G. C. Murmu

G. C. Murmu
14th Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 August 2020
President	Ram Nath Kovind Draupadi Murmu
Preceded by	Rajiv Mehrishi
Chairman of the United Nations Panel of External Auditors
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 August 2020
Preceded by	Rajiv Mehrishi
1st Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
In office 31 October 2019 – 6 August 2020
Chief Minister	Vacant
Preceded by	Position established Satyapal Malik (as Governor)
Succeeded by	Manoj Sinha
Expenditure Secretary of India
In office 1 March 2019 – 30 October 2019
President	Ramnath Kovind
Preceded by	Ajay Narayan Jha
Succeeded by	Atanu Chakraborty
Personal details
Born	Girish Chandra Murmu (1959-11-21) 21 November 1959 (age 64) Betnoti, Odisha, India
Nationality	Indian
Spouse	Smita Shukla Murmu
Children	2
Alma mater	Utkal University University of Birmingham
Occupation	IAS officer

Girish Chandra Murmu (born 21 November 1959) is the 14th Comptroller and Auditor General of India ^[1] and the external auditor of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.^[2] He is also the chairman of the United Nations Panel of External Auditors 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.^[3][4] He was the Inaugural Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir till 6 August 2020.^[5][6] He is a retired 1985 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre and was principal secretary to Narendra Modi during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat.^[7]