Governor of Goa

The present Governor of Goa is Shri S. C. Jamir is. He was former Chief Minister of Nagaland before he finally took over as the Governor of Goa on July 2. The Governor has been in active politics for over 40 years.

The Official Residence of the Governor of Goa – as for the Governors of all other states – is known as the “Raj Bhavan”. Better known as the Cabo Palace, it is situated on the rim of confluence of the Mandovi and Zuari Rivers. During the Portuguese regime, the Raj Bhavan used to be the Official Residence of the Governors-General and was then known as ‘Palacio do Cabo’. Later it became the Official Residence of the Lt. Governors of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, under the name of ‘Cabo Raj Niwas’. It came to be called the Raj Bhavan only after Goa became a State in 1987.

The official address of the Governor of Goa is:
H.E The Governor,
Rajbhavan, Dona Paula,
Goa, 404 004.