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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 January 1950 | 1 June 1952 | 2 years, 127 days | Rajendra Prasad |
| 2 | | Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887–1971) | Bombay | 2 June 1952 | 9 June 1957 | 5 years, 7 days | |
| 3 | | V. V. Giri (1894–1980) | Madras | 10 June 1957 | 30 June 1960[§] | 3 years, 20 days | |
| 4 | | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (1899–1967) | Andhra Pradesh | 1 July 1960 | 15 April 1962 | 1 year, 288 days | |
| 5 | | Bishwanath Das (1889–1984) | Orissa | 16 April 1962 | 30 April 1967 | 5 years, 14 days | |
| 6 | | Bezawada Gopala Reddy (1907–1997) | Andhra Pradesh | 1 May 1967 | 30 June 1972 | 5 years, 60 days | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| – | | Justice Shashi Kanta Verma Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court (Acting) | Uttar Pradesh | 1 July 1972 | 13 November 1972 | 135 days | V. V. Giri |
| 7 | | Akbar Ali Khan (1899–1994) | Andhra Pradesh | 14 November 1972 | 24 October 1974[§] | 1 year, 344 days | |
| 8 | | Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) | Andhra Pradesh | 25 October 1974 | 1 October 1977[‡] | 2 years, 341 days | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
| 9 | | Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (1909–1992) | Maharashtra | 2 October 1977 | 27 February 1980[§] | 2 years, 148 days | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
| 10 | | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (1901–1994) | Bihar | 28 February 1980 | 31 March 1985 | 5 years, 31 days | |
| 11 | | Mohammed Usman Arif (1923–1995) | Rajasthan | 31 March 1985 | 11 February 1990 | 4 years, 317 days | Zail Singh |
| 12 | | B. Satya Narayan Reddy (1927–2012) | Andhra Pradesh | 12 February 1990 | 25 May 1993[§] | 3 years, 102 days | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 13 | | Motilal Vora (1928–2020) | Madhya Pradesh | 26 May 1993 | 3 May 1996[‡] | 2 years, 343 days | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
| – | | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2016) Governor of Madhya Pradesh (Additional Charge) | Jammu and Kashmir | 3 May 1996 | 19 July 1996 | 77 days | |
| 14 | | Romesh Bhandari IFS (Retd) (1928–2013) | Punjab | 19 July 1996 | 17 March 1998[‡] | 1 year, 241 days | |
| – | | Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1928–2016) Governor of Madhya Pradesh (Additional Charge) | Jammu and Kashmir | 17 March 1998 | 19 April 1998 | 33 days | K. R. Narayanan |
| 15 | | Suraj Bhan (1928–2006) | Haryana | 20 April 1998 | 23 November 2000[§] | 2 years, 217 days | |
| 16 | | Vishnu Kant Shastri (1929–2005) | West Bengal | 24 November 2000 | 2 July 2004[‡] | 3 years, 221 days | |
| – | | Sudarshan Agarwal (1931–2019) Governor of Uttaranchal (Additional Charge) | Punjab | 3 July 2004 | 7 July 2004 | 4 days | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
| 17 | | T. V. Rajeswar IPS (Retd) (1926–2018) | Tamil Nadu | 8 July 2004 | 27 July 2009 | 5 years, 19 days | |
| 18 | | Banwari Lal Joshi IPS (Retd) (1936–2017) | Rajasthan | 28 July 2009 | 17 June 2014[‡] | 4 years, 324 days | Pratibha Patil |
| – | | Aziz Qureshi (1941–2024) Governor of Uttarakhand (Additional Charge) | Madhya Pradesh | 17 June 2014 | 22 July 2014 | 35 days | Pranab Mukherjee |
| 19 | | Ram Naik (born 1934) | Maharashtra | 22 July 2014 | 28 July 2019 | 5 years, 6 days | |
| 20 | | Anandiben Patel (born 1941) | Gujarat | 29 July 2019 | Incumbent | 6 years, 295 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Timeline of Uttar Pradesh governors |
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