List of lieutenant governors of Jammu and Kashmir

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Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
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Incumbent
Manoj Sinha
since 7 August 2020
Style The Honourable
His Excellency
TypeLieutenant Governor
StatusHead of State
Residence
Appointer President of India
Term length Five Years
Precursor List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir
Inaugural holder G. C. Murmu
Formation31 October 2019;5 years ago (2019-10-31)
Website Official website

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir is the head of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

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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]

Lieutenant Governors of Jammu and Kashmir

No.PortraitName
(born –died)		Home stateTenure in officeAppointer
(President)
FromToTime in office
1 Shri Girish Chandra Murmu, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (cropped).jpg Girish Chandra Murmu
IAS
(born 1959)		 Odisha 31 October
2019 [3] 		6 August
2020 [§] 		280 days Ram Nath Kovind
2 Manoj Sinha Lt. Governor (cropped).jpg Manoj Sinha
(born 1959)		 Uttar Pradesh 7 August
2020 [4] [5] 		Incumbent5 years, 52 days

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Reorganisation plan" (PDF). JKYouth Newspaper. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Reorganisation Bill" (PDF). The Hindu. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Varma, Gyan (25 October 2019). "Girish Chandra Murmu is the first LG of Jammu & Kashmir". livemint.com.
  4. ↑ "Manoj Sinha takes oath as LG of Jammu and Kashmir". The Times of India. 7 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Chaturvedi, Amit (6 August 2020). "Manoj Sinha appointed as new lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir". Hindustan Times.
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