List of governors of Uttar Pradesh

Governor of Uttar Pradesh उत्तर प्रदेश के राज्यपाल
Incumbent Anandiben Patel since 29 July 2019
Style	Her Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Lucknow
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five Years
Inaugural holder	Sarojini Naidu (Independent India) Sir Harcourt Butler (Pre-Independent India)
Formation	3 January 1921 (1921-01-03)
Website	http://upgovernor.gov.in/

The following is the list of governors of Uttar Pradesh.

Lieutenant-governors of the North-Western Provinces and Chief Commissioners of Oudh (1877–1902)

In 1877 the office of lieutenant governor was combined with that of Chief Commissioner of Oudh, which had existed since 1857, in the same person.

• Sir George Ebenezer Wilson Couper, 15 February 1877 – 17 April 1882, continued
• Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall, 17 April 1882 – 21 November 1887
• Sir Auckland Colvin, 21 November 1887 – 28 November 1892
• Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite, 28 November 1892 – 9 January 1895
• Alan Cadell, 9 January 1895 – 6 November 1895, acting
• Sir Anthony Patrick MacDonnell, 6 November 1895 – 14 November 1901
• Sir James John Digges La Touche, 14 November 1901 – 22 March 1902

Lieutenant-governors of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (1902–1921)

In 1902, the province was renamed the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. With the new name, the former commissionership was abolished.

• Sir James John Digges La Touche, 22 March 1902 – 1 January 1907, continued.
• Sir John Prescott Hewett, 1 January 1907 – 15 September 1912.
  • Sir Leslie Alexander Selim Porter, 30 April 1910 – 20 October 1910, acting for Hewett, first time.
  • Sir Leslie Alexander Selim Porter, 1 April 1911 – 16 December 1911, acting for Hewett, second time.
• Sir James Scorgie Meston, 15 September 1912 – 7 February 1917.
  • Sir Duncan Colvin Baillie, 18 September 1913 – 15 November 1913, acting for Meston.
• John Mitchell Holmes, 7 February 1917 – 15 February 1918, acting.
• Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler, 15 February 1918 – 3 January 1921.

List

#	Name		Took office	Left office
	English	Hindi
Governors of United Provinces (1921-14 August 1947)
1	Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler	सर हरकोर्ट (स्पेंसर) बटलर	3 January 1921	21 December 1922
2	Sir William S. Marris	सर विलियम मॉरिस	21 December 1922	13 August 1926
			1 December 1926	14 January 1928
3	Sir Alexander Phillips Muddiman	सर अलेक्जेंडर फिलिप्स मुद्दिमान	15 January 1928	17 June 1928
4	Sir William Malcolm Hailey	सर विलियम मेलकॉम हैले	10 August 1928	21 December 1928
			22 April 1929	16 October 1930
			19 April 1931	6 April 1933
			27 November 1933	5 December 1934
5	Sir Harry Graham Haig	सर हैरी ग्रैहम हैग	6 December 1934	16 May 1938
			17 September 1938	6 December 1939
6	Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett	सर मॉरिस गार्नियर हैलट	7 December 1939	6 December 1945
7	Sir Francis Verner Wylie	सर फ्रांसिस वर्नर वायली	7 December 1945	14 August 1947
Governors of United Provinces (15 August 1947 – 25 January 1950)
8	Sarojini Naidu	सरोजिनी नायडू	15 August 1947	2 March 1949
-	Justice B.B. Malik (Acting)	बी. बी. मलिक	3 March 1949	1 May 1949
9	Hormasji Peroshaw Modi	एच. पी. मोदी	2 May 1949	25 January 1950
Governors of Uttar Pradesh (26 January 1950–Present)
9 (contd.)	Hormasji Peroshaw Mody	एच. पी. मोदी	26 January 1950	1 June 1952
10	Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi	कन्हैयालाल माणिकलाल मुंशी	2 June 1952	9 June 1957
11	Varahgiri Venkatgiri	वराहगिरी वेंकटगिरी	10 June 1957	30 June 1960
12	Burgula Ramakrishna Rao	बी. रामकृष्ण राव	1 July 1960	15 April 1962
13	Biswanath Das	बिश्वनाथ दास	16 April 1962	30 April 1967
14	Bezwada Gopala Reddy	बेजवाड़ा गोपाल रेड्डी	1 May 1967	30 June 1972
–	Shashi Kant Varma (Acting)	शशि कांत वर्मा	1 July 1972	13 November 1972
15	Akbar Ali Khan	अकबर अली खान	14 November 1972	24 October 1974
16	Marri Chenna Reddy	मैरी चेन्ना रेड्डी	25 October 1974	1 October 1977
17	Ganpatrao Devji Tapase	गणपतराव देवजी तापसे	2 October 1977	27 February 1980
18	Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh	चंदेश्वर प्रसाद नारायण सिंह	28 February 1980	31 March 1985
19	Mohammed Usman Arif	मोहम्मद उस्मान आरिफ	31 March 1985	11 February 1990
20	B. Satya Narayan Reddy	बी. सत्य नारायण रेड्डी	12 February 1990	25 May 1993
21	Motilal Vora	मोतीलाल वोरा	26 May 1993	3 May 1996
–	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (Acting)	मोहम्मद शफी कुरैशी	3 May 1996	19 July 1996
22	Romesh Bhandari	रोमेश भंडारी	19 July 1996	17 March 1998
–	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (Acting)	मोहम्मद शफी कुरैशी	17 March 1998	19 April 1998
23	Suraj Bhan	सूरज भान	20 April 1998	23 November 2000
24	Vishnu Kant Shastri	विष्णु कांत शास्त्री	24 November 2000	2 July 2004
–	Sudarshan Agrawal (Acting)	सुदर्शन अग्रवाल	3 July 2004	7 July 2004
25	T. V. Rajeswar	टी. वी. राजेश्वर	8 July 2004	27 July 2009
26	Banwari Lal Joshi	बनवारी लाल जोशी	28 July 2009	17 June 2014
–	Aziz Qureshi (acting)	अज़ीज़ कुरैशी	17 June 2014	21 July 2014
27	Ram Naik	राम नाइक	22 July 2014	28 July 2019
28	Anandiben Patel	आनंदीबेन पटेल	29 July 2019	Incumbent