Jagdish Mukhi

Jagdish Mukhi Biography

Jagdish Mukhi is the current Governor of Assam, and a member of BJP and RSS. Previously the Lieutenant Governors of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, past positions have included minister of Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation and Higher Education in the Delhi government. Mr. Jagdish Mukhi was born on December 1, 1942 at Dajal, Dera Ghazi Khan of Punjab, now in Pakistan.

Mr. Mukhi took to active politics on June 25, 1975 when the Emergency was clamped. He has been representing the Janak Puri constituency continuously from 1980, winning seven times in the process. Mr. Mukhi had earlier held the portfolios of Finance, Planning, Excise & Taxation and Higher Education in the Delhi Government. He was also the leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly between 1998 and 2008. Mr. Mukhi has been serving as the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

He graduated in commerce from Raj Rishi College, Alwar (Rajasthan). In 1967, he did his M.Com from Shri Ram College of Commerce of Delhi University.

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Updated: September 30, 2017