Lieutenant Governors (India)

Lieutenant Governors and Administrators
Lieutenant Governors and Administrators
Appointer	President of India

Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators at the 2024 governors conference in 1- 2 August 2024.

In the Republic of India, a lieutenant governor is the constitutional head of five of the eight union territories. They rank 11th in the order of precedence in India. 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

Oath (Lieutenant Governor)[edit | edit source]

“I ..... (name of the lieutenant governor), do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of Lieutenant Governor (or discharge the functions of the Lieutenant Governor) of .............(name of the Union Territory) and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of ..………(name of the Union Territory).”

List of incumbent lieutenant governors[edit | edit source]

Legend

^‡ Additional Charge
^§ Acting
^† Lieutenant Governor- designate

Union Territory	List	Officeholder	Took office (term length)	Appointed by	Chief Minister
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	List	Devendra Kumar Joshi	8 October 2017 (8 years, 292 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	No legislature
National Capital Territory of Delhi	List	Taranjit Singh Sandhu	11 March 2026 (138 days)	Droupadi Murmu	Rekha Gupta
Jammu and Kashmir	List	Manoj Sinha	7 August 2020 (5 years, 354 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	Omar Abdullah
Ladakh	List	Vinai Kumar Saxena	13 March 2026 (136 days)	Droupadi Murmu	No legislature
Puducherry	List	Kuniyil Kailashnathan	7 August 2024 (1 year, 354 days)	Droupadi Murmu	N. Rangaswamy

Oath (Administrators)[edit | edit source]

Future Administrators are required to say the below oath aloud.

I..... [name of the Administrator], do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will faithfully execute the office of Lieutenant Governor [or discharge the functions of the Administrator] of [name of the Union Territory] and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of [name of the Union Territory]."

List of incumbent Administrators[edit | edit source]