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 the head of state of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Governors in India have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at the central level. They exist in the state appointed by the president of India and they are not local to the state that they are appointed to govern. The factors based on which the president evaluates the candidates is not mentioned in the constitution. The governor acts as the nominal head whereas the real power lies with the Chief Minister of the state and their council of ministers.This is a list of governors of Andhra Pradesh, including Andhra State and united Andhra Pradesh, in office from 1953 to the present date. The official residence of the governor is the Raj Bhavan, situated in Vijayawada. E. S. L. Narasimhan is the longest serving governor.

The current incumbent is S. Abdul Nazeer since 24 February 2023.

Qualifications

Article 157 and Article 158 of the Constitution of India specify eligibility requirements for the post of governor. They are as follows:

A governor must:

• be a citizen of India.
• be at least 35 years of age.
• not be a member of either house of the parliament or house of the state legislature.
• not hold any office of profit.

Powers and functions

The governor enjoys many different types of powers:

• Executive powers related to administration, appointments and removals,
• Legislative powers related to lawmaking and the state legislature, that is Saasana Sabha (Legislative Assembly) or Saasana Mandali (Legislative Council), and
• Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Andhra Pradesh is the ex-officio Chancellor of the state universities of Andhra Pradesh. The universities include Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Adikavi Nannaya University, Andhra University, Cluster University, Dr. Abdul Haq Urdu University, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Dr. N.T.R. University of Health Sciences, Dr. YSR Architecture & Fine Arts University, Dr. Y.S.R. Horticultural University, Dravidian University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Anantapur), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Kakinada), Krishna University, Rayalaseema University, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Sri Venkateswara University, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Vikrama Simhapuri University and Yogi Vemana University

List of governors

1953–1956

Governors of Andhra State, Andhra State consisted of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. This state was carved out of Madras State in 1953.

Data from 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

Since 1956

On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State ceased to exist; its Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions were merged into Mysore State and Bombay State respectively. Its remaining Telugu-speaking portion, was merged with Andhra State to form the new state of United Andhra Pradesh. The state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by 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, 78 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