Om Prakash Mathur

Om Prakash Mathur (born 2 January 1952) is an Indian politician serving as the 18th Governor of Sikkim since 31 July 2024.^[2]

Om Prakash Mathur
Governor of Sikkim
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 July 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Chief Minister	Prem Singh Tamang
Preceded by	Lakshman Acharya
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha[1]
In office 5 July 2016 – 4 July 2022
Preceded by	Ashk Ali Tak
Succeeded by	Randeep Surjewala
Constituency	Rajasthan
In office 10 April 2008 — 9 April 2014
Constituency	Rajasthan
State President of BJP Rajasthan
In office 2008-2009
State Incharge, Chattisgarh Bharatiya Janata Party
In office 2023–2024
Personal details
Born	(1952-01-02) 2 January 1952 (age 73) Bali, Rajasthan, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)	Raj Bhavan, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

He was a former member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan and a senior politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He was mentored by Bhairon Singh Shekhawat but later he became a leader on his own in BJP. He was a Pracharak with the RSS and later General Secretary- in charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat.

On 29 May 2016, he was nominated as one of the BJP candidates for the biennial elections of the Rajya Sabha held on 11 June. He contested from Rajasthan.^[3]

He is from the village Bedal, near Falna in Bali tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan. Born in 1952, he studied B.A. at Rajasthan University, Jaipur.

President Droupadi Murmu appointed Om Prakash Mathur as governor of Sikkim on 27 July 2024.^[4]

In June 2025, he flagged off the first batch of pilgrims on the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in five years.^[5] On October 20, 2025 he visited Indian Army soldiers stationed at the Doka La Pass to celebrate Diwali.^[6]