List of governors of Odisha

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The governor of Odisha is the head of the Indian state of Odisha. The governors have similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at 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 whereas they act as the nominal head. The current incumbent is Kambhampati Hari Babu since 3 January 2025. There are 36 governors if counted with 8 acting governors and 1 additional charge.

Lieutenant governors of Bihar and Orissa Province

Governors of Bihar and Orissa Province

Governors of Odisha

No. Name (Born – Dead) Portrait Took office Left office Term in office Home state Appointed by
British India (Before 1947)
1. Sir John Austen Hubback
(1878Template:Ndash1968)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:No image available.svg 1 April 1936 11 August 1938 Template:Age in years and days nts United Kingdom Freeman Thomas
- George Townsend Boag
(1884Template:Ndash1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (acting) 		File:No image available.svg 11 August 1938 7 December 1938 Template:Age in years and days nts Victor Hope
(1). Sir John Austen Hubback
(1878Template:Ndash1968)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:No image available.svg 8 December 1938 31 March 1941 Template:Age in years and days nts
(Total 4 years, 245 days)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2. Sir Hawthorne Lewis
(1888Template:Ndash1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:No image available.svg 1 April 1941 31 March 1946 Template:Age in years and days nts
3. Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
(1893Template:Ndash1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi.png 1 April 1946 14 August 1947 Template:Age in years and days nts Gujarat Archibald Wavell
Independent India (After 1947)
1. Kailash Nath Katju
(1887Template:Ndash1968)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Kailash Nath Katju.jpg 15 August 1947 20 June 1948 Template:Age in years and days nts Madhya Pradesh Louis Mountbatten
2. Asaf Ali
(1888Template:Ndash1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Asaf Ali c- 1909 2013-08-09 16-24.jpg 21 June 1948 5 May 1951 Template:Age in years and days nts Uttar Pradesh C. Rajagopalachari
- V. P. Menon
(1893Template:Ndash1965)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (acting) 		6 May 1951 17 July 1951 Template:Age in years and days nts Kerala Rajendra Prasad
(2). Asaf Ali
(1888Template:Ndash1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Asaf Ali c- 1909 2013-08-09 16-24.jpg 18 July 1951 6 June 1952 Template:Age in years and days nts
(Total 3 years, 277 days)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Uttar Pradesh
3. Fazal Ali
(1886Template:Ndash1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:No image available.svg 7 June 1952 9 February 1954 Template:Age in years and days nts Bihar
4. P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
(1898Template:Ndash1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Kumarasami raja.jpg 10 February 1954 11 September 1956 Template:Age in years and days nts Tamil Nadu
5. Bhim Sen Sachar File:Bhim Sen Sachar.png 12 September 1956 31 July 1957 Template:Age in years and days nts Punjab
6. Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar File:Y N Sukhtankar.jpg 31 July 1957 15 September 1962 Template:Age in years and days nts Maharashtra
7. Ajudhia Nath Khosla File:No image available.svg 16 September 1962 5 August 1966 Template:Age in years and days nts New Delhi Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- Khaleel Ahmed (acting) File:No image available.svg 5 August 1966 11 September 1966 Template:Age in years and days nts Odisha
(7). Ajudhia Nath Khosla File:No image available.svg 12 September 1966 30 January 1968 Template:Age in years and days nts
(Total 5 years, 98 days)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		New Delhi
8. Shaukatullah Shah Ansari File:No image available.svg 31 January 1968 20 September 1971 Template:Age in years and days nts Karnataka Zakir Husain
- Sardar Jogendra Singh (acting) File:Jogendra Singh (politician).jpg 20 September 1971 30 June 1972 Template:Age in years and days nts Uttar Pradesh V. V. Giri
- Gati Krushna Misra (acting) File:No image available.svg 1 July 1972 8 November 1972 Template:Age in years and days nts Odisha
9. Basappa Danappa Jatti File:Basappa Danappa Jatti, 5th Vice President of India.jpg 8 November 1972 20 August 1974 Template:Age in years and days nts Karnataka
- Gati Krushna Misra (acting) File:No image available.svg 21 August 1974 25 October 1974 Template:Age in years and days nts Odisha
10. Akbar Ali Khan File:Photo Akbar Ali Khan.jpg 25 October 1974 17 April 1976 Template:Age in years and days nts Andhra Pradesh Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
- Shiva Narayan Shankar (acting) File:No image available.svg 17 April 1976 7 February 1977 Template:Age in years and days nts Odisha
11. Harcharan Singh Brar File:Harcharan Singh Brar ex CM.png 7 February 1977 22 September 1977 Template:Age in years and days nts Punjab
12. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma File:Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma.JPG 23 September 1977 30 April 1980 Template:Age in years and days nts Haryana Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
13. Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha File:C M Poonacha.gif 30 April 1980 30 September 1980 Template:Age in years and days nts Karnataka
- S. K. Ray (acting) File:No image available.svg 1 October 1980 3 November 1980 Template:Age in years and days nts Odisha
(13). Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha File:C M Poonacha.gif 4 November 1980 24 June 1982 Template:Age in years and days nts Karnataka
- Ranganath Misra (acting) File:No image available.svg 25 June 1982 31 August 1982 Template:Age in years and days nts Odisha
(13). Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha File:C M Poonacha.gif 1 September 1982 17 August 1983 Template:Age in years and days nts
(Total 3 years, 5 days)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Karnataka Giani Zail Singh
14. Bishambhar Nath Pande File:No image available.svg 17 August 1983 20 November 1988 Template:Age in years and days nts Uttar Pradesh
15. Saiyid Nurul Hasan  File:Saiyid Nurul Hasan 16.jpg 20 November 1988 6 February 1990 Template:Age in years and days nts R. Venkataraman
16. Yagya Dutt Sharma File:Yagya Dutt Sharma.jpg 7 February 1990 1 February 1993 Template:Age in years and days nts Punjab
(15). Saiyid Nurul Hasan File:Saiyid Nurul Hasan 16.jpg 1 February 1993 31 May 1993 Template:Age in years and days nts
(Total 4 years, 197 days)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Uttar Pradesh Shankar Dayal Sharma
17. B. Satya Narayan Reddy File:No image available.svg 1 June 1993 17 June 1995 Template:Age in years and days nts Andhra Pradesh
18. Gopala Ramanujam
(1915Template:Ndash2001)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:No image available.svg 18 June 1995 30 January 1997 Template:Age in years and days nts Tamil Nadu
19. K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
(1924Template:Ndash2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (cropped).jpg 31 January 1997 12 February 1997 Template:Age in years and days nts Andhra Pradesh
(18). Gopala Ramanujam
(1915Template:Ndash2001)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:No image available.svg 13 February 1997 13 December 1997 Template:Age in years and days nts
(Total 2 years, 164 days)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Tamil Nadu
(19). K. V. Raghunatha Reddy
(1924Template:Ndash2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (cropped).jpg 13 December 1997 27 April 1998 Template:Age in years and days nts
(Total 147 days)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Andhra Pradesh K. R. Narayanan
20. C. Rangarajan
(Born 1932)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:The Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to PM, Dr. C. Rangarajan addressing a Press Conference on Review of Economy 2009-10, in New Delhi on February 19, 2010 (4).jpg 27 April 1998 14 November 1999 Template:Age in years and days nts Tamil Nadu
21. M. M. Rajendran
(1935Template:Ndash2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Colour photo of M M Rajendran.png 15 November 1999 17 November 2004 Template:Age in years and days nts
22. Rameshwar Thakur
(1925Template:Ndash2015)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Rameshwar Thakur in Bangalore on January 13, 2008.jpg 18 November 2004 21 August 2007 Template:Age in years and days nts Bihar A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
23. Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
(1928--2024)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare 1.jpg 21 August 2007 9 March 2013 Template:Age in years and days nts Maharashtra Pratibha Patil
24. S.C. Jamir
(Born 1931)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg 21 March 2013 20 March 2018 Template:Age in years and days nts Nagaland Pranab Mukherjee
- Satya Pal Malik
(Born 1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (additional charge) 		File:Governor of Bihar Satya Pal Malik.jpg 21 March 2018 28 May 2018 Template:Age in years and days nts Uttar Pradesh Ramnath Kovind
25. Ganeshi Lal
(Born 1941)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Collage of Ratha Jatra and Head of States Governor and CM (cropped).jpg 29 May 2018 30 October 2023 Template:Age in years and days nts Haryana
26. Raghubar Das
(Born 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Raghuvar Das.jpg 31 October 2023 2 January 2025 Template:Age in years and days nts Jharkhand Droupadi Murmu
27. Kambhampati Hari Babu
(Born 1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		File:Shri Kambhampati Hari Babu.jpg 3 January 2025 Incumbent Template:Ayd Andhra Pradesh

See also

External links

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