List of Governors of Odisha (1947-2021)

The current governor of Odisha is Prof. Ganeshi Lal. Who assumed the post of Governor of Odisha on May 29, 2018. Odisha's governor is the constitutional head of state Odisha. The governor of a state has a tenure of a term of five years or according to the will of the President. The Indian Constitution empowers the governor to act on his own discretion; Such as the ability to appoint or dismiss the ministry, to recommend the rule of the President, or to reserve a bill for the President's consent.

Read in Hindi : ओडिशा के राज्यपालों की सूची (1947-2020)

No.	Name	Term of office
1.	Prof. Ganeshi Lal	29 May, 2018 – Till now
2.	Satya Pal Malik (Additional Charge)	21 March, 2018 – 28 May, 2018
3.	S.C. Jamir	21 March, 2013 – 20 March, 2018
4.	Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare	21 August, 2007 – 9 March, 2013
5.	Rameshwar Thakur	18 November, 2004 – 21 August, 2007
6.	M. M. Rajendran	15 November, 1999 – 17 November, 2004
7.	C. Rangarajan	27 April, 1998 – 14 November, 1999
8.	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy	13 December, 1997 – 27 April, 1998
9.	Gopala Ramanujam	13 February, 1997 – 13 December, 1997
10.	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy	31 January, 1997 – 12 February, 1997
11.	Gopala Ramanujam	18 June, 1995 – 30 January, 1997
12.	B. Satya Narayan Reddy	1 June, 1993 – 17 June, 1995
13.	Saiyid Nurul Hasan	1 February, 1993 – 31 May, 1993
14.	Yagya Dutt Sharma	7 February, 1990 – 1 February, 1993
15.	Saiyid Nurul Hasan	20 November, 1988 – 6 February, 1990
16.	Bishambhar Nath Pande	17 August, 1983 – 20 November, 1988
17.	Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha	1 September, 1982 – 17 August, 1983
18.	Ranganath Misra (Acting)	25 June, 1982 – 31 August, 1982
19.	Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha	4 November, 1980 – 24 June, 1982
20.	S. K. Ray (Acting)	1 October, 1980 – 3 November, 1980
21.	Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha	30 April, 1980 – 30 September, 1980
22.	Bhagwat Dayal Sharma	23 September, 1977 – 30 April, 1980
23.	Harcharan Singh Brar	7 February, 1977 – 22 September, 1977
24.	Shiva Narayin Sankar (Acting)	17 April, 1976 – 7 February, 1977
25.	Akbar Ali Khan	25 October, 1974 – 17 April, 1976
26.	Gati Krushna Misra	21 August, 1974 – 25 October, 1974
27.	Basappa Danappa Jatti	8 November, 1972 – 20 August, 1974
28.	Gati Krushna Misra	1 July, 1972 – 8 November, 1972
29.	Sardar Jojendra Singh (Acting)	20 September, 1971 – 30 June, 1972
30.	Shaukatullah Shah Ansari	31 January, 1968 – 20 September, 1971
31.	Ajudhia Nath Khosla	12 September, 1966 – 30 January, 1968
32.	Khaleell Ahommed (Acting)	5 August, 1966 – 11 September, 1966
33.	Ajudhia Nath Khosla	16 September, 1962 – 5 August, 1966
34.	Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar	31 July, 1957 – 15 September, 1962
35.	Bhim Sen Sachar	12 September, 1956 – 31 July, 1957
36.	P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja	10 February, 1954 – 11 September, 1956
37.	Fazal Ali	7 June, 1952 – 9 February, 1954
38.	Asaf Ali	18 July, 1951 – 6 June, 1952
39.	V. P. Menon (Acting)	6 May, 1951 – 17 July, 1951
40.	Asaf Ali	21 June, 1948 – 5 May, 1951
41.	Kailash Nath Katju	15 August, 1947 – 20 June, 1948