List of administrators of Lakshadweep

Administrator of Lakshadweep
Incumbent
Praful Khoda Patel
(additional charge)
since 5 December 2020
AppointerPresident of India
Term lengthFive Years
Inaugural holderU. R. Panicker
Formation1 November 1956; 68 years ago (1956-11-01)

The administrator of Lakshadweep is the constitutional and executive head of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. He is also the Chairman of Lakshadweep Development Corporation (a U.T. Administration public sector undertaking) and SPORTS (Society for Promotion of Recreational Tourism and Sports). He functions ex-officio as the Inspector General of Lakshadweep Police.

Administrators

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S. No. Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration
1 U. R. Panicker 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
(20) R. K. Verma 30 April 2001 19 June 2001 81 days
22 K. S. Mehra 19 June 2001 20 June 2004 3 years, 2 days
23 S. P. Singh 21 June 2004 21 November 2004 154 days
24 Parimal Rai 22 November 2004 11 August 2006 1 year, 263 days
25 Rajendra Kumar 11 August 2006 21 December 2006 133 days
26 B. V. Selvaraj 22 December 2006 16 May 2009 2 years, 145 days
27 Satya Gopal 27 May 2009 12 July 2009 47 days
28 J. K. Dadoo 13 July 2009 15 June 2011 1 year, 338 days
29 Amar Nath 11 July 2011 2012 1 year, 1 day
30 H. Rajesh Prasad 7 November 2012[2] 22 October 2015 2 years, 350 days
31 Vijay Kumar 25 October 2015 6 September 2016 318 days
32 Farooq Khan 6 September 2016 18 July 2019 2 years, 315 days
33 Mihir Vardhan 19 July 2019 2 November 2019 107 days
34 Dineshwar Sharma 3 November 2019 4 December 2020† 1 year, 32 days
- Praful Khoda Patel (additional charge) 5 December 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 14 days

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shri Amar Nath is the 30th Administrator... Archived 2011-11-11 at the Wayback Machine" [pdf]. The Lakshadweep Times, p. 3. 12 July 2011. Director of Information and Public Relations, Lakshadweep Administration. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.
  2. ^ Bio-data of the Hon'ble Administrator Archived 21 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Official Website of Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.