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{{Short description|Sikkim governors}}

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{{Infobox official post
| post = Governor of Sikkim
| image = Om Prakash Mathur, 18th Governer of Sikkim.jpg
| insignia = Seal of Sikkim.svg
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Sikkim]]
| insigniasize = 120px
| imagesize = 
| incumbent = [[Om Prakash Mathur]]
| incumbentsince = 31 July 2024
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Sikkim)|Raj Bhavan]], [[Gangtok]]
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure#Derivatives|At the pleasure of the president]]
| inaugural = [[B. B. Lal (governor)|B. B. Lal]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1975|05|18}}
| website = [https://rajbhavansikkim.gov.in/ rajbhavansikkim.gov.in]
}}


[[File:IN-SK.svg|upright|thumb|The state of Sikkim is in northeast India.]]

The '''governor of Sikkim''' is the head of the [[India]]n state of [[Sikkim]]. The governor is appointed by the [[president of India]] and is the nominal head of the state's executive power. This is a list of the governors of [[Sikkim]]. There are 19 governors if governors with additional charge also counted.

==Powers and functions==
{{See also|Governors of India#Powers and functions|l1=Powers and functions of the governor}}

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 Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
*'''Discretionary powers''' to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.

==Governors of Sikkim==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
|-
|bgcolor=wheat| {{*|alt=Indicates that this was an additional charge}}
| indicates that this was an additional charge
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+{{sronly|List of governors of Sikkim}}
! scope=col| #
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Portrait
! scope=col| Took office
! scope=col| Left office
! Term in Office
! Home State 
! Appointed by 
|-
|  1.
! scope="col" | [[B. B. Lal (governor)|B. B. Lal]]
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| 18 May 1975
| 9 January 1981
!{{age in years and days | 1975 | 05 | 18 | 1981 | 01 | 09 }}
|Not Known 
|[[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]
|-
| 2.
! scope="col" | [[Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan]]
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| 10 January 1981
| 17 June 1984
!{{age in years and days | 1981 | 1 | 10 | 1984 | 6 | 17 }}
|[[Maharashtra]]
|[[Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy]]
|-
| 3.
! scope="col" | [[Kona Prabhakar Rao]]
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| 18 June 1984
| 30 May 1985
!{{age in years and days | 1984 | 06 | 18 | 1985 | 05 | 30 }}
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|rowspan=3|[[Zail Singh]]
|-
|bgcolor=wheat| –
|bgcolor=wheat| [[Bhishma Narain Singh]] 
|bgcolor=wheat| 
|bgcolor=wheat| 31 May 1985
|bgcolor=wheat| 20 November 1985
|bgcolor=wheat|{{age in years and days | 1985 | 05 | 31 | 1985 | 11 | 20 }}
|bgcolor=wheat|[[Jharkhand]]
|-
| 4.
! scope="col" | [[T.V. Rajeswar]]
|[[File:T._V._Rajeswar_(cropped).jpg|72x72px]]
| 21 November 1985
| 1 March 1989
!{{age in years and days | 1985 | 11 | 21 | 1989 | 03 | 01 }}
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|-
| 5.
! scope="col" | [[S.K. Bhatnagar]]
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| 2 March 1989
| 7 February 1990
!{{age in years and days | 1989 | 3 | 2 | 1990 | 2 | 7 }}
|Not Known 
|rowspan=2|[[R. Venkataraman]]
|-
| 6.
! scope="col" | [[Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani]]
|[[File:Admiral Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani (cropped).jpg|72x72px]]
| 8 February 1990
| 20 September 1994
!{{age in years and days | 1990 | 2 | 8 | 1994 | 9 | 20 }}
|[[Maharashtra]]
|-
| 7.
! scope="col" | [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
|[[File:P. Shiv Shankar (cropped).jpg|76x76px]]
| 21 September 1994
| 11 November 1995
!{{age in years and days | 1994 | 9 | 21 | 1995 | 9 | 11 }}
|rowspan=2|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|rowspan=3|[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
|-
|bgcolor=wheat| –
|bgcolor=wheat| [[K. V. Raghunatha Reddy|K.V. Raghunatha Reddy]]
|bgcolor=wheat|[[File:K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (cropped).jpg|77x77px]]
|bgcolor=wheat| 12 November 1995
|bgcolor=wheat| 9 February 1996
|bgcolor=wheat|{{age in years and days | 1995 | 11 | 12 | 1996 | 2 | 9 }}
|-
| 8.
! scope="col" | [[Chaudhary Randhir Singh]]
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| 10 February 1996
| 17 May 2001
!{{age in years and days | 1996 | 2 | 10 | 2001 | 5 | 17 }}
|[[Haryana]]
|-
| 9.
! scope="col" | [[Kidar Nath Sahani]]
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| 18 May 2001
| 25 October 2002
!{{age in years and days | 2001 | 5 | 18 | 2002 | 10 | 25 }}
|[[Delhi]]
|[[K. R. Narayan]]
|-
| 10.
! scope="col" | [[V. Rama Rao]]
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| 26 October 2002
| 12 July 2006
!{{age in years and days | 2002 | 10 | 26 | 2006 | 7 | 12 }}
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|rowspan=3|[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
|-
|bgcolor=wheat| —
|bgcolor=wheat|[[R.S. Gavai]]
|bgcolor=wheat|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
|bgcolor=wheat| 13 July 2006
|bgcolor=wheat| 12 August 2006
|bgcolor=wheat|{{age in years and days | 2006 | 7 | 13 | 2006 | 8 | 12 }}
|bgcolor=wheat|[[Maharashtra]]
|-
| (10).
! [[V. Rama Rao]]
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| 13 August 2006
| 25 October 2007
!{{age in years and days | 2006 | 8 | 13 | 2007 | 10 | 25 }}
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|-
| 11.
! scope="col" | [[Sudarshan Agarwal]]
|[[File:Sudarshan Agarwal 2004.jpg|77x77px]]
| 25 October 2007
| 8 July 2008
!{{age in years and days | 2007 | 10 | 25 | 2008 | 7 | 8 }}
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|rowspan=2|[[Pratibha Patil]]
|-
| 12.
! scope="col" | [[Balmiki Prasad Singh]]
|[[File:Balmiki Prasad Singh.jpg|89x89px]]
| 9 July 2008
| 30 June 2013
!{{age in years and days | 2008 | 7 | 9 | 2013 | 6 | 30 }}
|[[Bihar]]
|-
| 13.
! scope="col" | [[Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Shriniwas Patil named new Sikkim governor |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/shriniwas-patil-named-new-sikkim-governor-387537 |work=NDTV |agency=Press Trust of India |date=3 July 2013}}</ref>
|[[File:Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil.jpg|75px]]
| 1 July 2013
| 26 August 2018
!{{age in years and days | 2013 | 7 | 1 | 2018 | 8 | 26 }}
|[[Maharashtra]]
|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|-
| 14.
! scope="col" | [[Ganga Prasad]]
|[[File:Ganga Prasad in July 2018 (portrait).JPG|75px]]
| 26 August 2018<ref>{{cite news |title=Ganga Prasad sworn in as Sikkim Governor |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ganga-prasad-sworn-in-as-sikkim-governor-118082600651_1.html |work=Business Standard |agency=Press Trust of India |date=26 August 2018}}</ref>
| 12 February 2023
!{{age in years and days | 2018 | 8 | 26 | 2023 | 2 | 12 }}
|[[Bihar]]
|[[Ramnath Kovind]]
|-
| 15.
! scope="col" | [[Lakshman Acharya]]
|[[File:Lakshman Prasad Acharya.jpg|75px]]
| 13 February 2023
| 30 July 2024
!{{age in years and days | 2023 | 2 | 13 |2024| 7 | 30 }}
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|rowspan=2|[[Draupadi Murmu]]
|-
|16.
![[Om Prakash Mathur]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sikkim: Veteran BJP Leader, Ex-RSS Pracharak Appointed As New Governor |url=https://www.newsx.com/national/sikkim-veteran-bjp-leader-ex-rss-pracharak-appointed-as-new-governor/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Newsx |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:Om Prakash Mathur, 18th Governer of Sikkim.jpg|75px]]
|31 July 2024
|'''Incumbent'''
!{{Ayd|2024|7|31}}
|[[Rajasthan]]
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Sikkim]]
* [[Chief Minister of Sikkim]]
* [[Governors of India]]

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://rajbhavansikkim.gov.in/ The Raj Bhavan]

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