Post: | Lieutenant Governor |
Body: | Jammu and Kashmir |
Incumbent: | Manoj Sinha |
Flagcaption: | Flag of India |
Insigniacaption: | Seal of Jammu and Kashmir |
Incumbentsince: | 7 August 2020 |
Style: | The Honourable His Excellency |
Residence: | |
Termlength: | Five Years |
Appointer: | President of India |
Inaugural: | G. C. Murmu |
The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir is the head of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The office of lieutenant governor was established after an Act was passed in August 2019 in the Parliament of India, reorganising the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories; Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on 31 October 2019.[1] Provisions contained within the act created the positions of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.[2]
Name (borndied) | Portrait | Home state | Tenure in office | Immediate prior position held | Appointed by | |||
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From | To | Time in office | ||||||
1 | Girish Chandra Murmu | Odisha | 31 October 2019[3] | 6 August 2020 | Union Expenditure Secretary | Ram Nath Kovind | ||
2 | Manoj Sinha | Uttar Pradesh | 7 August 2020[4] [5] | Incumbent | ||||