List of lieutenant governors of Puducherry

Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Puducherry
Incumbent Kiran Bedi since 29 May 2016
Style	Her Excellency (formal) The Honorable (unformal)
Reports to	President of India Government of India
Residence	Raj Niwas, Pondicherry
Appointer	President of India on the advice of the Government of India
Term length	Five Years, renewable
Inaugural holder	S. L. Silam
Formation	14 October 1963 (1963-10-14)

Puducherry (formerly known as "Pondicherry") is a Union Territory of India. Governance and administration of the territory fall directly under federal authority.

List

No.	Name	Took office	Left office
1	S.L. Silam	14 Oct 1963	13 Oct 1968
2	B.D. Jatti	14 Oct 1968	7 Nov 1972
3	Chhedilal	8 Nov 1972	29 Aug 1976
4	B.T. Kulkarni	30 Aug 1976	31 Oct 1980
5	Ram Kishore Vyas	1 Nov 1980	26 Jul 1981
6	R.N. Haldipur	27 Jul 1981	14 May 1982
7	K.M. Chandy	15 May 1982	5 Aug 1983
8	Kona Prabhakara Rao	2 Sep 1983	17 Jun 1984
9	Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary	1 Oct 1984	21 Jun 1988
10	Ranjit Singh Dyal	22 Jun 1988	19 Feb 1990
11	Chandrawati	19 Feb 1990	18 Dec 1990
12	Har Swarup Singh	19 Dec 1990	05 Feb 1993
13	Bishma Narain Singh	06 Feb 1993	1 May 1995
14	Marri Channa Reddy	31 May 1993	1 May 1995
15	Rajendra Kumari Bajpai	2 May 1995	22 Apr 1998
16	Rajani Rai	23 Apr 1998	29 Jul 2002
17	K. R. Malkani	31 Jul 2002	27 Oct 2003
18	P.S. Rama Mohan Rao	27 Oct 2003	5 Jan 2004
19	Nagendra Nath Jha	5 Jan 2004	6 Jul 2004
20	M. M. Lakhera	7 Jul 2004	18 Jul 2006
21	Mukut Mithi	19 Jul 2006	12 Mar 2008
22	Bhopinder Singh	15 Mar 2008	22 Jul 2008
23	Govind Singh Gurjar	23 Jul 2008	6 Apr 2009
24	Surjit Singh Barnala	9 Apr 2009	27 Jul 2009
25	Iqbal Singh	27 Jul 2009	9 Jul 2013
26	Virendra Kataria	10 Jul 2013	11 Jul 2014
27	A. K. Singh	12 Jul 2014	26 May 2016
28	Kiran Bedi	28 May 2016	(incumbent)