Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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constitutional office executive head of union territory public office

The Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the central government–appointed representative who serves as the chief executive authority of this Indian Union Territory.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Administrator of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (historical title)	1
Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1
Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as an Administrator	1
Lieutenant Governors of Indian union territories	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional office ⓘ executive head of union territory ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
appointedBy	President of India ⓘ
category	Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant Governors of Indian union territories
comparedWith	Lieutenant Governor of Delhi ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry ⓘ
constitutionalArticle	Article 239 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
flag	Tiranga (Indian national flag) ⓘ surface form: Flag of India
governsUnder	laws of India applicable to union territories ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
hasOfficialResidence	Raj Niwas, Port Blair ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant Governor’s House, Port Blair
hasStyle	His Excellency ⓘ
isPartOf	Union territory administration of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
jurisdiction	Andaman district ⓘ Nicobar district ⓘ North and Middle Andaman district ⓘ
legalSystem	Indian legal system ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritory	Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
memberOf	Inter-State Council (by virtue of office, when invited) ⓘ
nominator	Government of India ⓘ
officeCreatedUnder	Union Territories Act, 1963 ⓘ
officeHoldersAre	senior Indian civil servants or retired military officers or politicians ⓘ
officeHoldersOathAdministeredBy	Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court or a judge nominated by the President ⓘ
officeHoldersShareTitleWith	Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Administrator of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (historical title)
officeType	union territory lieutenant governorship ⓘ
positionInGovernment	head of union territory government ⓘ
power	can promulgate regulations for peace, progress and good governance of the territory subject to law ⓘ has authority over union territory administration ⓘ oversees implementation of central government policies in Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
reportsTo	President of India ⓘ
residence	Raj Niwas, Port Blair ⓘ
responsibility	coordination with Indian armed forces stationed in the islands ⓘ developmental administration of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ disaster management and relief in the islands ⓘ maintenance of law and order in Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
role	chief executive authority of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ head of the union territory’s executive ⓘ representative of the President of India in Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
seat	Port Blair ⓘ
symbol	State Emblem of India ⓘ surface form: Emblem of India
termLength	at the pleasure of the President of India ⓘ commonly five years, subject to continuation by President ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands → administrativeHead → Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ

Raj Niwas, Port Blair → associatedWithOffice → Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → category → Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant Governors of Indian union territories

Article 239 of the Constitution of India → exampleAdministratorOffice → Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → executiveBranch → Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ

Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → executivePowerExercisedThrough → Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ

Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → headOfGovernmentTitle → Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ

Article 239 of the Constitution of India → includesExample → Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as an Administrator

Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → officeHoldersShareTitleWith → Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Administrator of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (historical title)

Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → reportsTo → Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ