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Emblem of Madhya Pradesh
Incumbent Mangubhai C. Patel since 8 July 2021
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Bhopal (primary) Raj Bhavan, Pachmarhi (summer)
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holder	Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Formation	1 November 1956; 68 years ago (1956-11-01)
Website	http://governor.mp.gov.in

The governor of Madhya Pradesh is the nominal head of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India.

Governors of Madhya Pradesh

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#	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration	Home State	Appointed by
1.	Pattabhi Sitaramayya		1 November 1956	13 June 1957	224 days	Andhra Pradesh	Rajendra Prasad
2.	Hari Vinayak Pataskar		14 June 1957	10 February 1965	7 years, 241 days	Maharashtra
3.	K. Chengalaraya Reddy		11 February 1965	2 February 1966	356 days	Karnataka	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
—	P. V. Dixit		3 February 1966	9 February 1966	6 days	Not Known
(3).	K. Chengalaraya Reddy		10 February 1966	7 March 1971	5 years, 25 days	Karnataka
4.	Satya Narayan Sinha		8 March 1971	13 October 1977	6 years, 219 days	Bihar	V. V. Giri
5.	N. N. Wanchu		14 October 1977	16 August 1978	306 days	Madhya Pradesh	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
6.	C. M. Poonacha		17 August 1978	29 April 1980	1 year, 256 days	Karnataka
7.	B. D. Sharma		30 April 1980	25 May 1981	1 year, 25 days	Haryana
—	G. P. Singh		26 May 1981	9 July 1981	44 days	Not Known
(7).	B. D. Sharma		10 July 1981	20 September 1983	2 years, 72 days	Haryana
—	G. P. Singh		21 September 1983	7 October 1983	47 days	Not Known	Zail Singh
(7).	B. D. Sharma		8 October 1983	14 May 1984	219 days	Haryana
8.	K. M. Chandy		15 May 1984	30 November 1987	3 years, 199 days	Kerala
—	Justice Narayan Dutta Ojha		1 December 1987	29 December 1987	28 days	Not Known	R. Venkataraman
(8).	K. M. Chandy		30 December 1987	30 March 1989	1 year, 90 days	Kerala
9.	Sarla Grewal		31 March 1989	5 February 1990	311 days	Punjab
10.	M. A. Khan		6 February 1990	23 June 1993	3 years, 137 days	Uttar Pradesh
11.	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi		24 June 1993	21 April 1998	4 years, 301 days	Jammu and Kashmir	Shankar Dayal Sharma
12.	Bhai Mahavir		22 April 1998	6 May 2003	5 years, 14 days	Punjab	K. R. Narayan
13.	Ram Prakash Gupta		7 May 2003	1 May 2004	360 days	Uttar Pradesh	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
—	Krishna Mohan Seth		2 May 2004	29 June 2004	58 days
14.	Balram Jakhar		30 June 2004	30 June 2009	5 years, 0 days	Punjab
15.	Rameshwar Thakur		30 June 2009	8 September 2011	2 years, 70 days	Jharkhand	Pratibha Patil
16.	Ram Naresh Yadav		8 September 2011	8 September 2016	5 years, 0 days	Uttar Pradesh
—	Om Prakash Kohli		8 September 2016	23 January 2018	1 year, 168 days	Delhi	Pranab Mukherjee
17.	Anandiben Patel		23 January 2018	29 July 2019	1 year, 187 days	Gujarat	Ramnath Kovind
18.	Lalji Tandon		29 July 2019	1 July 2020	338 days	Uttar Pradesh
—	Anandiben Patel		1 July 2020	8 July 2021	1 year, 7 days	Gujarat
19	Mangubhai C. Patel		8 July 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 209 days

See also

• Madhya Pradesh
• Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
• Governors of India