List of governors of Sikkim

{{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 = His Excellency

| residence = Raj Bhavan, Gangtok

| appointer = President of India

| termlength = At the pleasure of the President

| inaugural = B. B. Lal

| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1975|05|18}}

| website = [https://rajbhavansikkim.gov.in/ rajbhavansikkim.gov.in]

}}

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The governor of Sikkim is the head of the Indian 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.

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

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! scope="col" | Name

! scope="col" | Portrait

! scope=col| Took office

! scope=col| Left office

! Term in Office

! Home State

! Appointed by

! scope="col" | B. B. Lal

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| 18 May 1975

| 9 January 1981

!{{age in years and days | 1975 | 05 | 18 | 1981 | 01 | 09 }}

|Not Known

|Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

! scope="col" | Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan

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| 10 January 1981

| 17 June 1984

!{{age in years and days | 1981 | 1 | 10 | 1984 | 6 | 17 }}

|Maharashtra

|Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

! scope="col" | Kona Prabhakar Rao

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| 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|67x67px

|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

! scope="col" | T.V. Rajeswar

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| 21 November 1985

| 1 March 1989

!{{age in years and days | 1985 | 11 | 21 | 1989 | 03 | 01 }}

|Tamil Nadu

! scope="col" | S.K. Bhatnagar

|60x60px

| 2 March 1989

| 7 February 1990

!{{age in years and days | 1989 | 3 | 2 | 1990 | 2 | 7 }}

|Not Known

|rowspan=2|R. Venkataraman

! scope="col" | Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani

|72x72px

| 8 February 1990

| 20 September 1994

!{{age in years and days | 1990 | 2 | 8 | 1994 | 9 | 20 }}

|Maharashtra

! scope="col" | P. Shiv Shankar

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| 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

|bgcolor=wheat|77x77px

|bgcolor=wheat| 12 November 1995

|bgcolor=wheat| 9 February 1996

|bgcolor=wheat|{{age in years and days | 1995 | 11 | 12 | 1996 | 2 | 9 }}

! scope="col" | Chaudhary Randhir Singh

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| 10 February 1996

| 17 May 2001

!{{age in years and days | 1996 | 2 | 10 | 2001 | 5 | 17 }}

|Haryana

! scope="col" | Kidar Nath Sahani

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| 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

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| 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|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

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| 13 August 2006

| 25 October 2007

!{{age in years and days | 2006 | 8 | 13 | 2007 | 10 | 25 }}

|Andhra Pradesh

11.

! scope="col" | Sudarshan Agarwal

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| 25 October 2007

| 8 July 2008

!{{age in years and days | 2007 | 10 | 25 | 2008 | 7 | 8 }}

|Punjab

|rowspan=2|Pratibha Patil

12.

! scope="col" | Balmiki Prasad Singh

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| 9 July 2008

| 30 June 2013

!{{age in years and days | 2008 | 7 | 9 | 2013 | 6 | 30 }}

|Bihar

13.

! scope="col" | Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil{{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}}

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| 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

|75px

| 26 August 2018{{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}}

| 12 February 2023

!{{age in years and days | 2018 | 8 | 26 | 2023 | 2 | 12 }}

|Bihar

|Ramnath Kovind

15.

! scope="col" | Lakshman Acharya

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| 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{{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}}

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|31 July 2024

|Incumbent

!{{Ayd|2024|7|31}}

|Rajasthan

Notes and references

External links

[https://rajbhavansikkim.gov.in/ The Raj Bhavan]

Sikkim

Governors