E. S. L. Narasimhan

E. S. L. Narasimhan
1st Governor of Telangana
In office
24 July 2019  7 September 2019
Chief MinisterK. Chandrasekhar Rao
Preceded byHimself (additional charge)
Succeeded byTamilisai Soundararajan
Governor of Telangana
(Additional Charge)
In office
2 June 2014  23 July 2019
Chief MinisterK. Chandrasekhar Rao
Preceded byOffice Established
Succeeded byHimself
20th Governor of Andhra Pradesh
In office
27 December 2009  23 July 2019
Chief MinisterKonijeti Rosaiah
Kiran Kumar Reddy
N. Chandrababu Naidu
Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Preceded byN. D. Tiwari
Succeeded byBiswabhusan Harichandan
3rd Governor of Chhattisgarh
In office
25 January 2007  27 December 2009
Chief MinisterRaman Singh
Preceded byKrishna Mohan Seth
Succeeded byShekhar Dutt
Director of Intelligence Bureau
In office
February 2005  December 2006
Personal details
Born (1945-11-04) 4 November 1945
Madras Presidency, British India
(now Tamil Nadu, India)
SpouseVimala Narasimhan
Alma materPresidency College, Madras Law College

Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan (born 4 November 1945) is an Indian former civil servant and politician who served as the first Governor of Telangana. He assumed office of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh on 8 December 2009 until 23 July 2019 making him the longest-serving governor of the state. Later he took on 2 June 2014 as the 1st Governor of Telangana as additional charge. A retired Indian Police Service officer, he previously served as the director of the Intelligence Bureau from February 2005 to December 2006. He also served as the Governor of Chhattisgarh from 2007 to 2009. Narasimhan served as governor for 12 years making him the longest-serving governor in India.