Girish Chandra Saxena

Girish Chandra 'Gary' Saxena (5 January 1928 – 14 April 2017) was a governor of Jammu and Kashmir state in India. Born in Agra in 1928, he joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) and held many positions in police and retired as Director of the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency. He took over as the head of the State on 2 May 1998 for the second time. Earlier, he held the office of the Governor J&K from 26 May 1990 to 13 March 1993.

Girish Chandra Saxena
Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
In office
26 May 1990  12 March 1993
PresidentRamaswamy Venkataraman
Shankar Dayal Sharma
Prime MinisterV. P. Singh
Chandra Shekhar
P. V. Narasimha Rao
Chief MinistersVacant
Preceded byJagmohan
Succeeded byK. V. Krishna Rao
In office
2 May 1998  4 June 2003
PresidentK. R. Narayanan
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Chief MinistersFarooq Abdullah
Preceded byK. V. Krishna Rao
Succeeded bySrinivas Kumar Sinha
Director of the Research and Analysis Wing
In office
1983–1986
Preceded byN. F. Suntook
Succeeded byS. E. Joshi
Personal details
Born(1928-01-05)5 January 1928
Died14 April 2017(2017-04-14) (aged 89)
Awards Padma Bhushan (2005)
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