G. C. Murmu

**Girish Chandra Murmu** (born 21 November 1959) is an Indian politician. He was the first Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He was a 1985 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Gujarat. In October 2019, he became the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.

## Early life and education

G.C. Murmu was born on 21 November 1959 in Betnoti village of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha in a Santal family. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Utkal University. He also holds an MBA degree from University of Birmingham. He is the eldest among eight siblings, six brothers and two sisters. One of his brothers, Sirish Chandra Murmu is working as a chief general manager at the Reserve Bank of India as of 2019.

## Career

In 2001, when Narendra Modi became chief minister of Gujarat, Murmu was the Relief Commissioner. Shortly afterwards he became Commissioner, Mines and Minerals and thereafter Managing Director, Gujarat Maritime Board.

Murmu's career took off in 2004 when he was made joint secretary of the Gujarat Home Department, which was headed by Amit Shah and directly supervised by Narendra Modi.
He was given the task of handling the 2002 Gujarat riots cases. when Amit Shah was in jail, Murmu prepared his case papers.

On 31 October 2019, Murmu took charge as the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir after the formation of the new Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. He succeeded Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik, to become the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. On 5 August 2020, he resigned from his position.

On 8 August 2020, he was appointed as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

## Related pages

- R. K. Mathur

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: G. C. Murmu
- **honorific-prefix**: The Honourable
- **honorific-suffix**: Indian Administrative Service, I.A.S
- **image**: File:Shri Girish Chandra Murmu, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.jpg
- **office**: List of lieutenant governors of Jammu and Kashmir, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
- **term start**: 31 October 2019
- **term end**: 6 August 2020
- **predecessor**: _Office Established
(Satya Pal Malik as Governor of Jammu and Kashmir)_
- **successor**: Manoj Sinha
- **2blankname**: Chief Minister
- **2namedata**: List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, Vacant
- **1blankname**: President
- **1namedata**: Ram Nath Kovind
- **office1**: Secretary to the Government of India, Expenditure Secretary of India
- **term start1**: 1 March 2019
- **term end1**: 30 October 2019
- **predecessor1**: Ajay Narayan Jha
- **successor1**: Atanu Chakraborty
- **nationality**: Indian
- **alma mater**: *Utkal University
*University of Birmingham
- **birth name**: Girish Chandra Murmu
- **birth place**: Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India
- **spouse**: Smita Shukla Murmu
- **children**: 2
- **residence**: *Raj Bhavan (Jammu), Raj Bhavan, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India (winter)
*Raj Bhavan (Srinagar), Raj Bhavan, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, India (summer)
- **occupation**: Indian Administrative Service, IAS officer