List of administrators of Lakshadweep

The administrator of Lakshadweep is the constitutional and executive head of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. He is also the Chairman of Lakshadweep Development Corporation (a U.T. Administration public sector undertaking) and SPORTS (Society for Promotion of Recreational Tourism and Sports). He functions ex-officio as the Inspector General of Lakshadweep Police.

Administrator of Lakshadweep
Incumbent Praful Khoda Patel (additional charge) since 5 December 2020
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five Years
Inaugural holder	U. R. Panicker
Formation	1 November 1956; 68 years ago (1956-11-01)

Administrators

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S. No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
1	U. R. Panicker	1 November 1956	7 November 1956	7 days
2	S. Mony	8 November 1956	21 September 1958	1 year, 318 days
3	C. K. Balakrishna Nair	22 September 1958	5 December 1961	2 years, 349 days
4	M. Ramunni	6 December 1961	8 April 1965	4 years, 3 days
5	C. H. Naire	9 April 1965	31 October 1969	4 years, 206 days
6	K. D. Menon	1 November 1969	30 April 1973	3 years, 181 days
7	W. Shaiza	22 May 1973	21 June 1975	1 year, 276 days
8	M. C. Verma	22 June 1975	14 February 1977	1 year, 237 days
9	S. D. Lakhar	21 February 1977	30 July 1978	1 year, 161 days
10	P. M. Nair	31 July 1978	15 June 1981	2 years, 320 days
11	Pradip Mehra	15 June 1981	21 July 1982	1 year, 37 days
12	Omesh Saigal	21 July 1982	9 July 1985	2 years, 354 days
13	J. Sagar	9 July 1985	8 September 1987	2 years, 62 days
14	Wajahat Habibullah	8 September 1987	31 January 1990	2 years, 146 days
15	Pradip Singh	1 February 1990	1 May 1990	90 days
16	S. P. Aggarwal	2 May 1990	3 May 1992	2 years, 2 days
17	Satish Chandra	4 May 1992	9 September 1994	2 years, 129 days
18	G.S. Chima	9 September 1994	14 June 1996	1 year, 280 days
19	Rajeev Talwar	1 August 1996	1 June 1999	2 years, 305 days
20	R. K. Verma	1 June 1999	20 August 1999	81 days
21	Chaman Lal	21 August 1999	30 April 2001	1 year, 285 days
(20)	R. K. Verma	30 April 2001	19 June 2001	81 days
22	K. S. Mehra	19 June 2001	20 June 2004	3 years, 2 days
23	S. P. Singh	21 June 2004	21 November 2004	154 days
24	Parimal Rai	22 November 2004	11 August 2006	1 year, 263 days
25	Rajendra Kumar	11 August 2006	21 December 2006	133 days
26	B. V. Selvaraj	22 December 2006	16 May 2009	2 years, 145 days
27	Satya Gopal	27 May 2009	12 July 2009	47 days
28	J. K. Dadoo	13 July 2009	15 June 2011	1 year, 338 days
29	Amar Nath	11 July 2011	2012	1 year, 1 day
30	H. Rajesh Prasad	7 November 2012[2]	22 October 2015	2 years, 350 days
31	Vijay Kumar	25 October 2015	6 September 2016	318 days
32	Farooq Khan	6 September 2016	18 July 2019	2 years, 315 days
33	Mihir Vardhan	19 July 2019	2 November 2019	107 days
34	Dineshwar Sharma	3 November 2019	4 December 2020†	1 year, 32 days
-	Praful Khoda Patel (additional charge)	5 December 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 213 days

See also

• List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators