List of lieutenant governors of Jammu and Kashmir

For the state of Jammu and Kashmir that existed until 2019, see List of governors of Jammu and Kashmir.

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

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
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Incumbent Manoj Sinha since 7 August 2020
Style	The Honourable His Excellency
Type	Lieutenant Governor
Status	Head of State
Residence	Lok Bhavan, Jammu (winter) Lok 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; 6 years ago (2019-10-31)
Website	Official website

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]

Predecessor

List of rulers of Jammu and Kashmir

This is a list of rulers of State of Jammu and Kashmir from 1846 to 1952 CE.

Ruler	Portrait	Reign
Maharaja Gulab Singh		16 March 1846 – 20 February 1856
Maharaja Ranbir Singh		20 February 1856 – 12 September 1885
Maharaja Pratap Singh		12 September 1885 – 23 September 1925
Maharaja Hari Singh		12 September 1925 – 17 November 1952[note 1]

Sadr-e-Riyasat of Jammu and Kashmir

#	Name	Term of office			Ref
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Maharaja Karan Singh	17 November 1952	30 March 1965	12 years, 133 days

Governors of Jammu and Kashmir

#	Name	Term of office			Ref
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Maharaja Karan Singh	30 March 1965	15 May 1967	2 years, 46 days (total: 14 years, 179 days)	[3]
2	Bhagwan Sahay ICS	15 May 1967	3 July 1973	6 years, 49 days
3	L. K. Jha ICS	3 July 1973	22 February 1981	7 years, 234 days
4	B. K. Nehru ICS	22 February 1981	26 April 1984	3 years, 64 days
5	Jagmohan Malhotra IAS	26 April 1984	11 July 1989	5 years, 76 days
6	Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao PVSM	11 July 1989	19 January 1990	192 days
(5)	Jagmohan Malhotra IAS	19 January 1990	26 May 1990	127 days (total: 5 years, 203 days)
7	Girish Chandra Saxena IPS	26 May 1990	12 March 1993	2 years, 290 days
(6)	Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao PVSM	12 March 1993	2 May 1998	5 years, 51 days (total: 5 years, 243 days)
(7)	Girish Chandra Saxena IPS	2 May 1998	4 June 2003	5 years, 33 days (total: 7 years, 365 days)
8	Lt. Gen S. K. Sinha PVSM, ADC	4 June 2003	25 June 2008	5 years, 21 days
9	N. N. Vohra IAS	25 June 2008	23 August 2018	10 years, 59 days
10	Satya Pal Malik	23 August 2018	30 October 2019	1 year, 68 days
Jammu and Kashmir state partitioned on 31 October 2019

Janki Nath Wazir was acting governor after Karan Singh for two months,^[4][5] and Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid was acting governor for 12 days.^[6][5]

Lieutenant Governors of Jammu and Kashmir

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Resigned from office
• ^ẟ Removed from office

No.	Portrait	Name (born – died)	Home state	Tenure in office			Appointer (President)
				From	To	Time in office
1		Girish Chandra Murmu IAS (born 1959)	Odisha	31 October 2019[7]	6 August 2020[§]	280 days	Ram Nath Kovind
2		Manoj Sinha (born 1959)	Uttar Pradesh	7 August 2020[8][9]	Incumbent	5 years, 137 days

See also

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

Notes

1. Monarchy abolished.