| Sl.No. | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Yuvraj (Crown Prince) Dr. Karan Singh | 3/30/1965 | 5/15/1967 |
| 2 | Bhagwan Sahay | 5/15/1967 | 7/3/1973 |
| 3 | Lakshmi Kant Jha | 7/3/1973 | 2/22/1981 |
| 4 | Braj Kumar Nehru | 2/22/1981 | 4/26/1984 |
| 5 | Jagmohan | 4/26/1984 | 7/1/1989 |
| 6 | K. V. Krishna Rao | 7/1/1989 | 1/19/1990 |
| 7 | Jagmohan | 1/19/1990 | 5/26/1990 |
| 8 | Girish Chandra Saxena | 5/26/1990 | 3/12/1993 |
| 9 | K. V. Krishna Rao | 3/12/1993 | 5/2/1998 |
| 10 | Girish Chandra Saxena | 5/2/1998 | 6/4/2003 |
| 11 | S.K. Sinha | 6/4/2003 | 6/25/2008 |
| 12 | Narinder Nath Vohra | 6/25/2008 | Incumbent |
Governors of Jammu and Kashmir
Governor of Jammu and Kashmir is the nominal head of the state. He/She is also the representative of the President of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Satya Pal Malik is the present Governor of Jammu and Kashmir since 2018.
