Hewett 1904–1905: Frederic Styles Philpin Lely 1905–1906: John Ontario Miller 1907–1912: Reginald Henry Craddock 1912–1920: Sir Benjamin Robertson 1920: Sir Frank George Sly
Governors of the Central Provinces 1920–1925: Sir Frank George Sly 1925–1932: Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler 1932–1936: Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan
Governors of the Central Provinces and Berar 1936–1938: Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan (Edpuganti Raghavendra Rao from 15.05.1936 to 11.09.1936 Acting governor in place of Gowan) 11.09.1936–03.03.1938: Sir Hyde Clarendon Gowan 03.03.1938–27.05.1938: Sir Hugh Bomford (acting) 01.06.1938–01.07.1940: Sir Francis Verner Wylie 17.09.1940–16.09.1946: Sir Henry Joseph Twynam 16.09.1946–15.08.1947: Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne
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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 Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya Andhra Pradesh 1956 1957 Rajendra Prasad 2 Hari Vinayak Pataskar Bombay State 1957 1965 3 K. Chengalaraya Reddy Mysore State 1965 1966 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 4 P. V. Dixit(Acting) Madhya Pradesh 1966 1966 5 K. Chengalaraya Reddy Mysore State 1966 1971 6 Satya Narayan Sinha Bihar 1971 1977 V. V. Giri 7 N. N. Wanchoo Madhya Pradesh 1977 1978 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 8 C. M. Poonacha Karnataka 1978 1980 9 Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Haryana 1980 1981 10 Guru Prasanna Singh(Acting) Madhya Pradesh 1981 1981 11 Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Haryana 1981 1983 12 Guru Prasanna Singh(Acting) Madhya Pradesh 1983 1983 Zail Singh 13 Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Haryana 1983 1984 14 K. M. Chandy Kerala 1984 1987 15 Narayan Dutta Ojha(Acting) Madhya Pradesh 1987 1987 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 16 K. M. Chandy Kerala 1987 1989 17 Sarla Grewal Punjab 1989 1990 18 Kunwar Mahmud Ali Khan Uttar Pradesh 1990 1993 19 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Jammu and Kashmir 1993 1998 Shankar Dayal Sharma 20 Bhai Mahavir Punjab 1998 2003 K. R. Narayanan 21 Ram Prakash Gupta Uttar Pradesh 2003 2004 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 22 Krishna Mohan Seth (Additional Charge) Uttar Pradesh 2004 2004 23 Balram Jakhar Punjab 2004 2009 24 Rameshwar Thakur Jharkhand 2009 2011 Pratibha Patil 25 Ram Naresh Yadav Uttar Pradesh 2011 2016 26 Om Prakash Kohli(Additional Charge) Delhi 2016 2018 Pranab Mukherjee 27 Anandiben M. Patel Gujarat 2018 2019 Ram Nath Kovind 28 Lalji Tandon Uttar Pradesh 2019 21 July2020 358 days 29 Anandiben M. Patel(Additional charge) Gujarat 2020 2021 30 Mangubhai C. Patel Gujarat 2021 Incumbent
See also Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Governors of India Vindhya Pradesh
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