List of lieutenant governors of Jammu and Kashmir


The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir is the head of state 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. 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

#NamePortraitTook OfficeLeft OfficeAppointed by
1Girish Chandra Murmu31 October 2019IncumbentRam Nath Kovind