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Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Flag of India.svg
Government of Jammu and Kashmir.svg
Seal of Jammu and Kashmir
Manoj Sinha.jpg
Incumbent
Manoj Sinha

since 7 August 2020
Style The Honourable
His Excellency
Residence
  • Raj Bhavan, Jammu
    (winter)
  • Raj Bhavan, Srinagar
    (summer)
Appointer President of India
Term length Five Years
Precursor List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir
Inaugural holder G. C. Murmu
Formation 31 October 2019; 5 years ago (2019-10-31)

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. Provisions contained within the act created the positions of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.

Lieutenant governors of Jammu and Kashmir

  • Died in office
  • Resigned from office
  • Removed from office
No. Portrait Name
(born – died)
Home state Tenure in office Immediate prior position held Appointed by
From To Time 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
6 August
2020
280 days Union Expenditure Secretary Ram Nath Kovind
(President)
2 Manoj Sinha.jpg Manoj Sinha
(born 1959)
Uttar Pradesh 7 August
2020
Incumbent 4 years, 138 days Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications (until 2019)

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See also

  • List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators
  • List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir
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