Sunith Francis Rodrigues

General
Sunith Francis Rodrigues
PVSM, VSM
General Sunith Francis Rodrigues PVSM, VSM
26th Governor of Punjab and 13th Administrator of Chandigarh
	In office; 16 November 2004 – 22 January 2010
Appointed by	President of India; (then, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam)
Chief Minister	Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (additional charge); Om Prakash Verma
Succeeded by	Shivraj Patil
32nd Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
	In office; 1 August 1991 – 30 June 1993
President	R. Venkataraman; Shankar Dayal Sharma
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Surinder Mehra
Succeeded by	Laxminarayan Ramdas
15th Chief of the Army Staff
	In office; 1 July 1990 – 30 June 1993
President	R. Venkataraman; Shankar Dayal Sharma
Prime Minister	V. P. Singh; Chandra Shekhar; P. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Vishwa Nath Sharma
Succeeded by	Bipin Chandra Joshi
Personal details
Born	19 September 1933; Bombay, British India
Died	4 March 2022 (aged 88); Panaji, Goa, India
Military career
Allegiance	India
Branch	Indian Army
Service years00	1952–1993
Rank	General
Service number	IC-6119
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Commands	Western Army; Central Army
Conflicts	Sino-Indian War of 1962; Indo-Pakistani war of 1965; Indo-Pakistani war of 1971
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal; Vishisht Seva Medal;
Other work	NSAB; Director of International Centre, Goa;

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General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM (19 September 1933 – 4 March 2022) was an Indian army officer who was Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army from 1990 to 1993 and Governor of Punjab from 2004 to 2010.