List of Lieutenant Governors of Delhi

The 69th constitutional amendment of 1991 provided a special status to Delhi and redesigned it as the National Capital Territory of Delhi and its rule is handed over to the Lieutenant Governor. Aditya Nath Jha, ICS was the first Lt. Governor of Delhi who served here from 7 November 1966 to 19 January 1972. Till date there have been 31 Lt. Governor of Delhi.

So far there has been 21 holders for this post 13 IAS officers generally retired with exception of Najeeb Jung who resigned from the service, 4 ICS officer and 2 IPS officer and 2 from military background who held this post.

There are four 29 states and 7 UTs in India currently. Out of 7 UTs 4 UTs are governed by the administrators and rest of three UTs (Delhi, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar) are governed by the Lieutenant General.

The list of all the Lt. Governor of Delhi is as follows;

Name

Took office

Left office

1. Aditya Nath Jha, ICS 7 November 1966 19 January 1972
2. M.C. Pimputkar, ICS 19 January 1972 23 April 1972
3. Baleshwar Prasad, IAS 24 April 1972 3 October 1974
4. Krishan Chand, ICS 3 October 1974 30 March 1978
5. Dalip Rai Kohli, ICS 30 March 1978 17 February 1980
6. Jagmohan, IAS 17 February 1980 30 March 1981
7. Sundar Lal Khurana, IAS 30 March 1981 2 September 1982
8. Jagmohan, IAS 2 September 1982 25 April 1984
9. P. G. Gavai, IAS 25 April 1984 Nov 1984
10. Mohan M.K. Wali, IAS Nov 1984 Nov 1985
11. Harkishan Lal Kapoor, PVSM, AVSM Nov 1985 Aug 1988
12. Romesh Bhandari, IAS Aug 1988 Dec 1989
13. Arjan Singh, DFC Dec 1989 Dec 1990
14. Markandey Singh, IPS Dec 1990 4 May 1992
15. Prasannabhai Karunashankar Dave, IAS 4 May 1992 4 January 1997
16. Tejendra Khanna, IAS 4 January 1997 20 April 1998
17. Vijai Kapoor, IAS 20 April 1998 9 June 2004
18. Banwari Lal Joshi, IPS 9 June 2004 9 April 2007
19. Tejendra Khanna, IAS 9 April 2007 9 July 2013
20. Najeeb Jung, IAS 9 July 2013 22 December 2016
21. Anil Baijal, IAS 31 December 2016 Incumbent

The Chief Minister of the Delhi is appointed by the president of India not by the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. The other ministers are appointed by the president on the advice of the Chief Minister of the state.

The Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister aid and advice the Lieutenant Governor in the exercise of his functions except in so far as he is required to act as per his discretion.

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