List of lieutenant governors of Jammu and Kashmir

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
	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
Inaugural holder	G. C. Murmu
Formation	31 October 2019; 4 years ago
Website	Official website

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir is the head of the 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]

Lieutenant Governors of Jammu and Kashmir[edit]

#	Name	Portrait	Took Office	Left Office	Appointed by	Ref
1	Girish Chandra Murmu		31 October 2019	6 August 2020	Ram Nath Kovind	^[3]
2	Manoj Sinha		7 August 2020	Incumbent	Ram Nath Kovind	^[4] ^[5]

References[edit]

↑ "Reorganisation plan" (PDF). prsindia.org. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
↑ "Reorganisation Bill" (PDF). thehindu.com. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
↑ Varma, Gyan (25 October 2019). "Girish Chandra Murmu is the first LG of Jammu & Kashmir". www.livemint.com.
↑ "Manoj Sinha takes oath as LG of Jammu and Kashmir". The Times of India. 7 August 2020.
↑ Chaturvedi, Amit (6 August 2020). "Manoj Sinha appointed as new lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir". www.hindustantimes.com.

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[1] "Reorganisation plan" (PDF). prsindia.org. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[2] "Reorganisation Bill" (PDF). thehindu.com. Retrieved 30 October 2019.

[3] Varma, Gyan (25 October 2019). "Girish Chandra Murmu is the first LG of Jammu & Kashmir". www.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". www.hindustantimes.com.

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