List of governors of Meghalaya

Governor of Meghalaya
Emblem of Meghalaya
Incumbent C. H. Vijayashankar since 30 July 2024
Appointer	President of India
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	Braj Kumar Nehru
Formation	21 January 1972; 54 years ago (1972-01-21)
Website	meggovernor.gov.in

The governor of Meghalaya serves as the ceremonial head of the Indian state of Meghalaya. Appointed by the president of India, the governor holds office as long as the president desires. The governor's official residence is the Raj Bhavan.

The position of the governor of Meghalaya came into existence following the creation of the state in January 1972 as a result of the bifurcation of Assam. The first governor was Braj Kumar Nehru, then governor of Assam who concurrently of the governor of the newly created state of Meghalaya from 21 January 1972 until his transfer on 19 September 1973. From 21 January 1972 until 27 July 1989, the Governor of Assam concurrently served as the Governor of Meghalaya.

The current governor is C. H. Vijayashankar who has been in office since 30 July 2024. He is the 18th governor. The longest-serving governor of the state is M. M. Jacob who served for 11 years, 296 days from 19 June 1995 until retiring on 11 April 2007.

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 Vidhan Sabha or Vidhan Parishad, and
• Discretionary powers to be carried out according to the discretion of the governor.

Apart from enjoying various constitutional powers, the governor of Meghalaya also the Chief Rector of the North Eastern Hill University, the sole central university in the state.

This is a list of the governors of Meghalaya state in northeastern India. Meghalaya became an autonomous state within Assam on 1 April 1970 and a separate state on 21 January 1972.

• § Transferred
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•    indicates acting/additional charge

#	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
				From	To	Term length
- 1		Braj Kumar Nehru ICS (Retd) (1909–2001) Governor of Assam(Additional charge)	Uttar Pradesh	21 January 1972[α]	18 September 1973	1 year, 240 days	V. V. Giri
2		Lallan Prasad Singh ICS (Retd) (1912–1998) Governor of Assam (Additional charge)	Bihar	19 September 1973[β]	11 August 1981	7 years, 325 days
3		Prakash Mehrotra (1925–1988)(Additional charge(	Uttar Pradesh	12 August 1981[γ]	28 March 1984[‡]	2 years, 229 days	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
-		Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra (1922–2005) Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court (Acting)	Uttar Pradesh	29 March 1984[γ]	15 April 1984	18 days	Zail Singh
4		Bhishma Narain Singh (1933–2018)(Additional charge)	Bihar	16 April 1984[γ]	10 May 1989	5 years, 25 days
5		Hari Dev Joshi (1920–1995)(Additional charge)	Rajasthan	11 May 1989[γ]	26 July 1989[‡]	72 days	Ramaswamy Venkataraman
6		A. A. Rahim (1920–2015)	Kerala	27 July 1989	8 May 1990[‡]	285 days
7	File:Madhu karDighe.png	Madhukar Dighe (1920–2014)	Uttar Pradesh	9 May 1990	8 June 1995	5 years, 30 days
8		M. M. Jacob (1926–2018)	Kerala	19 June 1995	11 April 2007	11 years, 296 days	Shankar Dayal Sharma
9		Banwari Lal Joshi IPS (Retd) (1936–2017)	Rajasthan	12 April 2007	28 October 2007[§][δ]	199 days	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
-		Shivinder Singh Sidhu IAS (Retd) (1929–2018) Governor of Manipur (Additional Charge)	Punjab	29 October 2007	30 June 2008	245 days	Pratibha Patil
10		Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary IPS (Retd) (born 1947)	Assam	1 July 2008	30 June 2013	4 years, 364 days
11		Krishan Kant Paul IPS (Retd) (born 1948)	Chandigarh	1 July 2013	6 January 2015[§][δ]	1 year, 189 days	Pranab Mukherjee
-		Keshari Nath Tripathi (1934–2023) Governor of West Bengal (Additional Charge)	Uttar Pradesh	6 January 2015	19 May 2015	133 days
12		V. Shanmuganathan (born 1949)	Tamil Nadu	20 May 2015	27 January 2017[‡]	1 year, 252 days
-		Banwarilal Purohit (born 1940) Governor of Assam (Additional Charge)	Maharashtra	27 January 2017	5 October 2017[§][ε]	251 days
13		Ganga Prasad (born 1939)	Bihar	5 October 2017	25 August 2018[§][ζ]	324 days	Ram Nath Kovind
14		Tathagata Roy (born 1945)	West Bengal	25 August 2018	18 December 2019	1 year, 115 days
-		R. N. Ravi IPS (Retd) (born 1952) Governor of Nagaland (Acting)	Bihar	18 December 2019	26 January 2020	39 days
15		Tathagata Roy (born 1945)	West Bengal	27 January 2020	18 August 2020	204 days
16		Satya Pal Malik (1946–2025)	Uttar Pradesh	18 August 2020	3 October 2022	2 years, 46 days
-		Brigadier B. D. Mishra (Retd) (born 1939) Governor of Arunachal Pradesh (Additional Charge)	Uttar Pradesh	4 October 2022	17 February 2023[§][η]	136 days	Droupadi Murmu
17		Phagu Chauhan (born 1948)	Uttar Pradesh	18 February 2023	29 July 2024	1 year, 162 days
18		C. H. Vijayashankar (born 1956)	Karnataka	30 July 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 208 days

“I (name of the Governor of Meghalaya), do swear in the name of God/solemly affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of Governor (or discharge the functions of the Governor) of Meghalaya and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of Meghalaya .”

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