List of administrators of Chandigarh
Since 1984 the Governor of Punjab has acted as the administrator of Chandigarh. His official residence is Raj Bhavan, Punjab in Chandigarh.
Chief Commissioners
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Mohinder Singh Randhawa | 1 November 1966 | 31 October 1968 |
| 2 | Damodar Dass | 31 October 1968 | 8 April 1969 |
| 3 | B. P. Bagchi | 8 April 1969 | 1 September 1972 |
| 4 | Mohan Prakash Mathur | 1 September 1972 | December 1975 |
| 5 | G. P. Gupta | December 1975 | 15 June 1976 |
| 6 | T. N. Chaturvedi | 15 June 1976 | June 1978 |
| 7 | J. C. Agrawal | June 1978 | 19 July 1980 |
| 8 | B.S. Sarao | 19 July 1980 | 8 March 1982 |
| 9 | Krishna Banarji | 8 March 1982 | 31 May 1984 |
Administrators of Chandigarh
| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Bhairab Dutt Pandey | 1 June 1984 | 2 July 1984 |
| 2 | Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala | 3 July 1984 | 14 March 1985 |
| 3 | Arjun Singh | 14 March 1985 | 14 November 1985 |
| - | Hokishe Sema | 14 November 1985 | 26 November 1985 |
| 4 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | 26 November 1985 | 2 April 1986 |
| 5 | Siddharta Shankar Ray | 2 April 1986 | 8 December 1989 |
| 6 | Nirmal Mukarji | 8 December 1989 | 14 June 1990 |
| 7 | Virendra Verma | 14 June 1990 | 18 December 1990 |
| 8 | Om Prakash Malhotra | 18 December 1990 | 7 August 1991 |
| 9 | Surendra Nath | 7 August 1991 | 9 July 1994 |
| - | Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar | 10 July 1994 | 18 September 1994 |
| 10 | B. K. N. Chhibber | 18 September 1994 | 27 November 1999 |
| 11 | J. F. R. Jacob | 27 November 1999 | 8 May 2003 |
| 12 | Om Prakash Verma | 8 May 2003 | 3 November 2004 |
| - | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | 3 November 2004 | 16 November 2004 |
| 13 | Sunith Francis Rodrigues | 16 November 2004 | 22 January 2010 |
| 14 | Shivraj Patil | 22 January 2010 | 21 January 2015 |
| - | Kaptan Singh Solanki | 21 January 2015 | 22 August 2016 |
| 15 | V. P. Singh Badnore | 22 August 2016 | Incumbent |