Girish Chandra Murmu is an IAS officer. He was appointed as the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir on 31 October 2019. Mr. Murmu had resigned just a year after becoming LG.
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GC Murmu was born on Saturday, 21 November 1959 (age 63 years; as in 2022) in Sundergarh, Odisha. Their zodiac sign is Scorpio. He studied Master of Arts from Utkal University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He then moved to the United Kingdom to pursue an MBA from the University of Birmingham.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
Family, Caste and Wife
GC Murmu belongs to Scheduled Tribe (ST). There is not much information about his family. His wife’s name is Smita. They have a daughter Ruchikaa Murmu and a son Ruhaan Murmu.
GC Murmu’s daughter Ruchikaa Murmu
Ruhaan Murmu, son of GC Murmu
livelihood
Murmu is a 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre and has held several key positions in the Gujarat government. He has been Mines and Minerals Commissioner, Managing Director of Gujarat Maritime Board, Joint Secretary of Law and Order in Gujarat, Managing Director of Gujarat Industrial Investment Corporation (GIIC) and Principal Secretary to Narendra Modi when he was the Prime Minister. Chief Minister of Gujrat.
GC Murmu (centre) with Narendra Modi.
Murmu is a trusted aide of Narendra Modi. During his tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, he has advised Modi in many legal matters. In 2014, when Modi was elected as the Prime Minister of India, he appointed Murmu as Joint Secretary in the Finance Ministry. On 1 March 2019, Murmu was appointed as the Expenditure Secretary of India. In May 2019, he was included in Nirmala Sitharaman’s team that handled the 2019 Union Budget.
GC Murmu (far left) with Nirmala Sitharaman (centre)
On 25 October 2019, he was nominated as the first Lieutenant Governor of the newly formed Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir by the President of India. On 31 October 2019, Murmu was sworn in as the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. He was sworn in as the first Governor of Ladakh, R.K. Mathur, on the same day.
GC Murmu is taking oath as LG of Jammu and Kashmir.
On 5 August 2020, he resigned from the post of Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, and was replaced by former Minister of State for Communications and Minister of State for Railways, Manoj Sinha. On 6 August 2020, Mr. Murmu was appointed as the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of India; He succeeded Rajiv Mehrishi as C&AG.
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