List of governors of Telangana

Governor of Telangana
Governor of Telangana
Telaṅgāṇa Governoru
	Incumbent; Jishnu Dev Varma; since 31 July 2024
Style	Hon’ble Governor (within India (English); His/Her Excellency (outside India);
Status	Head of the State
Abbreviation	GOV
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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.

Since 31 July 2024, Jishnu Dev Varma is the Governor of Telangana.

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

No.	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
No.	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	From	To	Time in office	Appointer (President)
–		E. S. L. Narasimhan IPS (Retd) (born 1945)	Tamil Nadu	2 June 2014	23 July 2019	5 years, 97 days	Pranab Mukherjee
1		E. S. L. Narasimhan IPS (Retd) (born 1945)	Tamil Nadu	24 July 2019	7 September 2019	5 years, 97 days	Pranab Mukherjee
2		Tamilisai Soundararajan (born 1961)	Tamil Nadu	8 September 2019	19 March 2024^[‡]^[α]^[1]	4 years, 193 days	Ram Nath Kovind
–		C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 1957) Governor of Jharkhand	Tamil Nadu	20 March 2024	30 July 2024^[§]^[β]	132 days	Droupadi Murmu
3		Jishnu Dev Varma (born 1957)	Tripura	31 July 2024^[2]	Incumbent	1 year, 17 days	Droupadi Murmu