List of governors of Odisha

This is a list of the governors of the Indian state of Odisha (formerly Orissa), since its foundation in 1936.

Governor of Odisha
ରାଜ ଭବନ, ଓଡ଼ିଶା Raj Bhavan, Odisha
Incumbent Prof. Ganeshi Lal Mathur since 29 May 2018 (2018-05-29)
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Odisha, Bhubaneswar
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five Years
Inaugural holder	Sir John Austen Hubback (before independence) Kailash Nath Katju (after independence)
Formation	15 August 1947 (1947-08-15)
Website	www.rajbhavanodisha.gov.in

Governors of Odisha

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
British India (Before 1947)
1	Sir John Austen Hubback	1 April 1936	11 August 1938
-	George Townsend Boag (Acting)	11 August 1938	7 December 1938
2	Sir John Austen Hubback	8 December 1938	31 March 1941
3	Howthorne Lewis	1 April 1941	31 March 1946
4	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi	1 April 1946	14 August 1947
Independent India (After 1947)
1	Kailash Nath Katju	15 August 1947	20 June 1948
2	Asaf Ali	21 June 1948	5 May 1951
-	V. P. Menon (Acting)	6 May 1951	17 July 1951
(2)	Asaf Ali	18 July 1951	6 June 1952
3	Fazal Ali	7 June 1952	9 February 1954
4	P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja	10 February 1954	11 September 1956
5	Bhim Sen Sachar	12 September 1956	31 July 1957
6	Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar	31 July 1957	15 September 1962
7	Ajudhia Nath Khosla	16 September 1962	5 August 1966
-	Khaleell Ahommed (Acting)	5 August 1966	11 September 1966
(7)	Ajudhia Nath Khosla	12 September 1966	30 January 1968
8	Shaukatullah Shah Ansari	31 January 1968	20 September 1971
-	Sardar Jojendra Singh (Acting)	20 September 1971	30 June 1972
-	Gati Krushna Misra (Acting)	1 July 1972	8 November 1972
9	Basappa Danappa Jatti	8 November 1972	20 August 1974
-	Gati Krushna Misra (Acting)	21 August 1974	25 October 1974
10	Akbar Ali Khan	25 October 1974	17 April 1976
-	Shiva Narayin Sankar (Acting)	17 April 1976	7 February 1977
11	Harcharan Singh Brar	7 February 1977	22 September 1977
12	Bhagwat Dayal Sharma	23 September 1977	30 April 1980
13	Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha	30 April 1980	30 September 1980
-	S. K. Ray (Acting)	1 October 1980	3 November 1980
(13)	Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha	4 November 1980	24 June 1982
-	Ranganath Misra (Acting)	25 June 1982	31 August 1982
(13)	Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha	1 September 1982	17 August 1983
14	Bishambhar Nath Pande	17 August 1983	20 November 1988
15	Saiyid Nurul Hasan	20 November 1988	6 February 1990
16	Yagya Dutt Sharma	7 February 1990	1 February 1993
(15)	Saiyid Nurul Hasan	1 February 1993	31 May 1993
17	B. Satya Narayan Reddy	1 June 1993	17 June 1995
18	Gopala Ramanujam	18 June 1995	30 January 1997
19	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy	31 January 1997	12 February 1997
(18)	Gopala Ramanujam	13 February 1997	13 December 1997
(19)	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy	13 December 1997	27 April 1998
20	C. Rangarajan	27 April 1998	14 November 1999
21	M. M. Rajendran	15 November 1999	17 November 2004
22	Rameshwar Thakur	18 November 2004	21 August 2007
23	Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare	21 August 2007	9 March 2013
24	S.C. Jamir	21 March 2013	20 March 2018
-	Satya Pal Malik (Additional Charge)	21 March 2018	28 May 2018
25	Prof. Ganeshi Lal	29 May 2018	Incumbent

Other websites

• "Introduction". Raj Bhavan of Odisha. (Governor's Official Residence)