List of governors of Uttar Pradesh

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The Governor of Uttar Pradesh is the constitutional head and representative of the President of India in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years. The post is preceded by the governor of United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950.

Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Incumbent
Anandiben Patel
since 29 July 2019
StyleHer Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Lucknow
AppointerPresident of India
Term length5 Years
Inaugural holderSarojini Naidu
(Independent India)
Sir Harcourt Butler
(Pre-Independent India)
Formation3 January 1921; 103 years ago (1921-01-03)
WebsiteGovernor of Uttar Pradesh

Powers and functions

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The governor has:

  • Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
  • Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
  • Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

In his ex-officio capacity, the governor of Uttar Pradesh is chancellor of the universities of Uttar Pradesh as per the Acts of the Universities.

Governors of United Provinces (1921–1950)

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Governors of United Provinces of British India
(3 January 1921 – 1 April 1937)
1Harcourt Butler 3 January 192121 December 1922
-Ludovic Charles Porter 21 December 192224 December 1922
2William Sinclair Marris 24 December 192213 August 1926
-Samuel Perry O'Donnell13 August 19261 December 1926
(2)William Sinclair Marris 1 December 192614 January 1928
3Alexander Phillips Muddiman 15 January 192817 June 1928
4William Malcolm Hailey10 August 192821 December 1928
22 April 192916 October 1930
-George Bancroft Lambert16 October 193019 April 1931
(4)William Malcolm Hailey19 April 19316 April 1933
-Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari 8 April 193327 November 1933
(4)William Malcolm Hailey27 November 19335 December 1934
5Harry Graham Haig6 December 19341 April 1937
Governors of United Provinces
(1 April 1937 – 25 January 1950)
5Harry Graham Haig1 April 193716 May 1938
17 September 19386 December 1939
6Maurice Garnier Hallett7 December 19396 December 1945
7Francis Verner Wylie7 December 194514 August 1947
8Sarojini Naidu 15 August 19472 March 1949
-Justice B.B Malik3 March 19491 May 1949
9Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi2 May 194925 January 1950

List of governors of Uttar Pradesh (1950–present)

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Governors of Uttar Pradesh (26 January 1950–Present)
1Sir Hormasji Pherozeshah Modi – 26 January 19501 June 1952
2Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi 2 June 19529 June 1957
3Varahgiri Venkat Giri 10 June 195730 June 1960
4Burgula Ramakrishna Rao 1 July 196015 April 1962
5Bishwanath Das 16 April 196230 April 1967
6Dr. Bezwada Gopala Reddy 1 May 196730 June 1972
Justice Shashi Kant Varma[1] – 1 July 197213 November 1972
7Akbar Ali Khan – 14 November 197224 October 1974
8Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy 25 October 19741 October 1977
9Ganpatrao Devji Tapase – 2 October 197727 February 1980
10Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh 28 February 198031 March 1985
11Mohammed Usman Arif – 31 March 198511 February 1990
12B. Satya Narayan Reddy – 12 February 199025 May 1993
13Motilal Vora 26 May 19933 May 1996
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (additional charge) 3 May 199619 July 1996
14Romesh Bhandari 19 July 199617 March 1998
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (additional charge) 17 March 199819 April 1998
15Suraj Bhan 20 April 199823 November 2000
16Vishnu Kant Shastri – 24 November 20002 July 2004
Sudarshan Agrawal (additional charge) 3 July 20047 July 2004
17T. V. Rajeswar 8 July 200427 July 2009
18Banwari Lal Joshi 28 July 200917 June 2014
Dr. Aziz Qureshi (additional charge) 17 June 201422 July 2014
19Ram Naik 22 July 201428 July 2019
20Anandiben Patel 29 July 2019Incumbent

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Vidhanparishad". Upvidhanparishad.nic.in. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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