Satya Pal Malik

Satya Pal Malik is an Indian politician serving as the 21st and current Governor of Meghalaya. He was the 18th Governor of Goa, appointed by President Ram Nath Kovind on 25 October 2019. He assumed the position on 3 November 2019. Malik was also the last Governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir from August 2018 to October 2019, and it was during his tenure that the constitutional decision to abrogate Article 370, which gave special status to J&K, was taken on 5 August 2019.