Vinai Kumar Saxena
Vinai Kumar Saxena | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| 4th Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh | |
| Assumed office 6 March 2026 | |
| President | Droupadi Murmu |
| Preceded by | Kavinder Gupta |
| Lieutenant Governor of Delhi | |
| In office 26 May 2022 – 6 March 2026 | |
| Chief Minister | Arvind Kejriwal (2022–2024) Atishi Marlena (2024–2025) Rekha Gupta (2025–) |
| Preceded by | Anil Baijal |
| Succeeded by | Taranjit Singh Sandhu |
| Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission | |
| In office 25 October 2015 – 23 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Arun Kumar Jha |
| Succeeded by | Manoj Kumar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 March 1958 Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Party | Independent |
| Spouse | Sangita Saxena |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Kanpur University |
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Vinai Kumar Saxena (born 23 March 1958) is an Indian business executive who is currently serving as the 4th Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh since 2026. He previously served as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Delhi from 2022 to 2026. He previously served as chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission from 2015 to 2022. He also served as the president of Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute.
His tenure as the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi has been marred by allegations of partisanship, undue indulgences, and persistent interference in the administrative functions of the elected Delhi Government. Such criticisms have been amplified by his long-standing admiration for and association with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose party, the BJP, has remained at loggerheads with the Aam Aadmi Party, its principal opposition that governed Delhi until early 2025.