Governor of Telangana
Telaṅgāṇa Governoru
Emblem of Telangana
Incumbent Shiv Pratap Shukla since 11 March 2026
Style	Hon’ble Governor (within India (English) His/Her Excellency (outside India)
Status	Head of State
Residence	Lok Bhavan, Hyderabad
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Precursor	Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Inaugural holder	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Formation	2 June 2014
Website	governor.telangana.gov.in

The governor of Telangana is the nominal head and representative of the president of India in the state of Telangana. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years.

Contents

• History
• Powers and functions
• List of governors
• See also

Shiv Pratap Shukla has been serving as the governor since 11 March 2026.

History

The post of Governor of Telangana emerged in 2 June 2014 following the bifurcation of the state from Andhra Pradesh. Then Andhra Pradesh Incumbent Governor, E. S. L. Narasimhan was given additional charge of the following state. In 20 July 2019, Narasimhan was permanently transferred as the Governor of Telangana in which he took oath on 24 July 2019. He was succeeded by Odisha Leader Biswabhusan Harichandan in Andhra Pradesh . In 1 September 2019, the President of India appointed Tamil Nadu Leader Tamilisai Soundarajan as the Governor of Telangana. Soundarajan got additional charge as the LT Governor of Puducherry upon the retirement of Kiran Bedi. Soundarajan subsequently resigned as the Governor of Telangana and the Acting Governor of Puducherry in March 2024 upon the contesting the 2024 Indian General Election . The Governor of Jharkhand, C. P. Radhakrishnan got additional charge of both the state and the union territory. Radhakrishnan was relieved of his additional duties as the Governor of Telangana and the main duties as the Governor of Jharkhand once upon his transfer as the Governor of Maharashtra in July 2024 and was also relieved of his additional duties in Puducherry in August 2024. Former Tripura Deputy Chief Minister , Jishnu Dev Varma was appointed as the Governor of Telangana becoming the first governor not belonging from Tamil Nadu. After that, Shiv Pratap Shukla was appointed the governor of Telangana. Since then, Shukla has been the Governor of the state.

Powers and functions

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 Saasana Sabha or Saasana Mandali, and
• Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the Governor.

List of governors

Legend

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Transferred
• ^‡ Resigned/removed

Color key

•    indicates acting/additional charge

#	Portrait	Name (born –died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
				From	To	Time in office
–		E. S. L. Narasimhan IPS (Retd) (born 1945) Governor of Andhra Pradesh till 23 July 2019	Tamil Nadu	2 June 2014	23 July 2019 [§] [α]	5 years, 97 days	Pranab Mukherjee
1				24 July 2019	7 September 2019
2		Tamilisai Soundararajan (born 1961)	Tamil Nadu	8 September 2019	19 March 2024 [‡] [β]	4 years, 193 days	Ram Nath Kovind
–		C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 1957) Governor of Jharkhand (Additional charge)	Tamil Nadu	20 March 2024	30 July 2024 [§] [γ]	132 days	Droupadi Murmu
3		Jishnu Dev Varma (born 1957)	Tripura	31 July 2024	11 March 2026 [§] [γ]	1 year, 223 days
4		Shiv Pratap Shukla (born 1952)	Uttar Pradesh	11 March 2026	Incumbent	1 day

See also

• Telangana
• List of chief ministers of Telangana
• Governors of India