Sunith Francis Rodrigues

General Sunith Francis Rodrigues PVSM, VSM
26th Governor of Punjab and 13th Administrator of Chandigarh
In office 16 November 2004 – 22 January 2010
Appointed by	President of India (then, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam)
Chief Minister	Parkash Singh Badal
Preceded by	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (Additional Charge) Om Prakash Verma
Succeeded by	Shivraj Patil
32nd Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
In office 1 August 1991 – 30 June 1993
President	R. Venkataraman Shankar Dayal Sharma
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Surinder Mehra
Succeeded by	Laxminarayan Ramdas
15th Chief of the Army Staff (India)
In office 1 July 1990 – 30 June 1993
President	R. Venkataraman Shankar Dayal Sharma
Prime Minister	V. P. Singh Chandra Shekhar P. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by	Vishwa Nath Sharma
Succeeded by	Bipin Chandra Joshi
Personal details
Born	(1933-09-19)19 September 1933 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British Raj (now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Died	4 March 2022(2022-03-04) (aged 88) Panaji, Goa, India
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Army
Years of service	1952–1993
Rank	General
Unit	Regiment of Artillery
Commands	Western Army Central Army Director General Military Training (DGMT)
Battles/wars	Sino-Indian War of 1962 Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Service number	IC-6119[1]
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal
Later work(s)	National Security Advisory Board Director of International Centre, Goa

General Sunith Francis Rodrigues, PVSM, VSM (19 September 1933 – 4 March 2022) was an Indian army officer who was Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army^[2][3] from 1990 to 1993 and Governor of Punjab from 2004 to 2010.