Jagdish Mukhi

Prof. Jagdish Mukhi (born 1 December 1942) is an Indian politician who served as the 28th Governor of Assam from 2017 to 2023, the Governor of Nagaland (Additional Charge) from 2021 to 2023 and the Governor of Mizoram on 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Mukhi served as the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands from 2016 to 2017, Minister of Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation and Higher Education, Government of Delhi in the Swaraj ministry from 1998 to 1998 representing Janakpuri Assembly constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 2015.

Early years and family life Professor Jagdish Mukhi was born on 1 December 1942 in Dajal (in present-day Pakistan) to a Saraiki Khatri Hindu family. At age 4, during the Partition of India, the family moved to Sohna.

Mukhi gained a B.Com. from Raj Rishi College in Alwar, Rajasthan in 1965, followed by a M.Com. from the University of Delhi in 1967o. Until entering politics he was a professor at Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University. then Governor of Assam in September 2017.