| Governor of West Bengal | |
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 Raj Bhavan | |
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| Style | His Excellency |
| Status | Head of state of West Bengal |
| Residence |
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| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | 5 Years |
| Inaugural holder | Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari |
| Formation | 15 August 1947;78 years ago (1947-08-15) |
| Website | http://rajbhavankolkata.nic.in |
TheGovernor of West Bengal is a nominal head and representative of thePresident of India in thestate ofWest Bengal. He is theHead of State ofWest Bengal. The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years.
| Sl. No. | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari | 15 August 1947 | 21 June 1948 |
| 2 | Kailash Nath Katju | 21 June 1948 | 1 November 1951 |
| 3 | Harendra Coomar Mookerjee | 1 November 1951 | 8 August 1956 |
| 4 | Phani Bhusan Chakravartti | 8 August 1956 | 3 November 1956 |
| 5 | Padmaja Naidu | 3 November 1956 | 1 June 1967 |
| 6 | Dharma Vira | 1 June 1967 | 1 April 1969 |
| 7 | Deep Narayan Sinha (acting) | 1 April 1969 | 19 September 1969 |
| 8 | Shanti Swaroop Dhavan | 19 September 1969 | 21 August 1971 |
| 9 | Anthony Lancelot Dias | 21 August 1971 | 6 November 1979 |
| 10 | Tribhuvana Narayana Singh | 6 November 1979 | 12 September 1981 |
| 11 | Bhairab Dutt Pande | 12 September 1981 | 10 October 1983 |
| 12 | Anant Prasad Sharma | 10 October 1983 | 16 August 1984 |
| 13 | Satish Chandra (acting) | 16 August 1984 | 1 October 1984 |
| 14 | Uma Shankar Dikshit | 1 October 1984 | 12 August 1986 |
| 15 | Saiyid Nurul Hasan | 12 August 1986 | 20 March 1989 |
| 16 | T. V. Rajeswar | 20 March 1989 | 7 February 1990 |
| 17 | Saiyid Nurul Hasan | 7 February 1990 | 12 July 1993 |
| 18 | B. Satyanarayan Reddy (additional charge) | 13 July 1993 | 14 August 1993 |
| 18 | K. V. Raghunatha Reddy | 14 August 1993 | 27 April 1998 |
| 20 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | 27 April 1998 | 18 May 1999 |
| 21 | Shyamal Kumar Sen | 18 May 1999 | 4 December 1999 |
| 22 | Viren J. Shah | 4 December 1999 | 14 December 2004 |
| 23 | Gopalkrishna Gandhi | 14 December 2004 | 14 December 2009 |
| 24 | Devanand Konwar (additional charge) | 14 December 2009 | 23 January 2010 |
| 25 | M.K. Narayanan | 24 January 2010 | 30 June 2014 |
| 26 | D. Y. Patil (acting charge)[1] | 3 July 2014 | 17 July 2014 |
| 27 | Keshari Nath Tripathi | 24 July 2014 | 29 July 2019 |
| 28 | Jagdeep Dhankhar[2] | 30 July 2019 | 18 July 2022 |
| 29 | La. Ganesan (additional charge) | 18 July 2022 | 22 Nov 2022 |
| 30 | Dr. C. V. Ananda Bose | 23 Nov 2022 | Present |
