Om Prakash Mathur
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Om Prakash Mathur | |
|---|---|
 Mathur in 2025 | |
| Governor of Sikkim | |
| Assumed office 31 July 2024 | |
| Chief Minister | Prem Singh Tamang |
| Preceded by | Lakshman Acharya |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha[1] | |
| In office 5 July 2016 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ashk Ali Tak |
| Succeeded by | Randeep Surjewala |
| Constituency | Rajasthan |
| In office 10 April 2008 — 9 April 2014 | |
| Constituency | Rajasthan |
| State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan | |
| In office 2008-2009 | |
| State Incharge of Bharatiya Janata Party, Chhattisgarh | |
| In office 2023–2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1952 Bali, Rajasthan, India |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Om Prakash Mathur (born 2 January 1952) is an Indian politician serving as the 18th Governor of Sikkim since 31 July 2024.[2]
He was a former member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan and a senior politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He was mentored by Bhairon Singh Shekhawat but later he became a leader on his own in BJP. He was a Pracharak with the RSS and later General Secretary- in charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party – Gujarat.
On 29 May 2016, he was nominated as one of the BJP candidates for the biennial elections of the Rajya Sabha held on 11 June. He contested from Rajasthan.[3]
He is from the village Bedal, near Falna in Bali tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan. Born in 1952, he studied B.A. at Rajasthan University, Jaipur.
President Droupadi Murmu appointed Om Prakash Mathur as governor of Sikkim on 27 July 2024.[4]
In June 2025, he flagged off the first batch of pilgrims on the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in five years.[5] On 20 October 2025 he visited Indian Army soldiers stationed at the Doka La Pass to celebrate Diwali.[6]
