Gurmit Singh | |
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8th Governor of Uttarakhand | |
Assumed office 15 September 2021[1] | |
Chief Minister | Pushkar Singh Dhami |
Preceded by | Baby Rani Maurya |
Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Information Systems and Training) | |
In office October 2014 – January 2016 | |
Preceded by | Jai Prakash Nehra (PVSM, AVSM**) |
Succeeded by | Jagbir Singh Cheema (PVSM, AVSM, VSM) |
Personal details | |
Born | Amritsar, Punjab, India | 1 February 1956
Political party | Bharatiya Janta Party |
Residence | Raj Bhavan, Dehradun |
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Website | governoruk |
Military service | |
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Years of service | –2016 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands | XV Corps Deputy Chief of Army Staff (IS&T) |
Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh[2] PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM (born 1 February 1956) was a Deputy Chief Staff of the Indian Army from 2014 to 2016. Currently, he is the 8th Governor of Uttarakhand since 2021.[3][4] Singh retired on 31 January 2016 after nearly four decades in the army, where he was deputy chief of Army Staff, and adjutant general and corps commander of strategic XV Corps that overlooks the Line of Control in Kashmir. He has also worked in border issues and counter-terrorism.
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