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Governor of Manipur
Incumbent Lakshman Prasad Acharya (additional charge) since 31 July 2024
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Imphal
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holder	B. K. Nehru
Formation	21 January 1972; 52 years ago (1972-01-21)

The governor of Manipur is the nominal head of the India state of Manipur. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The current governor of Manipur is Lakshman Prasad Acharya (additional charge), appointed by President Droupadi Murmu on 31 July 2024.

Governors of Manipur

#	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration	Home State	Appointed by
1.	B. K. Nehru		21 January 1972	20 September 1973	1 year, 242 days	Uttar Pradesh	V. V. Giri
2.	L.P. Singh		21 September 1973	11 August 1981	7 years, 324 days	Bihar
3.	S. M. H. Burney		11 August 1981	11 June 1984	2 years, 305 days	Uttar Pradesh	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
4.	K. V. Krishna Rao		11 June 1984	10 July 1989	5 years, 29 days	Andhra Pradesh	Zail Singh
5.	Chintamani Panigrahi		10 July 1989	19 March 1993	3 years, 252 days	Odisha	R. Venkataraman
6.	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy		20 March 1993	30 August 1993	163 days	Andhra Pradesh	Shankar Dayal Sharma
7.	V. K. Nayar		31 August 1993	22 December 1994	1 year, 113 days	Not Known
8.	O.N. Shrivastava		23 December 1994	2 December 1999	4 years, 344 days	Madhya Pradesh
9.	Ved Marwah		2 December 1999	12 June 2003	3 years, 193 days	Not Known	K. R. Narayan
10.	Arvind Dave		13 June 2003	5 August 2004	1 year, 53 days	Rajasthan	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
11.	Shivinder Singh Sidhu		6 August 2004	22 July 2008	3 years, 351 days	Not Known
12.	Gurbachan Jagat		23 July 2008	23 July 2013	5 years, 0 days	Punjab	Pratibha Patil
13.	Ashwani Kumar		23 July 2013	31 December 2013	161 days	Himachal Pradesh	Pranab Mukherjee
14.	Vinod Duggal		31 December 2013	28 August 2014	240 days	Punjab
—	K. K. Paul		16 September 2014	15 May 2015	241 days
15.	Syed Ahmed		16 May 2015	27 September 2015	134 days	Maharashtra
—	V. Shanmuganathan		30 September 2015	17 August 2016	322 days	Tamil Nadu
16.	Najma Heptulla		21 August 2016	1 May 2018	1 year, 253 days	Madhya Pradesh
—	Jagdish Mukhi		2 May 2018	30 May 2018	28 days	Delhi	Ramnath Kovind
(16).	Najma Heptulla		31 May 2018	26 June 2019	1 year, 26 days	Madhya Pradesh
—	Padmanabha Acharya		27 June 2019	23 July 2019	26 days	Karnataka
(16).	Najma Heptulla		24 July 2019	10 August 2021	2 years, 17 days	Madhya Pradesh
—	Ganga Prasad		12 August 2021	26 August 2021	14 days	Bihar
17.	La. Ganesan		27 August 2021	12 February 2023	1 year, 169 days	Tamil Nadu
18.	Anusuiya Uikey		12 February 2023	30 July 2024	1 year, 169 days	Madhya Pradesh	Draupadi Murmu
—	Lakshman Prasad Acharya		31 July 2024	Incumbent	141 days	Uttar Pradesh

See also

• Manipur
• Chief Minister of Manipur
• Governors of India

References

1. "India Political Updates: Resignation of Ladakh L-G R K Mathur accepted, Brig B D Mishra appointed in his place". Deccan Herald. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
2. "Manipur Legislative Assembly-Bills Passed-Subject-wise". manipurassembly.nic.in. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
3. "Ashwani Kumar sworn in as Governor of Manipur". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
4. "Vinod Kumar Duggal sworn in Manipur Governor". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
5. "English Releases". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
6. "Press Releases". The President of India. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
7. "Acharya sworn in as Governor of Manipur". Business Standard. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

7. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other- states/sikkim-governor-sworn-in-as-governor-in-charge-of-manipur/article35875622.ece

External links

• Manipur Raj Bhavan

• Governors of Manipur
• Lists of governors of Indian states
• Manipur-related lists