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Governors of Himachal Pradesh
Governor of Himachal Pradesh is the nominal head of the state. He/She is also the representative of the President of India in the state of Himachal Pradesh. Bandaru Dattatreya is the present Governor of Himachal Pradesh since 2019.

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Sl.No. Name Took Office Left Office
1 Sh. Amin ud-din Ahmad Khan (Nawab of Loharu) 2/17/1977 8/25/1981
2 Sh. A. K. Banerjee, IAS Retd. 8/26/1981 4/15/1983
3 Sh. Hokishe Sema 4/16/1983 3/7/1986
4 Justice P. D. Desai (Chief Justice Himachal Pradesh High Court holding additional charge) 3/8/1986 4/16/1986
5 Vice Admiral R. K. S. Gandhi 4/17/1986 2/15/1990
6 Sh. S. M. H. Burney (Governor of Haryana during leave period) 12/2/1987 1/10/1988
7 Sh. H. A. Brari (Governor of Haryana during leave period) 12/20/1989 1/12/1990
8 Sh. B. Rachiah 2/16/1990 12/19/1990
9 Sh. Virendra Verma 12/20/1990 1/29/1993
10 Sh. Surendra Nath (Governor of Punjab Addl. Charge) 1/30/1993 12/10/1993
11 Sh. Bali Ram Bhagat 2/11/1993 6/29/1993
12 Sh. Gulsher Ahmad 6/30/1993 11/26/1993
13 Sh. Surendra Nath (Governor of Punjab Addl. Charge) 11/27/1993 7/9/1994
14 Justice V. Ratnam, Hon`ble Chief Justice Addl. Charge 7/10/1994 7/30/1994
15 Sh. Sudhakarrao Naik 7/30/1994 9/17/1995
16 Sh. Mahabir Prasad (Governor of Haryana Addl. Charge) 9/18/1995 11/16/1995
17 Smt. Sheila Kaul 11/17/1995 4/22/1996
18 Sh. Mahabir Prasad (Governor of Haryana Addl. Charge) 4/23/1996 7/25/1997
19 Smt. V. S. Rama Devi 7/26/1997 12/1/1999
20 Sh. Vishnu Kant Shastri 12/2/1999 11/23/2000
21 Sh. Suraj Bhan 11/23/2000 5/7/2003
22 Justice(Retd) Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje 5/8/2003 7/19/2008
23 Prabha Rau 7/19/2008 1/24/2010
24 Urmila Singh 1/25/2010 Incumbent



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