Taranjit Singh Sandhu appointed Governor of Delhi

28-Apr-2026

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Former Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, has been appointed as the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of New Delhi.

According to announcements issued by the President’s Secretariat, Vinai Kumar Saxena, who previously served as Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor, has been appointed as Governor of Ladakh, with Sandhu succeeding him.

Sandhu previously served as India’s Ambassador to the United States and was High Commissioner to Sri Lanka from 2017 to 2020. He also served at the Indian High Commission in Colombo between 2000 and 2004 as Political Officer.

Notably, he contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Amritsar constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party but was defeated.