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The governor of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttara Pradēśa kē Rājyapāla) is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The governor is appointed by the president of India. The post is preceded by the governor of United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed as Uttar Pradesh on 24 January 1950.
| # | Portrait | Name(born – died) | Home state | Tenure in office | Appointer(President) | ||
| From | To | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | | Hormasji Pherozeshah Mody(1881–1969) | Bombay | 26 January1950 | 1 June1952 | 2 years, 127 days | Rajendra Prasad |
| 2 | | Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi(1887–1971) | Bombay | 2 June1952 | 9 June1957 | 5 years, 7 days | |
| 3 | | V. V. Giri(1894–1980) | Madras | 10 June1957 | 30 June1960[§] | 3 years, 20 days | |
| 4 | | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao(1899–1967) | Andhra Pradesh | 1 July1960 | 15 April1962 | 1 year, 288 days | |
| 5 | | Bishwanath Das(1889–1984) | Orissa | 16 April1962 | 30 April1967 | 5 years, 14 days | |
| 6 | | Bezawada Gopala Reddy(1907–1997) | Andhra Pradesh | 1 May1967 | 30 June1972 | 5 years, 60 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| – | | JusticeShashi Kanta VermaChief Justice, Allahabad High Court(Acting) | Uttar Pradesh | 1 July1972 | 13 November1972 | 135 days | V. V. Giri |
| 7 | | Akbar Ali Khan(1899–1994) | Andhra Pradesh | 14 November1972 | 24 October1974[§] | 1 year, 344 days | |
| 8 | | Marri Chenna Reddy(1919–1996) | Andhra Pradesh | 25 October1974 | 1 October1977[‡] | 2 years, 341 days | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| 9 | | Ganpatrao Devji Tapase(1909–1992) | Maharashtra | 2 October1977 | 27 February1980[§] | 2 years, 148 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 10 | | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh(1901–1994) | Bihar | 28 February1980 | 31 March1985 | 5 years, 31 days | |
| 11 | | Mohammed Usman Arif(1923–1995) | Rajasthan | 31 March1985 | 11 February1990 | 4 years, 317 days | Zail Singh |
| 12 | | B. Satya Narayan Reddy(1927–2012) | Andhra Pradesh | 12 February1990 | 25 May1993[§] | 3 years, 102 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 13 | | Motilal Vora(1928–2020) | Madhya Pradesh | 26 May1993 | 3 May1996[‡] | 2 years, 343 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| – | | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi(1928–2016)Governor of Madhya Pradesh(Additional Charge) | Jammu and Kashmir | 3 May1996 | 19 July1996 | 77 days | |
| 14 | | Romesh BhandariIFS (Retd)(1928–2013) | Punjab | 19 July1996 | 17 March1998[‡] | 1 year, 241 days | |
| – | | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi(1928–2016)Governor of Madhya Pradesh(Additional Charge) | Jammu and Kashmir | 17 March1998 | 19 April1998 | 33 days | K. R. Narayanan |
| 15 | | Suraj Bhan(1928–2006) | Haryana | 20 April1998 | 23 November2000[§] | 2 years, 217 days | |
| 16 | | Vishnu Kant Shastri(1929–2005) | West Bengal | 24 November2000 | 2 July2004[‡] | 3 years, 221 days | |
| – | | Sudarshan Agarwal(1931–2019)Governor of Uttaranchal(Additional Charge) | Punjab | 3 July2004 | 7 July2004 | 4 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 17 | | T. V. RajeswarIPS (Retd)(1926–2018) | Tamil Nadu | 8 July2004 | 27 July2009 | 5 years, 19 days | |
| 18 | | Banwari Lal JoshiIPS (Retd)(1936–2017) | Rajasthan | 28 July2009 | 17 June2014[‡] | 4 years, 324 days | Pratibha Patil |
| – | | Aziz Qureshi(1941–2024)Governor of Uttarakhand(Additional Charge) | Madhya Pradesh | 17 June2014 | 22 July2014 | 35 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 19 | | Ram Naik(born 1934) | Maharashtra | 22 July2014 | 28 July2019 | 5 years, 6 days | |
| 20 | | Anandiben Patel(born 1941) | Gujarat | 29 July2019 | Incumbent | 6 years, 98 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Timeline of Uttar Pradesh governors |
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