| Governors of Kerala | | | | |
| No. | Name | From | To | Duration (in Years) |
| 1 | Burgula Ramakrishna Rao | 22-Nov-56 | 01-Jul-60 | 3.608 |
| 2 | V. V. Giri | 01-Jul-60 | 02-Apr-65 | 4.756 |
| 3 | Ajith Prasad Jain | 02-Apr-65 | 06-Feb-66 | 0.849 |
| 4 | Bhagwan Sahay | 06-Feb-66 | 15-May-67 | 1.268 |
| 5 | V. Viswanathan | 15-May-67 | 01-Apr-73 | 5.885 |
| 6 | N. N. Wanchoo | 01-Apr-73 | 10-Oct-77 | 4.529 |
| 7 | Jothi Venkatachalam | 14-Oct-77 | 27-Oct-82 | 5.038 |
| 8 | P. Ramachandran | 27-Oct-82 | 23-Feb-88 | 5.329 |
| 9 | Ram Dulari Sinha | 23-Feb-88 | 12-Feb-90 | 1.973 |
| 10 | Swaroop Singh | 12-Feb-90 | 20-Dec-90 | 0.852 |
| 11 | B. Rachaiah | 20-Dec-90 | 09-Nov-94 | 3.890 |
| – | Gopal Ramanujam | 20-Apr-95 | 29-Apr-95 | 0.025 |
| 12 | P. Shiv Shankar | 12-Nov-95 | 01-May-96 | 0.468 |
| 13 | Khurshid Alam Khan | 05-May-96 | 25-Jan-97 | 0.726 |
| 14 | Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang | 25-Jan-97 | 18-Apr-02 | 5.230 |
| 15 | Sikander Bakht | 18-Apr-02 | 23-Feb-04 | 1.852 |
| – | T. N. Chaturvedi | 25-Feb-04 | 23-Jun-04 | 0.326 |
| 16 | R. L. Bhatia | 23-Jun-04 | 10-Jul-08 | 4.049 |
| 17 | R. S. Gavai | 11-Jul-08 | 07-Sep-11 | 3.159 |
| 18 | M. O. H. Farook | 08-Sep-11 | 26-Jan-12 | 0.384 |
| | Hansraj Bhardwaj (additional charge after death of M.O.H Farook) | 26-Jan-12 | 22-Mar-13 | 1.153 |
| 19 | Nikhil Kumar | 23-Mar-13 | 05-Mar-14 | 0.951 |
| 20 | Sheila Dikshit | 05-03-2014 | 05-09-2014 | 0.504 |
| 21 | P. Sathasivam | 05-09-2014 | 05-09-2019 | 5.003 |
| 22 | Arif Mohammad Khan | 06-09-2019 | 01-01-2025 | 5.326 |
| 23 | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar | 02-Jan-25 | | |
