List of Governors of Karnataka

List of Governors of Karnataka

The Governor of Karnataka is the nominative head of the Indian state of Karnataka. He is appointed by the President of India and holds office at the President's pleasure.

Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar was the first Governor of Karnataka (then known as Governover of Mysore, since Karnataka before 1 November 1973 was known as Mysore). He was also the last Maharaja of Mysore and first and only Rajpramukh of Mysore (Karnataka) state.

Khurshed Alam Khan was the longest serving Governor of Karnataka. VS Ramadevi was the first woman Governor of the Karnataka. She was also the second female Governor of Himachal Pradesh.

Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala is the current Governor of Karnataka. He took the charge on 1 September 2014.

#	Name	From	To
1	Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar	1 November 1957	4 May 1963
2	S. M. Shrinagesh	4 May 1963	2 April 1965
3	V. V. Giri	2 April 1965	13 May 1967
4	Gopal Swarup Pathak	13 May 1967	30 August 1969
5	Dharma Vira	23 October 1970	1 February 1972
6	Mohanlal Sukhadia	1 February 1972	10 January 1975
7	Uma Shankar Dikshit	10 January 1975	2 August 1977
8	Govind Narain	2 August 1977	15 April 1982
9	Ashoknath Banerji	16 April 1982	25 February 1987
10	Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah	26 February 1987	5 February 1990
11	Bhanu Pratap Singh	8 May 1990	6 January 1992
12	Khurshed Alam Khan	6 January 1992	2 December 1999
13	V. S. Ramadevi	2 December 1999	20 August 2002
14	T. N. Chaturvedi	21 August 2002	20 August 2007
15	Rameshwar Thakur	21 August 2007	24 June 2009
16	Rameshwar Thakur	21 August 2007	24 June 2009
17	Konijeti Rosaiah	30 June 2014	31 August 2014
18	Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala	1 September 2014	Incumbent