In a major reshuffling of the top-most position among the state executives, Satya Pal Malik was appointed as the governor of Goa on Friday. Earlier, he had held the office of Jammu and Kashmir Governor before its bifurcation.
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik is transferred and appointed as Governor of Goa. pic.twitter.com/f8FfmVBPCi
— ANI (@ANI) October 25, 2019
Satya Pal Malik was the former Governor of Bihar. Then, he was also given an additional charge of Odisha as a Governor for a couple of months in 2018.
Former Chief Information Commissioner Radha Krishna Mathur was appointed as the first Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh while Girish Chandra Murmu was appointed as the new Jammu & Kashmir lieutenant governor.
Radha Krishna Mathur is a retired 1977-batch IAS officer belonging to Tripura cadre. He retired as the chief information commissioner (CIC) in November 2018. Before holding the post of CIC, he had also retired as a defense secretary in May 2013.
Girish Chandra Murmu presently holds the post of Expenditure Secretary in the Finance Ministry and is a 1985 batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer. He was the principal secretary to Narendra Modi when he was the chief minister of Gujarat.
In another major reshuffling, PS Sreedharan Pillai has been appointed as the Governor of Mizoram. He currently holds the position of Kerala state president of the BJP. Talking about his appointment, he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him if he was interested in working outside Kerala. He accepted the offer and expressed his happiness over the new elevation.
PS Sreedharan Pillai has been appointed as the Governor of Mizoram. (File pic) pic.twitter.com/4nYgv0GTeh
— ANI (@ANI) October 25, 2019
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