List of lieutenant governors of Jammu and Kashmir

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir is the head of state of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.^[1]

Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Incumbent Manoj Sinha since 7 August 2020
Style	The Honourable His Excellency
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Jammu (winter) Raj Bhavan, Srinagar (summer)
Appointer	President of India
Term length	Five Years
Inaugural holder	G. C. Murmu
Formation	31 October 2019; 5 years ago (2019-10-31)
Website	Official website

List of rulers of Jammu and Kashmir

This is a list of rulers of State of Jammu and Kashmir from 1846 to 1952 CE.

Ruler	Portrait	Reign
Maharaja Gulab Singh		16 March 1846 – 20 February 1856
Maharaja Ranbir Singh		20 February 1856 – 12 September 1885
Maharaja Pratap Singh		12 September 1885 – 23 September 1925
Maharaja Hari Singh		12 September 1925 – 17 November 1952[note 1]

Sadr-e-Riyasat of Jammu and Kashmir

#	Name	Term of office			Ref
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Maharaja Karan Singh	17 November 1952	30 March 1965	12 years, 133 days

Governors of Jammu and Kashmir

#	Name	Term of office			Ref
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Maharaja Karan Singh	30 March 1965	15 May 1967	2 years, 46 days (total: 14 years, 179 days)	[2]
2	Bhagwan Sahay ICS	15 May 1967	3 July 1973	6 years, 49 days
3	L. K. Jha ICS	3 July 1973	22 February 1981	7 years, 234 days
4	B. K. Nehru ICS	22 February 1981	26 April 1984	3 years, 64 days
5	Jagmohan Malhotra IAS	26 April 1984	11 July 1989	5 years, 76 days
6	Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao PVSM	11 July 1989	19 January 1990	192 days
(5)	Jagmohan Malhotra IAS	19 January 1990	26 May 1990	127 days (total: 5 years, 203 days)
7	Girish Chandra Saxena IPS	26 May 1990	12 March 1993	2 years, 290 days
(6)	Gen. K. V. Krishna Rao PVSM	12 March 1993	2 May 1998	5 years, 51 days (total: 5 years, 243 days)
(7)	Girish Chandra Saxena IPS	2 May 1998	4 June 2003	5 years, 33 days (total: 7 years, 365 days)
8	Lt. Gen S. K. Sinha PVSM, ADC	4 June 2003	25 June 2008	5 years, 21 days
9	N. N. Vohra IAS	25 June 2008	23 August 2018	10 years, 59 days
10	Satya Pal Malik	23 August 2018	30 October 2019	1 year, 68 days
Jammu and Kashmir state partitioned on 31 October 2019

Janki Nath Wazir was acting governor after Karan Singh for two months,^[3][4] and Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid was acting governor for 12 days.^[5][4]

List

#	Name	Portrait	Took Office	Left Office	Appointed by	Ref
1	Girish Chandra Murmu		31 October 2019	6 August 2020	Ram Nath Kovind	[6]
2	Manoj Sinha		7 August 2020	Incumbent		[7] [8]

Notes

1. Monarchy abolished.