List of lieutenant governors of Jammu and Kashmir

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

For the state of Jammu and Kashmir that existed until 2019, see List of governors 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	Raj Bhavan, Jammu (winter) Raj 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; 5 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]

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[3]	6 August 2020[§]	280 days	Ram Nath Kovind
2		Manoj Sinha (born 1959)	Uttar Pradesh	7 August 2020[4][5]	Incumbent	5 years, 10 days

See also

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