Girish Chandra Murmu is an IAS officer. He was appointed as the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on October 31, 2019. Mr. Murmu resigned from LG one year after its establishment.
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GC Murmu was born on Saturday, November 21, 1959, in Sundergarh, Odisha (age 63; as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Scorpio. He pursued his MA in Literature from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He then went to the University of Birmingham in the UK to study for an MBA.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′6″
Eye color: black
Hair color: black
family, caste and wife
GC Murmu belongs to the Scheduled Tribe (ST). Little is known about his family. His wife’s name is Smita. He has a daughter Ruchika Murmu and a son Ruhaan Murmu.
GC Murmu’s daughter Ruchika Murmu
GC Murmu’s son Ruhaan Murmu
Profession
Murmu is a 1985-batch IAS officer from Gujarat cadre and has served in many key positions in the Gujarat government. He has served as Commissioner of Mines and Minerals, Managing Director of Gujarat Maritime Commission, Joint Secretary of Law and Order, Gujarat, Managing Director of Gujarat Industrial Investment Corporation (GIIC) and Principal Secretary to Narendra Modi. Chief Minister of Gujarat.
GC Murmu (centre) and Narendra Modi
Murmu is a trusted aide of Narendra Modi. While serving as chief minister of Gujarat, he advised Modi on many legal matters. In 2014, Modi was elected Prime Minister of India and appointed Murmu as Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. On March 1, 2019, Murmu was appointed as India’s Expenditure Minister. In May 2019, he joined Nirmala Sitharaman’s team to handle the 2019 Union Budget.
GC Murmu (far left) and Nirmala Sitharaman (middle)
On October 25, 2019, he was nominated by the President of India as the first Lieutenant Governor of the newly established Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. On October 31, 2019, Murmu was sworn in as the first Lieutenant Governor of Johnson & Johnson. He was sworn in on the same day as RK Mathur, the first Governor of Ladakh.
GC Murmu sworn in as Johnson & Johnson LG
On August 5, 2020, he resigned as the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and was succeeded by Manoj Sinha, former Minister of State for Transport and Minister of State for Railways. On August 6, 2020, Mr. Murmu was appointed as Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of India; he succeeds Rajiv Mehrishi as C&AG.
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Source: HIS Education