Jammu, August 21: Speculations for the new governor has ended with former Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik is chosen as new governor of the state.
On the recommendations of the central government, the President of India ordered the appointments and changes in the states of Governors
The President is pleased to make the following appointment/changes:-
(i) Shri Lal Ji Tandon as the Governor of Bihar.
(ii) Shri Satyadev Narayan Arya as the Governor of Haryana.
(iii) Smt. Baby Rani Maurya as the Governor of Uttarakhand.
(iv) Shri Satya Pal Malik, Governor of Bihar is transferred and appointed as Governor of Jammu & Kashmir.
(v) Shri Ganga Prasad, Governor of Meghalaya is transferred and appointed as Governor of Sikkim.
(vi) Shri Tathagata Roy, Governor of Tripura is transferred and appointed as Governor of Meghalaya.
(vii) Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor of Haryana is transferred and appointed as Governor of Tripura.
The above appointments will take effect from the dates the incumbents assume charge of their respective offices.
Who is Satya Pal Malik?
Satya Pal Malik was the Governor of Bihar appointed by President Ram Nath Kovind on 30 September 2017. On 21 March 2018 he was also given the additional charge to serve as Governor of Odisha up to 28 May 2018. Earlier, he was the member of the 9th Lok Sabha and represented Aligarh Constituency from 1989 to 1991. He was member of Rajya sabha from Uttar Pradesh during two term of 1980-86 and 1986-1992. He was also member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly during 1974-77.
He was born to a modest farmer family in a village- Hisawada, District- Baghpat (Meerut, before 1997), Uttar Pradesh.
