Dr Dinesh Sharma Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Key facts

• President Droupadi Murmu appointed Dr Dinesh Sharma as Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
• The appointment will take effect from the date he assumes charge of the office.
• Dr Sharma is a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and currently a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.
• Born on January 12, 1964, in Lucknow, he served as Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2017 to 2022 in the Yogi Adityanath government, handling portfolios related to higher education, technical education, science and technology, and information technology.
• Before that, he was elected Mayor of Lucknow twice—first in 2006 and again in 2012—winning the second term by a record margin.
• A professor of commerce at the University of Lucknow since the early 1990s, Dr Sharma has guided numerous research scholars and remains associated with academic work.
• He began his public life through student organisations and rose through the ranks of the BJP’s youth wing before holding key organisational positions in the party.
• Admiral (Retd) Devendra Kumar Joshi has been serving as the Lieutenant Governor since October 2017; the fresh appointment marks a change in leadership of the island territory.