Lieutenant Governor

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constitutional office executive head

A Lieutenant Governor in India is the centrally appointed executive head of certain Union territories, functioning similarly to a state governor but under the direct authority of the President and the central government.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lieutenant Governor canonical	5
Lieutenant-Governor	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional office ⓘ executive head ⓘ
appointedBy	President of India ⓘ
appointedUnder	Article 239 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
authorityOf	President of India ⓘ
canActInDiscretion	when required by the Constitution or by the President ⓘ
canActOn	aid and advice of the Council of Ministers where such a council exists ⓘ
canBe	removed by the President of India ⓘ
category	public office in India ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Articles 239 to 241 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
differsFrom	Governor (India) in being directly under central control ⓘ
eligibility	usually a senior civil servant or experienced public figure ⓘ
existsIn	Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ surface form: Jammu and Kashmir (Union territory) Ladakh ⓘ National Capital Territory of Delhi ⓘ Puducherry ⓘ
governs	Union territory executive branch ⓘ
hasDiscretionaryPowers	yes, in specified matters ⓘ
hasPower	appoint other ministers of the Union territory on advice of the Chief Minister ⓘ appoint the Chief Minister of the Union territory where applicable ⓘ dissolve the Union territory legislative assembly where applicable ⓘ oversee administration of the Union territory ⓘ promulgate ordinances when the legislature is not in session where applicable ⓘ prorogue the Union territory legislature where applicable ⓘ reserve certain bills for consideration of the President of India ⓘ summon the Union territory legislature where applicable ⓘ withhold assent to bills passed by the Union territory legislature ⓘ
hasRoleIn	implementation of central government policies in the Union territory ⓘ maintenance of law and order in the Union territory ⓘ supervision of Union territory administration ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	Union territory ⓘ
oathAdministeredBy	Chief Justice of the concerned High Court or senior judge ⓘ
oversees	Union territory bureaucracy ⓘ
partOf	Union Government ⓘ surface form: Union government of India
reportsTo	President of India ⓘ
represents	central government in the Union territory ⓘ
residenceRequirement	must be an Indian citizen ⓘ
role	executive head of a Union territory ⓘ representative of the President in a Union territory ⓘ
similarTo	Governor of an Indian state ⓘ
style	His Excellency ⓘ
subordinateTo	Government of India ⓘ surface form: central government of India
symbolOf	Union territory’s formal head of state at the local level ⓘ
termLength	at the pleasure of the President of India ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Union territories of India → executiveHeadTitle → Lieutenant Governor ⓘ

Article 239 of the Constitution of India → administrativeHeadTitle → Lieutenant Governor ⓘ

East Bengal and Assam → headOfGovernmentTitle → Lieutenant Governor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant-Governor

Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi → hasCeremonialHeadTitle → Lieutenant Governor ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry → officeHoldersTitle → Lieutenant Governor ⓘ

Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces → officeHolderTitle → Lieutenant Governor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant-Governor

Vinai Kumar Saxena → hasTitle → Lieutenant Governor ⓘ