The governor is appointed by the president for a term of five years.

[1] The governor has: The first Portuguese governor general was Francisco de Almeida in 1505 and the last Manuel Antonio Vassalo e Silva who left office in 1961.

Goa, along with Daman and Diu was a union territory of India until 30 May 1987.

As such it had a lieutenant governor till that time.

[2] Goa became a full-fledged state of India in 1987 and since then has had the following governors:[2]