List of lieutenant governors of Delhi


The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi is the constitutional head of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The post was first established in September 1966, when The Delhi Administration Act, 1966 came into effect. Thus the former Delhi Legislative Assembly was replaced by the Delhi Metropolitan Council with 56 elected and 5 nominated members with the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi as its head. The Council however had no legislative powers, only an advisory role in the governance of Delhi. This setup functioned till 1990, when the Assembly was reinstated; the position of Lieutenant Governor retained its role.
Serving since 31 December 2016, the current Lieutenant Governor is Anil Baijal, a former Union Home Secretary. His official residence is in Raj Niwas, Delhi.

Chief Commissioners

They were ICS officers executive head of the union territories.
#NameTook officeLeft office
1Shankar Prasada19481954
2Anand Dattahaya Pandit19541959
3Bhagwan Sahay19591963
4Venkata Vishwanathan19647 September 1966
5Aditya Nath Jha7 September 19661 November 1966

Lieutenant governors

So far there has been 21 holders for this post, including 13 IAS officers, generally retired with exception of Najeeb Jung who resigned from the service, 4 ICS officers, 2 IPS officers and 2 from other military backgrounds who held this post.
#NameTook officeLeft office
1Aditya Nath Jha, ICS7 November 196619 January 1972
2M.C. Pimputkar, ICS19 January 197223 April 1972
3Baleshwar Prasad, IAS24 April 19723 October 1974
4Krishan Chand, ICS3 October 197430 March 1978
5Dalip Rai Kohli, ICS30 March 197817 February 1980
6Jagmohan, IAS17 February 198030 March 1981
7Sundar Lal Khurana, IAS30 March 19812 September 1982
8Jagmohan, IAS2 September 198225 April 1984
9P. G. Gavai, IAS25 April 1984Nov 1984
10Mohan M.K. Wali, IASNov 1984Nov 1985
11Harkishan Lal Kapoor, PVSM, AVSMNov 1985Aug 1988
12Romesh Bhandari, IASAug 1988Dec 1989
13Arjan Singh, DFCDec 1989Dec 1990
14Markandey Singh, IPSDec 19904 May 1992
15Prasannabhai Karunashankar Dave, IAS4 May 19924 January 1997
16Tejendra Khanna,IAS4 January 199720 April 1998
17Vijai Kapoor, IAS20 April 19989 June 2004
18Banwari Lal Joshi, IPS9 June 20049 April 2007
19Tejendra Khanna, IAS9 April 20079 July 2013
20Najeeb Jung, IAS9 July 201322 December 2016
21Anil Baijal, IAS31 December 2016Incumbent