Administrator of Lakshadweep Appointer President of India Term length Five Years Inaugural holder U. R. Panicker Formation 1 November 1956; 67 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
[1]
S. No.
Name
Took office
Left office
1
U. R. Panicker
1 November 1956
7 November 1956
2
S. Mony
8 November 1956
21 September 1958
3
C. K. Balakrishna Nair
22 September 1958
5 December 1961
4
M. Ramunni
6 December 1961
8 April 1965
5
C. H. Naire
9 April 1965
31 October 1969
6
K. D. Menon
1 November 1969
30 April 1973
7
W. Shaiza
22 May 1973
21 June 1975
8
M. C. Verma
22 June 1975
14 February 1977
9
S. D. Lakhar
21 February 1977
30 July 1978
10
P. M. Nair
31 July 1978
15 June 1981
11
Pradip Mehra
15 June 1981
21 July 1982
12
Omesh Saigal
21 July 1982
9 July 1985
13
J. Sagar
9 July 1985
8 September 1987
14
Wajahat Habibullah
8 September 1987
31 January 1990
15
Pradip Singh
1 February 1990
1 May 1990
16
S. P. Aggarwal
2 May 1990
3 May 1992
17
Satish Chandra
4 May 1992
9 September 1994
18
G.S. Chima
9 September 1994
14 June 1996
19
Rajeev Talwar
1 August 1996
1 June 1999
20
R. K. Verma
1 June 1999
20 August 1999
21
Chaman Lal
21 August 1999
30 April 2001
(20)
R. K. Verma
30 April 2001
19 June 2001
22
K. S. Mehra
19 June 2001
20 June 2004
23
S. P. Singh
21 June 2004
21 November 2004
24
Parimal Rai
22 November 2004
11 August 2006
25
Rajendra Kumar
11 August 2006
21 December 2006
26
B. V. Selvaraj
22 December 2006
16 May 2009
27
Satya Gopal
27 May 2009
12 July 2009
28
J. K. Dadoo
13 July 2009
15 June 2011
29
Amar Nath
11 July 2011
2012
30
H. Rajesh Prasad
7 November 2012[2]
22 October 2015
31
Vijay Kumar
25 October 2015
6 September 2016
32
Farooq Khan
6 September 2016
18 July 2019
33
Mihir Vardhan
19 July 2019
2 November 2019
34
Dineshwar Sharma
3 November 2019
4 December 2020†
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Praful Khoda Patel (additional charge)
5 December 2020
Incumbent
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