List of governors of Nagaland
This is a list of the Governors of Nagaland, a state in Northeast India. R. N. Ravi has been appointed as the next Governor of the state.
Powers and functions
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.
Governors of Nagaland
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Vishnu Sahay, ICS | 1 December 1963 | 16 April 1968 |
| 2 | B.K. Nehru, ICS | 17 April 1968 | 18 September 1973 |
| 3 | L.P. Singh, ICS | 19 September 1973 | 9 August 1981 |
| 4 | S. M. H. Burney, IAS | 10 August 1981 | 12 June 1984 |
| 5 | Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao, PVSM. | 13 June 1984 | 19 July 1989 |
| 6 | Dr. Gopal Singh | 20 July 1989 | 3 May 1990 |
| 7 | Dr. M. M. Thomas | 9 May 1990 | 12 April 1992 |
| 8 | Loknath Mishra | 13 April 1992 | 1 October 1993 |
| 9 | Lt. Gen.V. K. Nayar PVSM, SM | 2 October 1993 | 4 August 1994 |
| 10 | O. N. Shrivastava, IPS | 5 August 1994 | 11 November 1996 |
| 11 | Om Prakash Sharma, IPS | 12 November 1996 | 27 January 2002 |
| 12 | Shyamal Datta, IPS | 28 January 2002 | 2 February 2007 |
| 13 | K. Sankaranarayanan | 3 February 2007 | 28 July 2009 |
| 14 | Gurbachan Jagat, IPS | 28 July 2009 | 14 Oct 2009 |
| 15 | Nikhil Kumar, IPS | 15 Oct 2009 | 20 March 2013 |
| 16 | Ashwani Kumar | 21 March 2013 | 27 June 2014 |
| - | Krishan Kant Paul | 2 July 2014 | 19 July 2014 |
| 17 | Padmanabha Acharya | 19 July 2014 | 31 July 2019 |
| 18 | R. N. Ravi | 1 August 2019 | Incumbent |