Manoj Sinha

Manoj Sinha
2nd Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 August 2020[1]
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
President	Ram Nath Kovind, Droupadi Murmu
Chief Minister	Vacant
Preceded by	G. C. Murmu
Minister of State, Government of India
In office 16 May 2014 – 24 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Ministry	Term
Ministry of Railways (MoS)	26 May 2014 - 24 May 2019
Ministry of Communications (MoS, Independent charge)	5 July 2016 - 24 May 2019
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Radhe Mohan Singh
Succeeded by	Afzal Ansari
Constituency	Ghazipur
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Omprakash Singh
Succeeded by	Afzal Ansari
Constituency	Ghazipur
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Vishwanath Shastri
Succeeded by	Omprakash Singh
Constituency	Ghazipur
Personal details
Born	(1959-07-01) 1 July 1959 (age 65) Mohanpura, Ghazipur District, Uttar Pradesh
Citizenship	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Neelam Sinha ​ (m. 1977)​
Residences	Raj Bhavan, Jammu (winter) Raj Bhavan, Srinagar (summer)
Alma mater	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
Profession	Civil engineer

Manoj Sinha (born 1 July 1959) is an Indian politician serving as the 2nd and the current Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.^[1][2] He served as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Communications and Minister of State for Railways in the Government of India. Sinha was elected as Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing Ghazipur for three terms from the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[3][4] Sinha was in the race for the post of UP Chief Minister after 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.^[5][6][7][8]