List of governors of Nagaland

This is a list of the governors of Nagaland, a state in Northeast India. R. N. Ravi has been appointed as the next governor of the state.

Governor of Nagaland
Incumbent La. Ganesan since 18 February 2023
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Kohima
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five Years
Inaugural holder	Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.)
Formation	1 December 1963 (1963-12-01)
Website	[1]

List

#	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.)	1 December 1963	16 April 1968
2	B.K. Nehru, ICS (Retd.)	17 April 1968	18 September 1973
3	L.P. Singh, ICS (Retd.)	19 September 1973	9 August 1981
4	S. M. H. Burney, IAS (Retd.)	10 August 1981	12 June 1984
5	Gen.(Retd.) K. V. Krishna Rao, PVSM.	13 June 1984	19 July 1989
6	Dr. Gopal Singh	20 July 1989	3 May 1990
7	Dr. M. M. Thomas	9 May 1990	12 April 1992
8	Loknath Mishra	13 April 1992	1 October 1993
9	Lt. Gen.(Retd.)V. K. Nayar PVSM, SM	2 October 1993	4 August 1994
10	O. N. Shrivastava, IPS (Retd)	5 August 1994	11 November 1996
11	Om Prakash Sharma, IPS (Retd.)	12 November 1996	27 January 2002
12	Shyamal Datta, IPS (Retd.)	28 January 2002	2 February 2007
13	K. Sankaranarayanan	3 February 2007	28 July 2009
14	Gurbachan Jagat, IPS (Retd.)	28 July 2009	14 Oct 2009
15	Nikhil Kumar, IPS (Retd.)	15 Oct 2009	20 March 2013
16	Ashwani Kumar	21 March 2013	27 June 2014
-	Krishan Kant Paul (Additional Charge)	2 July 2014	19 July 2014
17	Padmanabha Acharya	19 July 2014	31 July 2019
18	R. N. Ravi	1 August 2019	18 February 2023
19	La. Ganesan	18 February 2023	Incumbent