Ganeshi Lal | |
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![]() Ganeshi Lal in 2018 | |
25th Governor of Odisha | |
Assumed office 29 May 2018 | |
Chief Minister | Naveen Patnaik |
Preceded by | Satya Pal Malik |
Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1996-2000 | |
Constituency | Sirsa, Haryana[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Sirsa, Punjab, British India (present-day Haryana, India) | 1 March 1941
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse |
Susheela Devi (died 2020) |
Residence(s) | Raj Bhavan, Odisha |
Source: [1] |
Ganeshi Lal (born 1 March 1941) is an Indian politician and the incumbent Governor of the Odisha state.[2][3]
Ganeshi Lal was born in Sirsa, Haryana on 1 March 1941.[4] He received a university degree in English and a post-graduate degree in mathematics. Subsequently, he worked as a professor in different Government colleges in Haryana between 1964 and 1991.
From 2003 to 2006 he served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana unit. [5]
He has authored a book on Bhagavad Gita titled Non-attached Attachment.[6]
Lal married Sushila Devi,[4] who died on 23 November 2020 due to COVID-19.[7][8] They have seven children.