Lakshman Acharya
Lakshman Prasad Acharya | |
|---|---|
Acharya in 2024 | |
| 28th Governor of Assam | |
| Assumed office 30 July 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Himanta Biswa Sarma |
| Preceded by | Gulab Chand Kataria |
| Governor of Manipur | |
Additional Charge | |
| In office 30 July 2024 – 2 January 2025 | |
| Chief Minister | N. Biren Singh |
| Preceded by | Anusuiya Uikey |
| Succeeded by | Ajay Kumar Bhalla |
| 17th Governor of Sikkim | |
| In office 16 February 2023 – 26 July 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Prem Singh Tamang |
| Preceded by | Ganga Prasad |
| Succeeded by | Om Prakash Mathur |
| Deputy Leader of the House in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| In office 19 August 2020 – 15 February 2023 | |
| Chairman | Kunwar Manvendra Singh |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| In office 31 January 2015 – 15 February 2023 | |
| Constituency | elected by MLAs |
| Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 10 February 2018 – 15 February 2023 | |
| President | Mahendra Nath Pandey Swatantra Dev Singh |
| Chairman of Fisheries Development Corporation, Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 1997–2000 | |
| Succeeded by | Ravikant Garg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 October 1954 Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse |
Kumud Devi (m. 1987) |
| Children | 1 |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Lakshman Prasad Acharya (born 3 October 1954) is an Indian politician, serving as the 28th Governor of Assam. He was the 17th Governor of Sikkim from 2023 to 2024. Being affiliated with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), he was a member of the Legislative Council from Uttar Pradesh elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly from 2015 to 2023.
He was also Vice-President of Uttar Pradesh state unit of the BJP and the President of Uttar Pradesh Kashi Kshetra BJP.
He was appointed BJP’s election convener of the Varanasi parliamentary seat, which was contested by Shri Narendra Modi for the 2019 General elections.