List of administrators of Lakshadweep

{{Short description|Lakshadweep's constitutional and executive head}}

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{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = Administrator

| native_name =

| image = Shri Praful Khoda Patel.jpg

| body = Lakshadweep

| insignia =

| insigniacaption = Emblem of Lakshadweep

| insigniasize=200

| incumbent = Praful Khoda Patel
(additional charge)

| incumbentsince = 5 December 2020

| style =

| residence =

| termlength = Five Years

| appointer = President of India

| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1956|11|1}}

| inaugural = U. R. Panicker

| website =

}}

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

"[http://intralak.nic.in/laktimes/July-12-2011.pdf Shri Amar Nath is the 30th Administrator...] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111222152/http://intralak.nic.in/laktimes/July-12-2011.pdf |date=2011-11-11 }}" [pdf]. The Lakshadweep Times, p. 3. 12 July 2011. Director of Information and Public Relations, Lakshadweep Administration. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.

class="wikitable sortable"

! bgcolor=#cccccc |S. No.

! bgcolor=#cccccc | Name

! bgcolor="#cccccc" | Took office

! bgcolor=#cccccc | Left office

! bgcolor=#cccccc | Duration

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | U. R. Panicker

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 1 November 1956

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 7 November 1956

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1956|11|01|1956|11|08}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | S. Mony

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 8 November 1956

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21 September 1958

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1956|11|08|1958|09|22}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 3

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | C. K. Balakrishna Nair

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 22 September 1958

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 5 December 1961

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1958|12|22|1961|12|06}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 4

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | M. Ramunni

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 6 December 1961

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8 April 1965

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1961|04|06|1965|04|09}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 5

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | C. H. Naire

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 9 April 1965

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 31 October 1969

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1965|04|09|1969|11|01}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 6

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | K. D. Menon

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 1 November 1969

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 30 April 1973

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1969|11|01|1973|05|01}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 7

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | W. Shaiza

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 22 May 1973

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21 June 1975

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1973|05|22|1975|02|22}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | M. C. Verma

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 22 June 1975

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14 February 1977

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1975|06|22|1977|02|14}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | S. D. Lakhar

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 21 February 1977

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 30 July 1978

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1977|02|21|1978|08|01}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 10

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | P. M. Nair

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 31 July 1978

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 15 June 1981

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1978|07|31|1981|06|16}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 11

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Pradip Mehra

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 15 June 1981

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21 July 1982

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1981|06|15|1982|07|22}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 12

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Omesh Saigal

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 21 July 1982

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9 July 1985

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1982|07|21|1985|07|10}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 13

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | J. Sagar

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 9 July 1985

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8 September 1987

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1985|07|09|1987|09|09}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Wajahat Habibullah

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 8 September 1987

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 31 January 1990

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1987|09|08|1990|02|01}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 15

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Pradip Singh

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 1 February 1990

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1 May 1990

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1990|02|01|1990|05|02}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 16

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | S. P. Aggarwal

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 2 May 1990

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 3 May 1992

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1990|05|02|1992|05|04}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 17

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Satish Chandra

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 4 May 1992

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9 September 1994

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1992|05|04|1994|09|10}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 18

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | G.S. Chima

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 9 September 1994

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14 June 1996

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1994|09|09|1996|06|15}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 19

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Rajeev Talwar

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 1 August 1996

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1 June 1999

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1996|08|01|1999|06|02}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 20

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | R. K. Verma

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 1 June 1999

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 20 August 1999

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1999|06|01|1999|08|21}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Chaman Lal

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 21 August 1999

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 30 April 2001

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1999|08|21|2001|06|02}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | (20)

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | R. K. Verma

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 30 April 2001

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 19 June 2001

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2001|04|30|2001|07|20}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 22

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | K. S. Mehra

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 19 June 2001

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 20 June 2004

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2001|06|19|2004|06|21}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 23

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | S. P. Singh

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 21 June 2004

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21 November 2004

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2004|06|21|2004|11|22}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 24

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Parimal Rai

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 22 November 2004

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 11 August 2006

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2004|11|22|2006|08|12}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 25

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Rajendra Kumar

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 11 August 2006

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21 December 2006

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2006|08|11|2006|12|22}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 26

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | B. V. Selvaraj

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 22 December 2006

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 16 May 2009

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2006|12|22|2009|05|16}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 27

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Satya Gopal

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 27 May 2009

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 12 July 2009

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2009|05|27|2009|07|13}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 28

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | J. K. Dadoo

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 13 July 2009

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 15 June 2011

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2009|07|13|2011|06|16}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 29

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Amar Nath

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 11 July 2011

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2012

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2011|07|11|2012|07|12}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 30

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | H. Rajesh Prasad

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 7 November 2012[http://lakshadweep.nic.in/administrator.html Bio-data of the Hon'ble Administrator] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221041738/http://lakshadweep.nic.in/administrator.html |date=21 February 2014 }}. Official Website of Union Territory of Lakshadweep. Retrieved on 23 February 2013.

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 22 October 2015

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2012|11|07|2015|10|23}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 31

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Vijay Kumar

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 25 October 2015

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 6 September 2016

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2015|10|25|2016|09|07}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 32

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Farooq Khan

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 6 September 2016

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 18 July 2019

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2016|09|06|2019|07|18}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 33

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Mihir Vardhan

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 19 July 2019

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 November 2019

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2019|07|19|2019|11|03}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 34

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Dineshwar Sharma

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 3 November 2019

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 4 December 2020{{Dagger}}

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|2019|11|03|2020|12|05}}

bgcolor=#DDEEFF | -

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Praful Khoda Patel (additional charge)

| bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 5 December 2020

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | Incumbent

| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{ayd|5 December 2020}}

See also

References

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