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List of governors of Odisha

Governor of Odisha
since 26 December 2024 (2024-12-26)
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Odisha, Bhubaneswar
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holderKailash Nath Katju
Formation15 August 1947; 77 years ago (1947-08-15)
Websiterajbhavanodisha.gov.in

The governor of Odisha is the head of the Indian state of Odisha. The governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at 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 whereas they act as the nominal head. The current incumbent is Kambhampati Hari Babu since 26 December 2024.

Governors of Odisha

No. Name (Born – Dead) Portrait Took office Left office Term in office Home state Appointed by
British India (Before 1947)
1. Sir John Austen Hubback
(1878–1968)
1 April 1936 11 August 1938 2 years, 132 days United Kingdom Freeman Thomas
- George Townsend Boag
(1884–1969) (acting)
11 August 1938 7 December 1938 118 days Victor Hope
(1). Sir John Austen Hubback
(1878–1968)
8 December 1938 31 March 1941 2 years, 113 days
(Total 4 years, 245 days)
2. Sir Hawthorne Lewis
(1888–1970)
1 April 1941 31 March 1946 4 years, 364 days
3. Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(1893–1980)
1 April 1946 14 August 1947 1 year, 135 days Gujarat Archibald Wavell
Independent India (After 1947)
1. Kailash Nath Katju
(1887–1968)
15 August 1947 20 June 1948 310 days Madhya Pradesh Louis Mountbatten
2. Asaf Ali
(1888–1953)
21 June 1948 5 May 1951 2 years, 318 days Uttar Pradesh C. Rajagopalachari
- V. P. Menon
(1893–1965) (acting)
6 May 1951 17 July 1951 72 days Kerala Rajendra Prasad
(2). Asaf Ali
(1888–1953)
18 July 1951 6 June 1952 324 days
(Total 3 years, 277 days)
Uttar Pradesh
3. Fazal Ali
(1886–1959)
7 June 1952 9 February 1954 1 year, 247 days Bihar
4. P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
(1898–1957)
10 February 1954 11 September 1956 2 years, 214 days Tamil Nadu
5. Bhim Sen Sachar 12 September 1956 31 July 1957 322 days Punjab
6. Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar 31 July 1957 15 September 1962 5 years, 46 days Maharashtra
7. Ajudhia Nath Khosla 16 September 1962 5 August 1966 3 years, 323 days New Delhi Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Khaleel Ahmed (acting) 5 August 1966 11 September 1966 37 days Odisha
(7). Ajudhia Nath Khosla 12 September 1966 30 January 1968 1 year, 140 days
(Total 5 years, 98 days)
New Delhi
8. Shaukatullah Shah Ansari 31 January 1968 20 September 1971 3 years, 232 days Karnataka Zakir Husain
- Sardar Jogendra Singh (acting) 20 September 1971 30 June 1972 284 days Uttar Pradesh V. V. Giri
- Gati Krushna Misra (acting) 1 July 1972 8 November 1972 130 days Odisha
9. Basappa Danappa Jatti 8 November 1972 20 August 1974 1 year, 285 days Karnataka
- Gati Krushna Misra (acting) 21 August 1974 25 October 1974 65 days Odisha
10. Akbar Ali Khan 25 October 1974 17 April 1976 1 year, 175 days Andhra Pradesh Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
- Shiva Narayan Shankar (acting) 17 April 1976 7 February 1977 296 days Odisha
11. Harcharan Singh Brar 7 February 1977 22 September 1977 227 days Punjab
12. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma 23 September 1977 30 April 1980 2 years, 220 days Haryana Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
13. Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha 30 April 1980 30 September 1980 153 days Karnataka
- S. K. Ray (acting) 1 October 1980 3 November 1980 33 days Odisha
(13). Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha 4 November 1980 24 June 1982 1 year, 232 days Karnataka
- Ranganath Misra (acting) 25 June 1982 31 August 1982 67 days Odisha
(13). Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha 1 September 1982 17 August 1983 350 days
(Total 3 years, 5 days)
Karnataka Giani Zail Singh
14. Bishambhar Nath Pande 17 August 1983 20 November 1988 5 years, 95 days Uttar Pradesh
15. Saiyid Nurul Hasan   20 November 1988 6 February 1990 4 years, 78 days R. Venkataraman
16. Yagya Dutt Sharma 7 February 1990 1 February 1993 2 years, 360 days Punjab
(15). Saiyid Nurul Hasan 1 February 1993 31 May 1993 119 days
(Total 4 years, 197 days)
Uttar Pradesh Shankar Dayal Sharma
17. B. Satya Narayan Reddy 1 June 1993 17 June 1995 2 years, 16 days Andhra Pradesh
18. Gopala Ramanujam
(1915–2001)
18 June 1995 30 January 1997 1 year, 226 days Tamil Nadu
19. K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
(1924–2002)
31 January 1997 12 February 1997 12 days Andhra Pradesh
(18). Gopala Ramanujam
(1915–2001)
13 February 1997 13 December 1997 303 days
(Total 2 years, 164 days)
Tamil Nadu
(19). K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
(1924–2002)
13 December 1997 27 April 1998 135 days
(Total 147 days)
Andhra Pradesh K. R. Narayanan
20. C. Rangarajan
(Born 1932)
27 April 1998 14 November 1999 1 year, 201 days Tamil Nadu
21. M. M. Rajendran
(1935–2023)
15 November 1999 17 November 2004 5 years, 2 days
22. Rameshwar Thakur
(1925–2015)
18 November 2004 21 August 2007 2 years, 276 days Bihar A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
23. Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
(1928--2024)
21 August 2007 9 March 2013 5 years, 200 days Maharashtra Pratibha Patil
24. S.C. Jamir
(Born 1931)
21 March 2013 20 March 2018 4 years, 364 days Nagaland Pranab Mukherjee
- Satya Pal Malik
(Born 1946) (additional charge)
21 March 2018 28 May 2018 68 days Uttar Pradesh Ramnath Kovind
25. Ganeshi Lal
(Born 1941)
29 May 2018 30 October 2023 5 years, 154 days Haryana
26. Raghubar Das
(Born 1955)
31 October 2023 26 December 2024 1 year, 56 days Jharkhand Droupadi Murmu
27. Kambhampati Hari Babu
(Born 1953)
26 December 2024 Incumbent 0 days Andhra Pradesh

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