List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators

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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.

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Lieutenant Governors and Administrators
Appointer President of India

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 (IAS) or Indian Police Service (IPS). Since 1985 the Governor of Punjab has also been the ex-officio Administrator of Chandigarh.

Praful Khoda Patel, till date, is the only administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu who is not a civil servant (i.e. IAS or IPS), rather a politician. He was also given the additional charge of Lakshadweep after the death of Dineshwar Sharma.

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The following lists contain the current lieutenant governors and administrators of the eight union territories of India. [1]

Lieutenant governors

Union territory
(past lieutenant governors)
Elected legislatureNamePortraitTook office
(tenure length)
Appointed byRef
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(list)
Red x.svg Devendra Kumar Joshi Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Devendra Kumar Joshi.jpg 8 October 2017
(6 years, 265 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [2]
Delhi
(list)
Green check.svg
(Legislative Assembly)
Vinai Kumar Saxena Vinai Kumar Saxena in 2018.jpg 26 May 2022
(2 years, 34 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [3]
Jammu and Kashmir
(list)
Green check.svg
(Legislative Assembly)
Manoj Sinha Manoj Sinha.jpg 7 August 2020
(3 years, 327 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [4]
Ladakh
(list)
Red x.svg B. D. Mishra The Minister of State for Tourism (IC), Shri Alphons Kannanthanam meeting the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Brigadier (Retd.) (Dr.) B.D. Mishra, in New Delhi on July 31, 2018 (cropped).JPG 12 February 2023
(1 year, 138 days)
Droupadi Murmu [5]
Puducherry
(list)
Green check.svg
(Legislative Assembly)
C. P. Radhakrishnan
(additional charge)
Governor of Jharkhand Radhakrishnan.jpg 19 March 2024
(102 days)
Droupadi Murmu [6]

Administrators

Union territory
(list)
PortraitNameAssumed office
(Time in office)
Appointed byRef.
Chandigarh
(list)
Banwarilal Purohit.jpg Banwarilal Purohit 31 August 2021
(2 years, 303 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [7]
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
(list)
Shri Praful Khoda Patel.jpg Praful Khoda Patel 26 January 2020
(4 years, 155 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [8]
Lakshadweep
(list)
Shri Praful Khoda Patel.jpg Praful Khoda Patel
(additional charge)
5 December 2020
(3 years, 207 days)
Ram Nath Kovind [9]

See also

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References

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