Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

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constitutional office

The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir is the centrally appointed constitutional head and chief executive authority of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, overseeing its administration and governance on behalf of the President of India.

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Label	Occurrences
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir canonical	4

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	President of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
canActOn	subjects under the Concurrent List applicable to Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ subjects under the Union List applicable to Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
constitutingInstrument	Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
firstHolder	G. C. Murmu NERFINISHED ⓘ
flagUsed	Flag of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
formationDate	31 October 2019 ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Union Territory administration of Jammu and Kashmir NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	executive functions of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
hasPower	to appoint the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ to appoint the Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ to dissolve the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (when in existence) ⓘ to prorogue the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (when in existence) ⓘ to summon the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (when in existence) ⓘ
legalStatus	head of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
memberOf	Inter-State Council (by virtue of office, when nominated) NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominator	Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHolder	Manoj Sinha NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHoldersCount	2 (as of 2024) ⓘ
officeLocation	Raj Bhavan, Jammu NERFINISHED ⓘ Raj Bhavan, Srinagar NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeType	Union Territory lieutenant governorship ⓘ
oversees	administration of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ implementation of central government policies in Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
precededByOffice	Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
rank	representative of the President at the Union Territory level ⓘ
relatedEvent	abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India ⓘ reorganisation of the former State of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories in 2019 ⓘ
relatedTo	Government of Jammu and Kashmir NERFINISHED ⓘ Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportsTo	President of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
represents	President of India in Jammu and Kashmir NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Raj Bhavan, Jammu NERFINISHED ⓘ Raj Bhavan, Srinagar NERFINISHED ⓘ
seat	Jammu NERFINISHED ⓘ Srinagar NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	His Excellency ⓘ
successorTo	Governor of the State of Jammu and Kashmir after state bifurcation ⓘ
symbol	Emblem of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir (after reorganization in 2019, until constituted) → subordinateTo → Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ

Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir (after reorganization in 2019, until constituted) → dissolutionAuthority → Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ

Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 → providesFor → Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ

University of Kashmir → chancellor → Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ