President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Dr Dinesh Sharma as the new Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Sharma will assume office from the date he takes charge, succeeding Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, who has served in the post since October 2017. A former Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister, Sharma previously served as Mayor of Lucknow before joining the state government in 2017. He later entered Parliament as a Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh in September 2023 and has served on the Rajya Sabha’s Panel of Vice-Chairpersons.
