Lakshman Acharya

Lakshman Prasad Acharya
17th Governor of Sikkim
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 February 2023
President	Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Chief Minister	Prem Singh Tamang
Preceded by	Ganga Prasad
Deputy Leader of the House in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office 19 August 2020 – 30 January 2021
Chairman	Kunwar Manvendra Singh
Chief Minister	Yogi Adityanath
In office 15 February 2021 – 15 February 2023
Succeeded by	Vidyasagar Sonkar
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office 1 January 2015 – 31 January 2021
Chief Minister	Akhilesh Yadav Yogi Adityanath
Constituency	Elected by members of the legislative assembly
In office 31 January 2021 – 15 February 2023
Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh
In office 10 February 2018 – 15 February 2023
President	Mahendra Nath Pandey Swatantra Dev Singh
Chairman of Fisheries Development Corporation, Uttar Pradesh
In office 1997–2000
Succeeded by	Ravikant Garg
Personal details
Born	(1954-10-03) 3 October 1954 (age 69) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Spouse	Kumud Devi (m. 1987)
Children	Shraddha

Lakshman Prasad Acharya (born 3 October 1954) is an Indian politician, serving as the 17^th Governor of Sikkim. Being affiliated to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), he was a member of Legislative Council from Uttar Pradesh elected by the members of Legislative Assembly from 2015 to 2023.

He was also Vice-President of Uttar Pradesh state unit of the BJP and the President of Uttar Pradesh Kashi Kshetra BJP.

He was appointed BJP’s election convener of Varanasi parliamentary seat being contested by Shri Narendra Modi for the 2019 General elections.