List of governors of Jharkhand

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This is a list of governors of Jharkhand since its inception on 15 November 2000.

Governor of Jharkhand
Jharkhand Rajakiya Chihna.svg
Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Santosh Gangwar

since 31 July 2024
StyleHis/Her Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Ranchi
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holderPrabhat Kumar
Formation15 November 2000 (2000-11-15) (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. years ago)
Websiterajbhavanjharkhand.nic.in

List

Legend
  • †  Died in office
  • §  Transferred
  • ‡  Resigned/removed
Color key
  •        indicates acting/additional charge
Portrait Name
(born – died)
Home state Tenure in office Appointer
(President)
From To Time in office
1 Prabhat Kumar (cropped).jpg Prabhat Kumar
IAS (Retd)
(born 1940)
Uttar Pradesh 15 November
2000
3 February
2002[‡]
1 year, 80 days K. R. Narayanan
– Vinod Chandra Pande.jpg Vinod Chandra Pande
IAS (Retd)
(1938–2005)
Governor of Bihar

(Additional Charge)
Uttar Pradesh 4 February
2002
14 July
2002
160 days
2 Rama Jois.jpg Justice (Retd)
Mandagadde Rama Jois
(1931–2021)
Karnataka 15 July
2002
11 June
2003[§][lower-greek 1]
331 days
3 Ved Marwah (cropped).jpg Ved Marwah
IPS (Retd)
(1934–2020)
Delhi 12 June
2003
9 December
2004
1 year, 180 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
4 Syed Sibtey Razi in 2015 (cropped).jpg Syed Sibtey Razi
(1939–2022)
Uttar Pradesh 10 December
2004
25 July
2009[§][lower-greek 2]
4 years, 227 days
5 Governor of Maharashtra, Shri K. Sankaranarayanan with Vice President Hamid Ansari at TISS in 2013.png Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
(1932–2022)
Kerala 26 July
2009
21 January
2010[§][lower-greek 3]
179 days Pratibha Patil
6 M. O. H. Farook.jpg M. O. H. Farook
(1937–2012)
Puducherry 22 January
2010
4 September
2011[§][lower-greek 4]
1 year, 225 days
7 Syed Ahmed (politician).jpg Syed Ahmed
(1943–2015)
Maharashtra 4 September
2011
17 May
2015[§][lower-greek 5]
3 years, 255 days
8 President Droupadi Murmu official portrait higher version.jpg Droupadi Murmu
(born 1958)
Odisha 18 May
2015
13 July
2021
6 years, 56 days Pranab Mukherjee
9 Ramesh Bais in 2023 (cropped).jpg Ramesh Bais
(born 1947)
Chhattisgarh 14 July
2021
17 February
2023[§][lower-greek 3]
1 year, 218 days Ram Nath Kovind
10 C. P. Radhakrishnan
(born 1957)
Tamil Nadu 18 February
2023
30 July
2024[§][lower-greek 3]
1 year, 163 days Droupadi Murmu
11 Santosh Kumar Gangwar (cropped).jpg Santosh Kumar Gangwar
(born 1948)
Uttar Pradesh 31 July
2024
Incumbent 2 years, 88 days
  1. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Bihar
  2. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Assam
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Transferred as the Governor of Maharashtra
  4. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Kerala
  5. ↑ Transferred as the Governor of Manipur

List Of Governors Of Jharkhand Media

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