List of governors of Andhra Pradesh

Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Governor of Andhra Pradesh
ĀndhraPradēś Governoru
	Emblem of Andhra Pradesh
	Incumbent; S. Abdul Nazeer; since 24 February 2023
Style	His/Her Excellency
Status	Head of State
Reports to	President of India; Government of India
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Precursor	Governor of Andhra State
Inaugural holder	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Formation	1 November 1956; 68 years ago
Salary	₹350,000 (US$4,200) (per month)
Website	www.rajbhavan.ap.gov.in

The state of Andhra Pradesh in India has had 24 Governors since 1953

The governor of Andhra Pradesh is the head of state of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Governors in India have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at the 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.This is a list of governors of Andhra Pradesh, including Andhra State and united Andhra Pradesh, in office from 1953 to the present date. The official residence of the governor is the Raj Bhavan, situated in Vijayawada. E. S. L. Narasimhan is the longest serving governor.

The current incumbent is S. Abdul Nazeer since 24 February 2023.

Qualifications

Article 157 and Article 158 of the Constitution of India specify eligibility requirements for the post of governor. They are as follows:

A governor must:

be a citizen of India.
be at least 35 years of age.
not be a member of either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature.
not hold any office of profit.

Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Saasana Sabha (Legislative Assembly) or Saasana Mandali (Legislative Council), and
Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Andhra Pradesh is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Andhra Pradesh. The universities include Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Adikavi Nannaya University, Andhra University, Cluster University, Dr. Abdul Haq Urdu University, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Dr. YSR Architecture & Fine Arts University, Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Dravidian University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Anantapur), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Kakinada), Krishna University, Rayalaseema University, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Sri Venkateswara University, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Vikrama Simhapuri University and Yogi Vemana University

List of governors

1953–1956

Governors of Andhra State, Andhra State consisted of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. This state was carved out of Madras State in 1953.

Data from Andhra Pradesh State Portal.^[1]

#	Governor (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of the office			Home state	Previous post	Appointed by
#	Governor (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office	Home state	Previous post	Appointed by
1	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980)		1 October 1953	31 October 1956	3 years, 30 days	Gujarat	Governor of Punjab	Rajendra Prasad

Since 1956

On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State ceased to exist; its Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions were merged into Mysore State and Bombay State respectively. Its remaining Telugu-speaking portion, was merged with Andhra State to form the new state of United Andhra Pradesh. The state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.

#	Governor (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of the office			Home state	Previous post	Appointed by
#	Governor (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office	Home state	Previous post	Appointed by
1	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980)		1 November 1956	1 August 1957	2 years, 274 days	Gujarat	Governor of Andhra state	Rajendra Prasad
2	Bhim Sen Sachar (1894–1978)		1 August 1957	8 September 1962	5 years, 38 days	Punjab	Governor of Odisha	Rajendra Prasad
3	S. M. Shrinagesh (1903–1977)		8 September 1962	4 May 1964	1 year, 239 days	Maharashtra	Governor of Assam	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
4	Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (1885–1970)		4 May 1964	11 April 1968	3 years, 343 days	Kerala	Governor of Punjab	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
5	Khandubhai Kasanji Desai (1898–1975)		11 April 1968	25 January 1975	6 years, 289 days	Gujarat	Minister of Labour	Zakir Husain
6	S. Obul Reddy (1916–1996)		25 January 1975	10 January 1976	350 days	Andhra Pradesh	Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
7	Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982)		10 January 1976	16 June 1976	158 days	Rajasthan	Governor of Karnataka
8	Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare (1916–1988)		16 June 1976	17 February 1977	246 days	Maharashtra	Governor of Bihar
9	B. J. Divan (1919–2012)		17 February 1977	5 May 1977	77 days	Gujarat	Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court	B. D. Jatti (acting)
10	Sharda Mukherjee (1919–2007)		5 May 1977	15 August 1978	1 year, 102 days	Maharashtra	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	B. D. Jatti (acting)
11	K. C. Abraham (1899–1986)		15 August 1978	15 August 1983	5 years, 0 days	Kerala	Member of the Indian National Congress	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
12	Thakur Ram Lal (1929–2002)		15 August 1983	29 August 1984	1 year, 14 days	Himachal Pradesh	Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh	Giani Zail Singh
13	Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999)		29 August 1984	26 November 1985	1 year, 89 days	Madhya Pradesh	President of the Indian National Congress
14	Kumudben Joshi (1934–2022)		26 November 1985	7 February 1990	4 years, 73 days	Gujarat	Deputy Minister of Health and Family Welfare
15	Krishan Kant (1927–2002)		7 February 1990	22 August 1997	7 years, 196 days	Gujarat	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	R. Venkataraman
16	Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001)		22 August 1997	24 November 1997	94 days	Tamil Nadu	Governor of Odisha	K. R. Narayanan
17	C. Rangarajan (1932–)		24 November 1997	3 January 2003	5 years, 40 days	Tamil Nadu	Governor of the Reserve Bank of India	K. R. Narayanan
18	Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017)		3 January 2003	4 November 2004	1 year, 306 days	Punjab	Governor of Uttarakhand	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
19	Sushilkumar Shinde (1941–)		4 November 2004	29 January 2006	1 year, 86 days	Maharashtra	Chief Minister of Maharashtra
20	Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015)		29 January 2006	22 August 2007	1 year, 205 days	Jharkhand	Governor of Odisha
21	N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018)		22 August 2007	27 December 2009	2 years, 127 days	Uttar Pradesh	Chief Minister of Uttarakhand	Pratibha Patil
-	E. S. L. Narasimhan (1945–) (Acting until 22 January 2010)		27 December 2009	22 January 2010	9 years, 208 days	Tamil Nadu	Governor of Chhattisgarh
22			23 January 2010	1 June 2014
22			2 June 2014^{[note 1]}^[i]	23 July 2019				Pranab Mukherjee
23	Biswabhusan Harichandan (1934–)		24 July 2019	23 February 2023	3 years, 214 days	Odisha	Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly	Ram Nath Kovind
24	Syed Abdul Nazeer (1958–)		24 February 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 299 days	Karnataka	Judge of the Supreme Court of India	Droupadi Murmu