Girish Chandra Murmu (born 21 November 1959) is the 14th

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and the external auditor of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He is also the chairman of the

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Panel of

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and the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions. He is currently the external auditor of the WHO (2020-2023), succeeding the Auditor General of the Philippines. He was the Inaugural Lieutenant Governor of the

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till 6 August 2020. He is a 1985 batch

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officer of

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cadre and was principal secretary to

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during his tenure as the

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Early life and education

G.C. Murmu was born on 21 November 1959 in Betnoti village of

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district in

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in a

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family. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from Utkal University. He also holds an MBA degree from

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. He is the eldest among eight siblings, six brothers and two sisters. One of his brothers, Shirish Chandra Murmu is working as an Executive Director at the

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as of 2022.

Career

In 2001, when

became chief minister of

, Murmu was the Relief Commissioner. Shortly afterwards he became Commissioner, Mines and Minerals and thereafter Managing Director,

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. Murmu's career took off in 2004 when he was made joint secretary of the Gujarat Home Department, which was headed by Amit Shah and directly supervised by Narendra Modi. He was given the task of handling the

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cases. when Amit Shah was in jail, Murmu prepared his case papers. On 31 October 2019, Murmu took charge as the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir after the formation of the new Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir under the

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. He succeeded

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Satya Pal Malik, to become the 1st

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. Chief Justice of

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administered the oath of office at a function at

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. On 5 August 2020, he resigned from his position. On 8 August 2020, he was appointed as the

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Murmu, G C 1959 births Living people Utkal University alumni Alumni of the University of Birmingham Indian Administrative Service officers People from Mayurbhanj district Santali people Lieutenant Governors of Jammu and Kashmir