List of governors of Andhra Pradesh facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Emblem of Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent S. Abdul Nazeer since 24 February 2023 (2023-02-24)
Style	His/Her Excellency
Reports to	President of India Government of India
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Precursor	Governor of Andhra State
Inaugural holder	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Formation	1 November 1956; 68 years ago (1956-11-01)
Salary	₹350,000 (US$6,000) (per month)

The state of Andhra Pradesh in India has had 24 Governors since 1953

The Governor of Andhra Pradesh is like the main representative of the President of India in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. They are the official head of the state. In India, governors have powers and duties at the state level that are similar to those of the President at the national level.

Governors are chosen by the President of India. They are usually not from the state they are appointed to govern. The Constitution of India does not clearly state how the President decides who to appoint. The Governor is the formal head, but the real power is held by the Chief Minister and their team of ministers.

This article lists the governors of Andhra Pradesh. This includes those from the earlier Andhra State and the united Andhra Pradesh. The Governor's official home is the Raj Bhavan in Vijayawada. E. S. L. Narasimhan served as governor for the longest time. The current Governor is S. Abdul Nazeer, who took office on February 24, 2023.

Who Can Be Governor?

To become a Governor, a person must meet certain requirements. These are listed in the Constitution of India.

A Governor must:

• Be a citizen of India. This means they must be a legal citizen of the country.
• Be at least 35 years old.
• Not be a member of the national parliament or the state legislature.
• Not hold any "office of profit." This means they cannot have a job that gives them a salary from the government.

What Does a Governor Do?

The Governor has several important powers and duties. These help them manage the state.

• Executive powers: These involve managing the state government. They include making appointments and removing officials.
• Legislative powers: These relate to making laws for the state. The Governor works with the state legislature, which includes the Saasana Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and sometimes the Saasana Mandali (Legislative Council).
• Discretionary powers: These are special powers the Governor can use on their own judgment.

Besides these powers, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh is also the ex-officio Chancellor of the state's universities. This means they are automatically the head of these universities because of their position. Some of these universities include Andhra University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, and Sri Venkateswara University.

Governors of Andhra Pradesh

This section lists the people who have served as Governor.

Governors of Andhra State (1953–1956)

The Andhra State was formed in 1953. It included the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. This state was created from the former Madras State.

Information is from the Andhra Pradesh State Portal.

#	Governor (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of the office			Home state	Previous post	Appointed by
			Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980)		1 October 1953	31 October 1956	3 years, 30 days	Gujarat	Governor of Punjab	Rajendra Prasad

Governors Since 1956

On November 1, 1956, the Hyderabad State was dissolved. Its Telugu-speaking parts joined with Andhra State to form the new state of United Andhra Pradesh. Later, on June 2, 2014, this state was divided into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states. This happened because of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.

#	Portrait	Governor (Birth–Death)	Term of the office			Home state	Previous post	Appointed by
			Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1		Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (1893–1980)	1 November 1956	31 July 1957	272 days	Gujarat	Governor of Andhra state	Rajendra Prasad
2		Bhim Sen Sachar (1894–1978)	1 August 1957	7 September 1962	5 years, 37 days	Punjab	Governor of Odisha
3		S. M. Shrinagesh (1903–1977)	8 September 1962	3 May 1964	1 year, 238 days	Maharashtra	Governor of Assam	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
4		Pattom A. Thanu Pillai (1885–1970)	4 May 1964	10 April 1968	3 years, 342 days	Kerala	Governor of Punjab
5	–	Khandubhai Kasanji Desai (1898–1975)	11 April 1968	25 January 1975	6 years, 289 days	Gujarat	Minister of Labour	Zakir Husain
6	–	S. Obul Reddy (1916–1996)	25 January 1975	9 January 1976	349 days	Andhra Pradesh	Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
7		Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982)	10 January 1976	15 June 1976	157 days	Rajasthan	Governor of Karnataka
8		Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare (1916–1988)	16 June 1976	16 February 1977	245 days	Maharashtra	Governor of Bihar
9	–	B. J. Divan (1919–2012)	17 February 1977	4 May 1977	76 days	Gujarat	Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court	B. D. Jatti (acting)
10		Sharda Mukherjee (1919–2007)	5 May 1977	14 August 1978	1 year, 101 days	Maharashtra	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
11	–	K. C. Abraham (1899–1986)	15 August 1978	14 August 1983	4 years, 364 days	Kerala	Member of the Indian National Congress	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
12		Thakur Ram Lal (1929–2002)	15 August 1983	29 August 1984	1 year, 14 days	Himachal Pradesh	Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh	Giani Zail Singh
13		Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999)	29 August 1984	26 November 1985	1 year, 89 days	Madhya Pradesh	President of the Indian National Congress
14		Kumudben Joshi (1934–2022)	26 November 1985	7 February 1990	4 years, 73 days	Gujarat	Deputy Minister of Health and Family Welfare
15		Krishan Kant (1927–2002)	7 February 1990	21 August 1997	7 years, 195 days	Gujarat	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha	R. Venkataraman
Acting	–	Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001)	22 August 1997	23 November 1997	93 days	Tamil Nadu	Governor of Odisha	K. R. Narayanan
16		C. Rangarajan (1932–)	24 November 1997	3 January 2003	5 years, 40 days	Tamil Nadu	Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
17		Surjit Singh Barnala (1925–2017)	3 January 2003	3 November 2004	1 year, 305 days	Punjab	Governor of Uttarakhand	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
18		Sushilkumar Shinde (1941–)	4 November 2004	29 January 2006	1 year, 86 days	Maharashtra	Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Acting		Rameshwar Thakur (1925–2015)	29 January 2006	22 August 2007	1 year, 205 days	Jharkhand	Governor of Odisha
19		N. D. Tiwari (1925–2018)	22 August 2007	27 December 2009	2 years, 127 days	Uttar Pradesh	Chief Minister of Uttarakhand	Pratibha Patil
Acting		E. S. L. Narasimhan (1945–)	27 December 2009	22 January 2010	9 years, 208 days	Tamil Nadu	Governor of Chhattisgarh
20			23 January 2010	1 June 2014
			2 June 2014	23 July 2019				Pranab Mukherjee
21		Biswabhusan Harichandan (1934–)	24 July 2019	23 February 2023	3 years, 214 days	Odisha	Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly	Ram Nath Kovind
22		Syed Abdul Nazeer (1958–)	24 February 2023	Incumbent	2 years, 116 days	Karnataka	Judge of the Supreme Court of India	Droupadi Murmu

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Gobernadores de Andhra Pradesh para niños

• List of governors of Telangana
• List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh
• List of current Indian governors