Om Prakash Mathur

Om Prakash Mathur (born 2 January 1952) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Governor of Sikkim. He is a former member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan state in India and is a senior politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. Initially, he was groomed 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 Gujarat BJP.

Om Prakash Mathur
18th Governor of Sikkim
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 July 2024
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 2008–2014
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

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.^[2]

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 has appointed Om Prakash Mathur as governor of Sikkim on 27 July 2024.^[3]