The governor of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttara Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The post is preceded by the governor of United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950.

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.

In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Uttar Pradesh is chancellor of the universities of Uttar Pradesh as per the Acts of the Universities.

List

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 Hormasji Pherozeshah Mody Bombay 1950 1952 Rajendra Prasad 2 Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi Bombay 1952 1957 3 V. V. Giri Madras 1957 1960 4 Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Andhra Pradesh 1960 1962 5 Bishwanath Das Orissa 1962 1967 6 Bezawada Gopala Reddy Andhra Pradesh 1967 1972 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 7 Shashi Kanta Verma Uttar Pradesh 1972 1972 V. V. Giri 8 Akbar Ali Khan Andhra Pradesh 1972 1974 9 Marri Chenna Reddy Andhra Pradesh 1974 1977 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 10 Ganpatrao Devji Tapase Maharashtra 1977 1980 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 11 Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh Bihar 1980 1985 12 Mohammed Usman Arif Rajasthan 1985 1990 Zail Singh 13 B. Satya Narayan Reddy Andhra Pradesh 1990 1993 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 14 Motilal Vora Madhya Pradesh 1993 1996 Shankar Dayal Sharma 15 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Jammu and Kashmir 1996 1996 16 Romesh Bhandari Punjab 1996 1998 17 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Jammu and Kashmir 1998 1998 K. R. Narayanan 18 Suraj Bhan Haryana 1998 2000 19 Vishnu Kant Shastri West Bengal 2000 2004 20 Sudarshan Agarwal Punjab 2004 2004 A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 21 T. V. Rajeswar Tamil Nadu 2004 2009 22 Banwari Lal Joshi Rajasthan 2009 2014 Pratibha Patil 23 Aziz Qureshi Madhya Pradesh 2014 2014 Pranab Mukherjee 24 Ram Naik Maharashtra 2014 2019 25 Anandiben Patel Gujarat 2019 Incumbent Ram Nath Kovind

Timeline Timeline of Uttar Pradesh governors

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).”Main, [Name], Ishwar ki shapath leta hoon (ya nishtha se pratigya karta hoon) ki main sachhe mann se Governor (Rajyapal) ke roop mein [State Name] ke pad ka karyabhar sambhalunga (ya zimmedari uthaunga). Main apni poori kabiliyat se Samvidhan (Constitution) aur kanoon (Law) ki raksha, suraksha aur bachaav karunga, aur main apne aap ko [State Name] ki janta ki seva aur kalyan (well-being) mein samarpit karunga."

See also Uttar Pradesh (1732–1857) – Nawabs of Awadh (1834–1836) – Governors of Agra (1836–1877) – Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces (1856–1877) – Chief Commissioners of Oudh (1877–1902) – Lieutenant Governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh (1902–1921) – Lieutenant Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1921–1937) – Governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1937–1950) – Governors of the United Provinces Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Governors of India

References

External links Provinces of British India The India List and India Office List By India Office, Great Britain http://upgovernor.gov.in/ Governors of the United Provinces