Satya Pal Malik (born 24 July 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the 21st and current Governor of Meghalaya. He was the 18th Governor of Goa. Malik was also the 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 cons*utional decision to abrogate Article 370, which gave special status to J&K, was taken on 5 August 2019.

His first prominent stint as a politician was as a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative *embly during 1974–77. He represented Uttar Pradesh in Rajya Sabha from 1980 to 1986 and 1986–89. He was member of the 9th Lok Sabha from Aligarh, from 1989 to 1991, as member of Janata Dal. He was the Governor of Bihar from October 2017 to August 2018. On 21 March 2018 he was also given additional charge to serve as Governor of Odisha up to 28 May 2018. In August 2018, he was appointed Governor to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Contents

• 1 Background
• 2 Posts held
• 3 Controversial speech
• 4 References

Background

Malik was born in Hisawada village of Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh in a Jat family. He pursued his law degree from Meerut College before joining politics.

Posts held

• 1974-77:: MLA from Baghpat, as member of Charan Singh's BKD
• 1980-89:: Rajya Sabha Member from Uttar Pradesh
• 1989-91:: Member of Lok Sabha from Aligarh, on Janata Dal ticket
• 1996 :: Lost Lok Sabha Election from Aligarh on Samajwadi Party ticket, came fourth with only 40,789 votes.
• 2012:: Appointed National Vice President of BJP
• October 2017 - August 2018:: Governor of Bihar
• August 2018 - October 2019:: Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
• 2020:: Governor of Goa
• 2021:: Governor of Meghalaya

Controversial speech

On 8 November 2021, Malik was invited to Global Jat Summit and in his speech, he used provocative messages against the Indian government regarding the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest and said "you will not be able to overcome the Sikhs. The Guru's four children were slaughtered, but the Guru refused to surrender.You cannot defeat the Jats as well."

He also added, "Indira Gandhi knew that she would be killed and she was killed. They killed General Vaidya in Pune and General Dwyer in London. I have even said that don't test the patience of the Sikh community."

References

• Official residence
• Women governors