List of administrators of Lakshadweep

Administrator of Lakshadweep
since 5 December 2020
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holderU. R. Panicker
Formation1 November 1956 (1956-11-01)

The administrator of Lakshadweep is the constitutional and executive head of the Indian union territory of Lakshadweep. The administrator functions ex-officio as the Inspector General of Lakshadweep Police, and serves as the chairman of the Lakshadweep Development Corporation and the Society for Promotion of Recreational Tourism and Sports

List

# Portrait Name

(born- died)

Home state From To Time in office
1 U. R. Panicker Unknown 1 November 1956 7 November 1956 7 days
2 S. Mony 8 November 1956 21 September 1958 1 year, 318 days
3 C. K. Balakrishna Nair 22 September 1958 5 December 1961 2 years, 349 days
4 M. Ramunni 6 December 1961 8 April 1965 4 years, 3 days
5 C. H. Naire 9 April 1965 31 October 1969 4 years, 206 days
6 K. D. Menon 1 November 1969 30 April 1973 3 years, 181 days
7 W. Shaiza 22 May 1973 21 June 1975 1 year, 276 days
8 M. C. Verma 22 June 1975 14 February 1977 1 year, 237 days
9 S. D. Lakhar 21 February 1977 30 July 1978 1 year, 161 days
10 P. M. Nair 31 July 1978 15 June 1981 2 years, 320 days
11 Pradip Mehra 15 June 1981 21 July 1982 1 year, 37 days
12 Omesh Saigal 21 July 1982 9 July 1985 2 years, 354 days
13 J. Sagar 9 July 1985 8 September 1987 2 years, 62 days
14 Wajahat Habibullah 8 September 1987 31 January 1990 2 years, 146 days
15 Pradip Singh 1 February 1990 1 May 1990 90 days
16 S. P. Aggarwal 2 May 1990 3 May 1992 2 years, 2 days
17 Satish Chandra 4 May 1992 9 September 1994 2 years, 129 days
18 G.S. Chima 9 September 1994 14 June 1996 1 year, 280 days
19 Rajeev Talwar 1 August 1996 1 June 1999 2 years, 305 days
20 R. K. Verma 1 June 1999 20 August 1999 81 days
21 Chaman Lal 21 August 1999 30 April 2001 1 year, 285 days
22 R. K. Verma 30 April 2001 19 June 2001 81 days
23 K. S. Mehra 19 June 2001 20 June 2004 3 years, 2 days
24 S. P. Singh 21 June 2004 21 November 2004 154 days
25 Parimal Rai 22 November 2004 11 August 2006 1 year, 263 days
26 Rajendra Kumar 11 August 2006 21 December 2006 133 days
27 B. V. Selvaraj 22 December 2006 16 May 2009 2 years, 145 days
28 Satya Gopal 27 May 2009 12 July 2009 47 days
29 J. K. Dadoo 13 July 2009 15 June 2011 1 year, 338 days
30 Amar Nath 11 July 2011 12 July 2012 1 year, 1 day
31 H. Rajesh Prasad

(1967- 2022)

7 November 2012 22 October 2015 2 years, 350 days
32 Vijay Kumar 25 October 2015 6 September 2016 318 days
33 Farooq Khan

(born 1955)

6 September 2016 18 July 2019 2 years, 315 days
34 Mihir Vardhan

(born 1960)

19 July 2019 2 November 2019 107 days
35 Dineshwar Sharma

(1954- 2020)

3 November 2019 4 December 2020† 1 year, 32 days
36 Praful Khoda Patel

(born 1957)(Additional charge)

Gujarat 5 December 2020 Incumbent 5 years, 268 days

See also

  1. Lakshadweep

References