Kavinder Gupta to take over as Himachal Pradesh Governor

Kavinder Gupta has been appointed the new Governor of Himachal Pradesh, following a gubernatorial reshuffle announced by the President of India.
The appointment was made by President Droupadi Murmu and notified through an official communiqué issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Gupta will succeed Shiv Pratap Shukla, who had been serving as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh after taking oath on February 18, 2023.
The change will take effect from the date Gupta assumes charge of office.
Before this appointment, Gupta was serving as the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh from 2025 untill his resignation on Thursday.

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His transfer to Himachal Pradesh comes less than a year after he took over the constitutional post in the union Territory.
A senior political leader associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party, Gupta has had a long career in public life, particularly in the former state of Jammu and Kashmir.
He served as Deputy Chief Minister of the state in 2018 during the coalition government led by Mehbooba Mufti.

Earlier, Gupta had also served as the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly from 2015 to 2018. Over the years, he has held several organisational and legislative positions and has been associated with the party’s political activities for decades.
His appointment to the constitutional post in Himachal Pradesh is being seen as part of the Centre’s broader administrative reshuffle of governors in several states and union Territories.

Himachal Pradesh, which attained full statehood in 1971, has had a succession of Governors appointed by the Centre over the decades. With the appointment of Kavinder Gupta, he will become the 23rd Governor of the state.