List of the Lieutenant Governors of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (1966-2022)

India has 8 Union Territories. Delhi, Puducherry, Ladakh, J&K, Andaman and the Nicobar Islands have Lieutenant Governors (LGs) as their heads. All the LGs of Delhi reside at Raj Niwas. The President of India elects them for a tenure of 5 years. Recently, Vinai Kumar Saxena was appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. What does the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi do? The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi is considered the constitutional head of Delhi. While the central government controls the sectors like public order, police, and land, other sectors like health, education, agriculture, forest, and transport come under the city government. But after the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill of 2021 was passed, LG has more power than before in this act. According to this Amendment, the expression ‘government’ in laws made by the Legislative Assembly will mean the Lieutenant Governor. It also states that the LG must be considered before taking an executive decision. Let's have a look at the former Lieutenant Governors of NCT of Delhi from 1966 to 2022:

Name	Tenure Served	Worked Before in
Aditya Nath Jha	07-09-1966 to 19-01-1972	I.C.S.
M- G- Pimptkar	19-01-1972 to 23-04-1972	I.C.S.
Baleshwar Prasad	24-04-1972 to 03-10-1974	I.A.S.
Krishan Chand	04-10-1974 to 30-03-1977	I.C.S.
D. R. Kohli	31-03-1977 to 16-02-1980	I.C.S.
Jagmohan	17-02-1980 to 30-03-1981	I.A.S.
S. L. Khurana	30-03,1981 to 01-09-1982	I.A.S.
Jagmohan	02-09-1982 to 25-04-1984	I.A.S.
P. G. Gavai	26-04-1984 to 03-11-1984	I.A.S.
M. M. K. Wali	04-11-1984 to 15-11-1985	I.A.S.
A V M H. L. Kapur	16-11-1985 to 03-08-1988	PVSM, AVSM
Romesh Bhandari	04-08-1988 to 13-12-1989	I.A.S.
ACM Arjan Singh	14-12-1989 to 17-12-1990	D.F.C.
Markandey Singh	17-12-1990 to 04-05-1992	I.P.S.
P.K. Dave	04-05-1992 to 04-01-1997	I.A.S.
Tejendra Khanna	04-01-1997 to 20-04-1998	I.A.S.
Vijai Kapoor	20-04-1998 to 08-06-2004	I.A.S.
B. L. Joshi	09-06-2004 to 08-04-2007	-
Tejendra Khanna	09-04-2007 to 08-07-2013	I.A.S.
Najeeb Jung	09-07-2013 to 22-12-2016	I.A.S.
Anil Baijal	31-12-2016 to 18-05-2022	-
Vinai Kumar Saxena	Currently serving his tenure	-

List of the Lieutenant Governors of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (1966-2022)

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