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.
Lieutenant Governors and Administrators | |
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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 retired officer from Indian Armed Forces, 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 armed forces officer or 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.
List
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 legislature | Name | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) |
Appointed by | Ref |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands (list) |
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Devendra Kumar Joshi | ![]() |
8 October 2017 (6 years, 336 days) |
Ram Nath Kovind | [2] |
Delhi (list) |
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Vinai Kumar Saxena | ![]() |
26 May 2022 (2 years, 105 days) |
Ram Nath Kovind | [3] |
Jammu and Kashmir (list) |
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Manoj Sinha | ![]() |
7 August 2020 (4 years, 32 days) |
Ram Nath Kovind | [4] |
Ladakh (list) |
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B. D. Mishra | ![]() |
19 February 2023 (1 year, 209 days) |
Droupadi Murmu | [5] |
Puducherry (list) |
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Kuniyil Kailashnathan | ![]() |
7 August 2024 (32 days) |
Droupadi Murmu | [6] |
Administrators
Union territory (list) |
Name | Portrait | Assumed office (Time in office) |
Appointed by | Ref. |
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Chandigarh (list) |
Gulab Chand Kataria | ![]() |
31 July 2024 (39 days) |
Droupadi Murmu | |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (list) |
Praful Khoda Patel | ![]() |
26 January 2020 (4 years, 226 days) |
Ram Nath Kovind | [7] |
Lakshadweep (list) |
Praful Khoda Patel (additional charge) |
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5 December 2020 (3 years, 278 days) |
Ram Nath Kovind | [8] |
See also
References
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