Om Prakash Mathur

{{Short description|Governor of Sikkim since 2024}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Om Prakash Mathur

|image = Om Prakash Mathur, 18th Governer of Sikkim.jpg

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|01|02|df=y}}

|birth_place = Bali, Rajasthan, India

|office =18th Governor of Sikkim

|term_start = 31 July 2024

|term_end =

|predecessor = Lakshman Acharya

|successor=

|office1 =Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/BJP-wins-all-seats-from-Rajasthan/article14417083.ece | title= BJP wins all seats from Rajasthan | first=Mohammed | last=Iqbal | date=12 June 2016 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=26 May 2018 }}

|term_start1 = 5 July 2016

|term_end1 = 4 July 2022

|successor1 = Randeep Surjewala

|predecessor1 = Ashk Ali Tak

|constituency1 = Rajasthan

|term2 = 2008–2014

|constituency2 = Rajasthan

|office3 = State President of BJP Rajasthan

|term3 = 2008-2009

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|office4 = State Incharge, ChattisgarhBharatiya Janata Party

|term_start4 = 2023

|term_end4 = 2024

|residence = Raj Bhavan, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

}}

Om Prakash Mathur (born 2 January 1952) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Governor of Sikkim. He is a former member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan state in India and is a senior politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. Initially, he was groomed by Bhairon Singh Shekhawat but later he became a leader on his own in BJP. He was a Pracharak with the RSS and later General Secretary- in charge of the Gujarat BJP.

On 29 May 2016, he was nominated as one of the BJP candidates for the biennial elections of the Rajya Sabha slated to be held on 11 June. He will contest from Rajasthan.{{cite news|title=Naidu, Naqvi, Goyal among 12 in BJP's RS list|url=http://www.abplive.in/india-news/naidu-naqvi-goyal-among-12-in-bjps-rs-list-352440|access-date=30 May 2016|publisher=ABP Live|date=29 May 2016|archive-date=30 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530152104/http://www.abplive.in/india-news/naidu-naqvi-goyal-among-12-in-bjps-rs-list-352440|url-status=dead}}

He is from the village Bedal, near Falna in Bali tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan. Born in 1952, he studied B.A. at Rajasthan University, Jaipur.

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Om Prakash Mathur as governor of Sikkim on 27 July 2024.{{cite news |last1=Mallick |first1=Ashesh |date=28 July 2024 |title=President appoints 6 new Governors including Om Prakash Mathur, Santosh Gangwar, reshuffles 3 others |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/president-murmu-appoints-new-governors-gangwar-goes-to-jharkhand-gulab-chand-kataria-to-punjab-manipur-telangana-maharashtra-latest-updates-2024-07-28-944002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240728050455/https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/president-murmu-appoints-new-governors-gangwar-goes-to-jharkhand-gulab-chand-kataria-to-punjab-manipur-telangana-maharashtra-latest-updates-2024-07-28-944002 |archive-date=28 July 2024 |work=India TV News |access-date=28 July 2024}}