Shivinder Singh Sidhu

Shivinder Singh Sidhu
Governor of Goa
In office
21 July 2008[1] – 7 September 2011[2]
Chief MinisterDigambar Kamat
Preceded byS. C. Jamir
Succeeded byK. Sankaranarayanan
Governor of Meghalaya
Additional charge
In office
29 October 2007 – 30 June 2008
Preceded byBanwari Lal Joshi[3]
Succeeded byRanjit Shekhar Mooshahary[4]
Governor of Manipur
In office
6 August 2004[5] – 22 July 2008
Preceded byArvind Dave
Succeeded byGurbachan Jagat
Secretary-General, International Civil Aviation Organization[6]
In office
1988–1991
Preceded byYves Lambert
Succeeded byPhilippe Rochat
Personal details
Born(1929-10-13)13 October 1929
Died25 October 2018(2018-10-25) (aged 89)[7]
New Delhi, India

Shivinder Singh Sidhu (13 October 1929 – 25 October 2018)[8] was an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. He held advanced degrees in Economics and Public Administration and a Doctorate of Philosophy.

Sidhu held a number of senior posts and represented his Government at numerous bilateral and inter-governmental negotiations in various fields. He was also the Chief Delegate of the Indian delegation to a number of international conferences and was elected President of the Twenty-sixth Session of the ICAO Assembly in 1986. While he was Director of India's Civil Aviation Administration (February 1985 to October 1987), he also served as Chairman of Air India and Indian Airlines and as Secretary to the Government in the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

  1. ^ "Dr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu | Raj Bhavan Goa". Archived from the original on 26 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Dr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu | Raj Bhavan Goa". Archived from the original on 26 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Past Governors: Raj Bhavan, Meghalaya". Archived from the original on 26 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Past Governors: Raj Bhavan, Meghalaya". Archived from the original on 26 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Past Governors". Raj Bhavan Manipur official website.
  6. ^ "Shivinder Singh Sidhu (India) Seventh ICAO Secretary General". ICAO official website.
  7. ^ "Former Meghalaya, Manipur Governor SS Sidhu no more". Northeast Now. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Shivinder Singh Sidhu sworn in as former Goa Governor", PTI (The Hindu), 21 July 2008.