O. P. Verma

Om Prakash Verma (20 March 1937 – 8 December 2015) was an Indian politician. He served as the Governor of Punjab (2003–04), and Haryana (briefly during July 2004), Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court and the chairman of the Himachal Pradesh Human Rights Commission. He was born in Garhmukteshwar District, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. He was also the Lokayukta of Himachal Pradesh before being appointed the Punjab governor.^[1][2][3]

Justice (Retired) Om Prakash Verma
Governor of Punjab Administrator of Chandigarh
In office 8 May 2003 – 3 November 2004
Appointed by	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Chief Minister	Amarinder Singh
Preceded by	J. F. R. Jacob
Succeeded by	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (Additional charge)
Governor of Haryana
Additional charge
In office 2 July 2004 – 7 July 2004
Chief Minister	Om Prakash Chautala
Preceded by	Babu Parmanand
Succeeded by	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai
Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court
In office 20 November 1997 – 19 March 1999
Appointed by	K. R. Narayanan
Preceded by	U. P. Singh
Succeeded by	Arijit Pasayat
Personal details
Born	(1937-03-20)20 March 1937
Died	8 December 2015(2015-12-08) (aged 78)

He studied law at the Campus Law Centre of the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.^{[citation needed]}