List of governors of Mizoram

Governor of Mizoram
Governor of Mizoram
	Raj Bhavan, Aizawl
	Incumbent; V. K. Singh; since 16 January 2025
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Aizawl
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	S.P. Mukherjee
Formation	20 February 1987 (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. years ago)
Website	https://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in

This is a list of governors of Mizoram, an Indian state on the border with Myanmar.

List

Legend

^† Died in office
^§ Transferred
^‡ Resigned/removed

Color key

indicates acting/additional charge

Lieutenant Governors of Mizoram (1972–1987)

S.J.Das was the administrator of Mizoram from 21 January 1972 to 23 April 1972. He was followed by these Lieutenant Governors:

#	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office
1	S. P. Mukherjee		24 April 1972	12 June 1974
2	S. K. Chibber		13 June 1974	26 September 1977
3	N. P. Mathur		27 September 1977	15 April 1981
4	S. N. Kohli		16 April 1981	9 August 1983
5	H. S. Dubey		10 August 1983	10 December 1986
6	Hiteswar Saikia		11 December 1986	19 February 1987

Governors of Mizoram (1987–present)

#	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
#	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	From	To	Time in office	Appointer (President)
1		Hiteswar Saikia (1934–1996)	Assam	20 February 1987	30 April 1989^[‡]	2 years, 69 days	Zail Singh
–		General K. V. Krishna Rao (Retd) (1923–2016) Governor of Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura (Additional Charge)	Andhra Pradesh	1 May 1989	20 July 1989^[§]^{[lower-greek 1]}	80 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
2	70px	Williamson A. Sangma (1919–1990)	Meghalaya	21 July 1989	7 February 1990^[‡]	201 days
3	70px	Swaraj Kaushal (born 1952)	Punjab	8 February 1990	9 February 1993	3 years, 1 day
4	70px	Paty Ripple Kyndiah (1928–2015)	Meghalaya	10 February 1993	13 January 1998^[‡]^{[lower-greek 2]}	4 years, 337 days	K. R. Narayanan
–	70px	Siddheshwar Prasad (1929–2023) Governor of Tripura (Additional Charge)	Bihar	14 January 1998	28 January 1998	14 days
5	70px	Arun Prasad Mukherjee IPS (Retd)	West Bengal	29 January 1998	1 May 1998^[‡]	92 days
6	70px	A. Padmanabhan IAS (Retd) (born 1928)	Tamil Nadu	2 May 1998	30 November 2000^[‡]	2 years, 212 days
–		Ved Marwah IPS (Retd) (1934–2020) Governor of Manipur (Additional Charge)	Delhi	1 December 2000	17 May 2001	167 days
7	70px	Amolak Rattan Kohli (born 1942)	Haryana	18 May 2001	24 July 2006	5 years, 67 days
8	70px	Lieutenant General Madan Mohan Lakhera (Retd) (born 1937)	Uttarakhand	25 July 2006	1 September 2011	5 years, 38 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
9		Vakkom Purushothaman (1928–2023)	Kerala	2 September 2011	9 July 2014^[‡]	2 years, 310 days	Pratibha Patil
10	70px	Kamla Beniwal (1927–2024)	Rajasthan	9 July 2014	7 August 2014^[‡]	29 days	Pranab Mukherjee
–	File:Vinod Kumar Duggal in New Delhi on August 29, 2005 (cropped).jpg	Vinod Kumar Duggal IAS (Retd) (born 1944) Governor of Manipur (Additional Charge)	Punjab	8 August 2014	16 September 2014^[‡]	39 days
–	70px	Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948) Governor of Meghalaya (Additional Charge)	Chandigarh	16 September 2014	8 January 2015^[§]^{[lower-greek 3]}	114 days
11	File:Aziz Qureshi at valedictory function of the 89th Foundation Course for All India Services, at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (cropped).jpg	Aziz Qureshi (1941–2024)	Madhya Pradesh	9 January 2015	3 April 2015^[‡]	84 days
–	70px	Keshari Nath Tripathi (1934–2023) Governor of West Bengal (Additional Charge)	Uttar Pradesh	4 April 2015	25 May 2015	51 days
12	70px	Lieutenant General Nirbhay Sharma (Retd) (born 1946)	Uttar Pradesh	26 May 2015	25 May 2018	2 years, 364 days
13	70px	Kummanam Rajasekharan (born 1952)	Kerala	29 May 2018	8 March 2019^[‡]^{[lower-greek 4]}	283 days	Ram Nath Kovind
–	70px	Jagdish Mukhi (born 1942) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge)	Delhi	9 March 2019	4 November 2019	240 days
14	70px	P. S. Sreedharan Pillai (born 1954)	Kerala	5 November 2019	18 July 2021^[§]^{[lower-greek 5]}	1 year, 255 days
15	70px	Kambhampati Hari Babu (born 1953)	Andhra Pradesh	19 July 2021	10 August 2021	22 days
–	70px	Brigadier B. D. Mishra (Retd) (born 1939) Governor of Arunachal Pradesh (Acting)	Uttar Pradesh	11 August 2021	6 November 2021	87 days
(15)	70px	Kambhampati Hari Babu (born 1953)	Andhra Pradesh	7 November 2021	15 January 2025^[§]^{[lower-greek 6]}	3 years, 69 days
16	File:VK Singh.jpg	General Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd) (born 1951)	Uttar Pradesh	16 January 2025	Incumbent	360 days	Droupadi Murmu

↑ Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
↑ Resigned to contest in the 1998 general election
↑ Transferred as the Governor of Uttarakhand
↑ Resigned to contest in the 2019 general election
↑ Transferred as the Governor of Goa
↑ Transferred as the Governor of Odisha

List Of Governors Of Mizoram Media

The state of Mizoram is in northeastern India.

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[1] Transferred as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

[2] Resigned to contest in the 1998 general election

[3] Transferred as the Governor of Uttarakhand

[4] Resigned to contest in the 2019 general election

[5] Transferred as the Governor of Goa

[6] Transferred as the Governor of Odisha

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Governor of Mizoram
Raj Bhavan, Aizawl
Incumbent V. K. Singh since 16 January 2025
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Aizawl
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	S.P. Mukherjee
Formation	20 February 1987 (1987-02-20) (Expression error: Unexpected < operator. years ago)
Website	https://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in