Jagdish Mukhi

Governor of Assam

Jagdish Mukhi (born 1 December 1942) is an Indian politician. In October 2017, he became the Governor of Assam.[1][2] and a member of BJP and RSS. [3] He also was Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicorbar Islands from 2016 to 2017. In 2019, he was the Governor of Mizoram.

Jagdish Mukhi
28th Governor of Assam
Assumed office
10 October 2017
Chief MinisterSarbananda Sonowal
Himanta Biswa Sarma
Preceded byBanwarilal Purohit
Governor of Nagaland
Additional Charge
Assumed office
17 September 2021
Chief MinisterNeiphiu Rio
Preceded byR. N. Ravi
Governor of Mizoram
Additional Charge
In office
8 March 2019 – 25 October 2019
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Chief MinisterZoramthanga
Preceded byKummanam Rajasekharan
Succeeded byP. S. Sreedharan Pillai
Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
In office
22 August 2016 – 7 October 2017
Preceded byA. K. Singh
Succeeded byDevendra Kumar Joshi
Personal details
Born (1942-12-01) 1 December 1942 (age 81)
Dajal, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
National Democratic Alliance
ResidenceRaj Bhawan, Guwahati
EducationB.Com (Hons) from Matsya University and M.Com/PhD (Finance) from Delhi University
Alma materKurukshetra University
Delhi University

References

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  1. "New governors appointed: All you need to know". The Times of India. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. "Who is Jagdish Mukhi?". Indian Express. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. "jagdish mukhi given additional charge of mizoram until the appointment of P S Sreedharan Pillai as the new governor". uniindia. Retrieved 8 March 2019.