List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators

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.

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 Indian Administrative Service or Indian Police Service. Since 1985 the Governor of Punjab has also been the ex-officio Administrator of Chandigarh.

Current Indian lieutenant governors

Union territory (past officeholders)	Name[1]	Portrait	Took office (tenure length)	Appointed by	Ref
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (list)	Devendra Kumar Joshi		8 October 2017 (2 years, 305 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	[2]
Delhi (list)	Anil Baijal		31 December 2016 (3 years, 221 days)	Pranab Mukherjee	[3]
Jammu and Kashmir (list)	Manoj Sinha		7 August 2020 (1 day)	Ram Nath Kovind	[4]
Ladakh (list)	R. K. Mathur		31 October 2019 (282 days)		[5]
Puducherry (list)	Kiran Bedi		29 May 2016 (4 years, 71 days)	Pranab Mukherjee	[6]

Current Indian administrators

Union territory (past officeholders)	Name[1]	Portrait	Took office (tenure length)	Appointed by	Ref
Chandigarh (list)	V. P. Singh Badnore		22 August 2016 (3 years, 352 days)	Pranab Mukherjee	[7]
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (list)	Praful Khoda Patel		26 January 2020 (195 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	[8]
Lakshadweep (list)	Dineshwar Sharma		3 November 2019 (279 days)		[9]

See also

• List of current Indian governors
• List of female Indian governors and lieutenant governors
• List of vice presidents of India

References

1. "Lt. Governors & Administrators". India.gov.in. Retrieved on 29 August 2018.
2. "Admiral D K Joshi (Retd.) sworn in as the 13th Lt. Governor of A& N Islands". The Island Reflector. 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017.
3. "Anil Baijal sworn in as Delhi Lieutenant-Governor". The Hindu. 31 December 2016.
4. "Manoj Sinha takes oath as Jammu and Kashmir LG, says dialogue with people will start soon". India Today. 7 August 2020.
5. "RK Mathur takes oath as Ladakh’s first Lieutenant Governor". The Indian Express. 31 October 2019.
6. "Kiran Bedi takes oath as Lt. Governor of Puducherry". The Times of India. 29 May 2016.
7. "V. P. Singh Badnore sworn in as new Punjab Governor". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
8. Administrator of Daman and Diu Official Website of the Union Territory of Daman and Diu. Retrieved on 21 September 2016.
9. Administrator of Lakshadweep Official Website of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Retrieved on 3 November 2019.