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{{Short description|Both head of state & government}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Administrator
| title = Administrator
| native_name =
| body = Chandigarh
| insignia = 
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Chandigarh]]
| incumbent = [[Gulab Chand Kataria]]
| image =File:Gulab Chand Kataria (cropped).jpg
| incumbentsince = 31 July 2024
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Punjab)|Raj Bhavan]]; [[Chandigarh]]
| termlength = Five Years
| appointer = [[President of India]] on the advice of [[Union Council of Ministers]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1984|06|01}}
| inaugural = Bhairab Dutt Pandey
| website = http://chandigarh.gov.in/
| reports_to = [[President of India]]
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of India|Article 239 of the Constitution]]
}}

The '''Administrator of Chandigarh''' is appointed by the [[President of India]] under article 239 of the [[Constitution of India]].

Since 1984, the [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Governor of Punjab]] has acted as the administrator of [[Chandigarh]]. The [[official residence]] is [[Raj Bhavan (Punjab)|Raj Bhavan, Punjab]] in Chandigarh.<ref name="Meaning: Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh">{{cite news |last1=The Indian Express |title=Meaning: Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/vp-singh-badnore-punjab-governor-administrator-of-the-union-territory-of-chandigarh-2989424/ |access-date=16 January 2024 |date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116130711/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/vp-singh-badnore-punjab-governor-administrator-of-the-union-territory-of-chandigarh-2989424/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==Chief commissioners==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc;" 
!#
!Name
!Portrait
!Took office
!Left office
!Duration
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 1
|| [[Mohinder Singh Randhawa]]
|[[File:Chandigarh, India rose garden bust of Dr Randhawa 5.jpg|106x106px]]
|| 1 November 1966
|| 31 October 1968
|
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 2
|| Damodar Das 
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
|| 31 October 1968
|| 8 April 1969
|
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 3
|| B. P. Bagchi 
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
|| 8 April 1969
|| 1 September 1972
|
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 4
|| Mohan Prakash Mathur 
|&nbsp;[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
|| 1 September 1972
|| December 1975
|
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 5
|| G. P. Gupta 
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
|| December 1975
|| 15 June 1976
|
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 6
|| [[T. N. Chaturvedi]] 
|[[File:T. N. Chaturvedi.jpg|72x72px]]
|| 15 June 1976
|| June 1978
|
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 7
|| J. C. Agrawal 
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
|| June 1978
|| 19 July 1980
|
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 8
|| B. S. Sarao 
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
|| 19 July 1980
|| 8 March 1982
|
|- style="background:#def;" 
|| 9
|| Krishna Banerjee 
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
|| 8 March 1982
|| 31 May 1984
|
|}

== Administrators of Chandigarh ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''#'''
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Name'''
!bgcolor="#cccccc" |Portrait
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Took office'''
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Left office'''
! bgcolor="#cccccc" |'''Duration'''
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 1
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Bhairab Dutt Pande]]y
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 1 June 1984
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 July 1984
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1984|06|01|1984|07|03}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 2
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 3 July 1984
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14 March 1985
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1984|07|03|1985|03|05}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 3
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Arjun Singh 1998 New Delhi.jpg|60x60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 14 March 1985
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14 November 1985
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1985|03|14|1985|11|15}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | -
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Hokishe Sema]] ''(addl. charge)''
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 14 November 1985
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 26 November 1985
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1985|11|14|1985|11|27}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 4
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma.jpg|84x84px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 26 November 1985
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 April 1986
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1985|11|26|1986|04|03}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 5
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray|Siddharta Shankar Ray]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:SiddharthaShankarRay.png|82x82px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 2 April 1986
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8 December 1989
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1986|04|02|1989|12|09}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 6
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Nirmal Mukarji]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 8 December 1989
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14 June 1990
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1989|12|08|1990|06|15}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 7
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Virendra Verma]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 14 June 1990
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 18 December 1990
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 8
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |[[Om Prakash Malhotra]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Om-prakash-Mhalotra.jpg|74x74px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 18 December 1990
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 7 August 1991
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 9
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Surendra Nath]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 7 August 1991
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9 July 1994

|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | -
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 10 July 1994
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 18 September 1994
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 10
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |[[B. K. N. Chhibber]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 18 September 1994
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 27 November 1999
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 11
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |[[J. F. R. Jacob]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:JFR Jacob.jpg|86x86px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 27 November 1999
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8 May 2003
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 12
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Om Prakash Verma]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:No_image_available.svg|60x60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 8 May 2003
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 3 November 2004
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | -
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai]] ''(addl. charge)''
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (cropped).jpg|69x69px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 3 November 2004
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 16 November 2004
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 13
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |[[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:General Sunith Francis Rodrigues.jpg|65x65px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 16 November 2004
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 22 January 2010
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 14
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Shivraj Patil]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Shivraj Patil in pensive mood at the inauguration of the one day Seminar on “The Role of Media in Bringing Parliament Closer to the People”.jpg|88x88px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 22 January 2010
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21 January 2015
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | -
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Kaptan Singh Solanki]] <br>''(addl. charge)''
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Kaptan Singh Solanki.png|81x81px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 21 January 2015
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 22 August 2016
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 15
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[V. P. Singh Badnore]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:V P Singh Badnore.JPG|91x91px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 22 August 2016
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 30 August 2021
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 16
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Banwarilal Purohit]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Banwarilal Purohit.jpg|79x79px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 31 August 2021
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 30 July 2024
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 17
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Gulab Chand Kataria]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 31 July 2024
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | ''Incumbent''  
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|}

==See also==

* [[Governor (India)|Governors in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

* http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html

==External links==
* {{official website|http://chandigarh.gov.in/admn_old_admrs.htm}}

{{Current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators}}

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