The Governor of Manipur is the constitutional head of state of the Indian state of Manipur. The governor is appointed by the president of India. Though all official affairs of the state are administered and carried out in the name of the governor, the real executive power rests with the chief minister who is a member of the legislative assembly and is the leader of the majority party in the house. The official residence of the governor is Lok Bhavan.
The position of the governor of Manipur came into existence in January 1972. The first governor to be appointed was Braj Kumar Nehru, then Governor of Assam who also served as the governor of the other north-eastern states of Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Tripura. The current governor is Ajay Kumar Bhalla who has been in office since January 2025.
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Legend Died in office Transferred Resigned/removed
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Portrait Name(borndied) Home state Tenure in office Appointer(President) From To Time in office 1 Braj Kumar Nehru Uttar Pradesh 1972 1973 V. V. Giri 2 Lallan Prasad Singh Bihar 1973 1981 3 S. M. H. Burney Uttar Pradesh 1981 1984 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 4 K. V. Krishna Rao Andhra Pradesh 1984 1989 Zail Singh 5 Chintamani Panigrahi Orissa 1989 1993 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 6 K. V. Raghunatha Reddy(Additional Charge) Andhra Pradesh 1993 1993 Shankar Dayal Sharma 7 V. K. Nayar 1993 1994 8Oudh Narayan Shrivastava 11 November 1996)Madhya Pradesh 1994 1999 9 Ved Marwah National Capital Territory of Delhi 1999 2003 K. R. Narayanan 10 Arvind Dave Uttar Pradesh 2003 2004 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 11 Shivinder Singh Sidhu Punjab 2004 2008 12 Gurbachan Jagat Chandigarh 2008 2013 Pratibha Patil 13 Ashwani Kumar(Additional Charge) Himachal Pradesh 2013 2013 Pranab Mukherjee 14 Vinod Kumar Duggal Punjab 2013 2014 15 Krishan Kant Paul(Additional Charge) Chandigarh 2014 2015 16 Syed Ahmed Maharashtra 2015 2015 17 V. Shanmuganathan(Additional Charge) Tamil Nadu 2015 2016 18 Najma Heptulla Madhya Pradesh 2016 2018 19 Jagdish Mukhi(Acting) National Capital Territory of Delhi 2018 2018 Ram Nath Kovind (18) Najma Heptulla Madhya Pradesh 2018 2019 20 Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya(Acting) Karnataka 2019 2019 (18) Najma Heptulla Madhya Pradesh 2019 2021 21 Ganga Prasad Chaurasia(Additional Charge) Bihar 2021 2021 22 La. Ganesan Tamil Nadu 2021 2023 23 Anusuiya Uikey Madhya Pradesh 2023 2024 Droupadi Murmu 24 Lakshman Prasad Acharya(Additional Charge) Uttar Pradesh 2024 2025 25 Ajay Kumar Bhalla Punjab 2025 Incumbent
Oath “I, A. B., do swear in the name of God/solemly affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor (or discharge the functions of the Governor) of .............(name of the State) and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of ..………(name of the State).” See also Manipur Chief Minister of Manipur Governors of India
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