Kavinder Gupta

Kavinder Gupta
Gupta in 2025
23rd Governor of Himachal Pradesh
Assumed office
06 March 2026
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Chief MinsiterSukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Preceded byShiv Pratap Shukla
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh
In office
18 July 2025 – 06 March 2026
PresidentDroupadi Murmu
Preceded byB. D. Mishra
Succeeded byVinai Kumar Saxena
Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
In office
30 April 2018 – 19 June 2018
Chief MinisterMehbooba Mufti
Preceded byNirmal Kumar Singh
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Surinder Kumar Choudhary (UT)
Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
In office
18 March 2015 – 29 April 2018
GovernorNarinder Nath Vohra
Preceded byMubarak Gul
Succeeded byNirmal Kumar Singh
Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
In office
23 December 2014 – 2018
Preceded byRaman Bhalla
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyGandhinagar
Mayor of Jammu
In office
2005–2010
Succeeded byChander Mohan Gupta
Personal details
Born (1959-12-02) 2 December 1959
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
OccupationPolitician
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Kavinder Gupta (born 2 December 1959) is an Indian politician serving as 23rd Governor of Himachal Pradesh since 2026, He previously served as 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh from 2025 until his resignation in 2026. Previously, he served as the last Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state. Also he formerly served as the speaker of the Jammu & Kashmir Vidhan Sabha.

On 5 March 2026, Gupta resigned from the post of Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh after serving for just nine months in office.