List of governors of Kerala facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Governor of Kerala കേരള ഗവർണർ
Emblem of Kerala
Incumbent Arif Mohammad Khan since 6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)
Style	The Honourable, His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five years
Formation	1 November 1956; 68 years ago (1956-11-01)

The governor of Kerala is the constitutional head of state of the southern Indian state of Kerala. The governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years and holds office at the President's pleasure. The governor is de jure head of the government of Kerala; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. The elected council of ministers is headed by the chief minister of Kerala, who thus holds de facto executive authority in the state. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to act upon their own discretion, such as the ability to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend President's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent.

Since 6 September 2019, Arif Mohammad Khan, is the governor of Kerala.

Governors of Kerala

#	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office
_	P. S. Rao		1 November 1956	21 November 1956
1	Burgula Ramakrishna Rao		22 November 1956	1 July 1960
2	V. V. Giri		1 July 1960	2 April 1965
3	Ajith Prasad Jain		2 April 1965	6 February 1966
4	Bhagwan Sahay		6 February 1966	15 May 1967
5	V. Viswanathan		15 May 1967	1 April 1973
6	N. N. Wanchoo		1 April 1973	10 October 1977
7	Jothi Venkatachalam		14 October 1977	27 October 1982
8	P. Ramachandran		27 October 1982	23 February 1988
9	Ram Dulari Sinha		23 February 1988	12 February 1990
10	Sarup Singh		12 February 1990	20 December 1990
11	B. Rachaiah		20 December 1990	9 November 1995
_	Gopal Ramanujam		20 April 1995	29 April 1995
12	P. Shiv Shankar		12 November 1995	1 May 1996
13	Khurshid Alam Khan		5 May 1996	25 January 1997
_	C. Rangarajan		29 February 2000	23 April 2000
			19 October 2000	7 November 2000
			16 February 2002	28 February 2002
—	Mohammed Fazal		14 September 2001	28 September 2001
14	Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang		25 January 1997	18 April 2002
15	Sikander Bakht		18 April 2002	23 February 2004
_	T. N. Chaturvedi		25 February 2004	23 June 2004
16	R. L. Bhatia		23 June 2004	10 July 2008
17	R. S. Gavai		11 July 2008	7 September 2011
18	M. O. H. Farook		8 September 2011	26 January 2012
—	Hansraj Bhardwaj		26 January 2012	22 March 2013
19	Nikhil Kumar		23 March 2013	5 March 2014
20	Sheila Dikshit		5 March 2014	26 August 2014
21	P. Sathasivam		5 September 2014	5 September 2019
22	Arif Mohammad Khan		6 September 2019	Incumbent

See also

• Kerala
• Governors of India
• Chief Minister of Kerala