Satya Pal Malik appointed Governor of Meghalaya

August 18: Satya Pal Malik was on Tuesday transferred as the Governor of Meghalaya, replacing Tathagata Roy who completed his five-year tenure. Before joining as the Governor of Meghalaya, Malik was the Governor of Goa. Bhagat Singh Koshyari, who is the Governor of Maharashtra, has been given the additional charge of Goa. He earlier served as the Governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir.

Malik, who began his political career in 1965, was first elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Lok Dal member in 1980. He was again elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Congress candidate in 1986. Malik joined the BJP and was elected as a Lok Sabha member in 2005.