List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators
In the Republic of India, a lieutenant governor is the constitutional head of five of the eight union territories. The lieutenant governor is appointed by the President of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the President's pleasure. Since the union territories of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry have a measure of self-government with an elected legislature and council of ministers, the role of the lieutenant governor there is mostly a ceremonial one, akin to that of a state's governor. In Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Ladakh however, the lieutenant governor holds more power, being both the head of state and head of government.
The other three union territories—Chandigarh; Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; and Lakshadweep—are governed by an administrator. Unlike the lieutenant governors of other territories, they are usually drawn from the Indian Administrative Service or Indian Police Service. Since 1985 the Governor of Punjab has also been the ex-officio Administrator of Chandigarh.
Current Indian lieutenant governors
Union territory (past officeholders) |
Name[1] | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (list) |
Devendra Kumar Joshi | 8 October 2017 (2 years, 252 days) |
[2] | |
Delhi (list) |
Anil Baijal | 31 December 2016 (3 years, 168 days) |
[3] | |
Jammu and Kashmir (list) |
G. C. Murmu | 31 October 2019 (229 days) |
[4] | |
Ladakh (list) |
R. K. Mathur | 31 October 2019 (229 days) |
[5] | |
Puducherry (list) |
Kiran Bedi | 29 May 2016 (4 years, 18 days) |
[6] | |
Current Indian administrators
Union territory (past officeholders) |
Name[1] | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) |
Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chandigarh (list) |
V. P. Singh Badnore | 22 August 2016 (3 years, 299 days) |
[7] | |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (list) |
Praful Khoda Patel | 26 January 2020 (142 days) |
[8] | |
Lakshadweep (list) |
Dineshwar Sharma | 3 November 2019 (226 days) |
[9] | |
See also
References
- "Lt. Governors & Administrators". India.gov.in. Retrieved on 29 August 2018.
- "Admiral D K Joshi (Retd.) sworn in as the 13th Lt. Governor of A& N Islands". The Island Reflector. 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017.
- "Anil Baijal sworn in as Delhi Lieutenant-Governor". The Hindu. 31 December 2016.
- "GC Murmu Takes Oath As First Lt. Governor Of J&K; Ladakh Lt Governor Lists Out Priorities For Region". NDTV. 31 October 2019.
- "RK Mathur takes oath as Ladakh’s first Lieutenant Governor". The Indian Express. 31 October 2019.
- "Kiran Bedi takes oath as Lt. Governor of Puducherry". The Times of India. 29 May 2016.
- "V. P. Singh Badnore sworn in as new Punjab Governor". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- Administrator of Daman and Diu Official Website of the Union Territory of Daman and Diu. Retrieved on 21 September 2016.
- Administrator of Lakshadweep Official Website of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Retrieved on 3 November 2019.