List of governors of Mizoram


This is a list of governors of Mizoram, an Indian state on the border with Myanmar.

Powers and functions

The Governor enjoys many different types of powers:
S.J.Das was the chief commissioner of Mizoram from 21 January 1972 to 23 April 1972. He was followed by these Lieutenant Governors:
#NammeTook OfficeLeft Office
1S. P. Mukherjee24 April 197212 June 1974
2S. K. Chibber13 June 197426 September 1977
3N. P. Mathur27 September 197715 April 1981
4S. N. Kohli16 April 19819 August 1983
5H. S. Dubey10 August 198310 December 1986
6Hiteswar Saikia11 December 198619 February 1987

Governors of Mizoram

#NameTook OfficeLeft Office
1Hiteswar Saikia20 February 198730 April 1989
-General K. V. Krishna Rao 1 May 198920 July 1989
2Capt W. A. Sangma21 July 19897 February 1990
3Swaraj Kaushal8 February 19909 February 1993
4P. R. Kyndiah10 February 199328 January 1998
5Dr. A. P. Mukherjee29 January 19981 May 1998
6A. Padmanabhan2 May 199830 November 2000
-Ved Marwah 1 December 200017 May 2001
7Amolak Rattan Kohli18 May 200124 July 2006
8Lt. Gen M. M. Lakhera25 July 20062 September 2011
9Vakkom Purushothaman2 September 20116 July 2014
10Kamla Beniwal6 July 20146 August 2014
-Vinod Kumar Duggal 8 August 201416 September 2014
11K. K. Paul 16 September 20148 January 2015
12Aziz Qureshi9 January 201528 March 2015
-Keshari Nath Tripathi 4 April 201525 May 2015
13Lt General Nirbhay Sharma26 May 201528 May 2018
14Kummanam Rajasekharan29 May 20188 March 2019
-Jagdish Mukhi 9 March 201925 October 2019
15P. S. Sreedharan Pillai25 October 2019incumbent