Puducherry is a Union Territory of India. However, along with Delhi, Puducherry is one of the few 2 Union Territories in India, which is entitled by special constitutional amendments to have an elected legislative assembly and a cabinet of ministers, thereby enjoying partial statehood powers. The Union Territory was under the additional charge of Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. BJP leader and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was recently appointed as the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.

Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
The Centre is represented by the Lieutenant Governor, who resides at the ‘Raj Niwas’ at the Nehru Park, the former palace of the French Governor. The Central government is directly involved in the financial well-being of the territory, as against the states where financial administration.

List of Governors of Puducherry
The Governors of Puducherry state in India since its independence on 15th August 1947 with their working tenure are listed below:

Sl. No	Name of Governor	From	To
1	S.L. Silam	10/14/1963	10/13/1968
2	B.D. Jatti	10/14/1968	7/11/1972
3	Chhedilal	8/11/1972	8/29/1976
4	B.T. Kulkarni	8/30/1976	10/31/1980
5	R.K. Vyas	1/11/1980	7/26/1981
6	R.N. Haldipur	7/27/1981	5/14/1982
7	K.M. Chandy	5/15/1982	5/8/1983
8	Kona Prabhakara Rao	2/9/1983	6/17/1984
9	Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary	1/10/1984	6/21/1988
10	Ranjit Singh Dyal	6/22/1988	2/19/1990
11	Chandrawati	2/19/1990	12/18/1990
12	Har Swarup Singh	12/19/1990	5/2/1993
13	Rajendra Kumari Bajpai	2/5/1995	4/22/1998
14	Rajani Rai	4/23/1998	7/29/2002
15	K. R. Malkani	7/31/2002	10/27/2003
16	Nagendra Nath Jha	5/1/2004	6/7/2004
17	M. M. Lakhera	7/7/2004	7/18/2006
18	Mukut Mithi	7/19/2006	12/3/2008
19	Bhopinder Singh	3/15/2008	7/22/2008
20	Govind Singh Gurjar	7/23/2008	6/4/2009
21	Surjit Singh Barnala	4/9/2009	7/27/2009
22	Iqbal Singh	7/27/2009	7/9/2013
23	Virendra Kataria	7/10/2013	7/11/2014
24	A. K. Singh	7/12/2014	5/21/2016
25	Kiran Bedi	5/22/2016