Satya Pal Malik is the current Governor of Jammu and Kashmir State, appointed by President Ram Nath Kovind on 21 August 2018. The state will be bifurcated into two union territories, Jammu and Kashmir UT and Ladakh Union Territory, on 31 October 2019. He was the former Governor of Bihar, his tenure starting on 30 September 2017. On 21 March 2018 he was also given the additional charge to serve as Governor of Odisha up to 28 May 2018. Earlier, he was the member of the 9th Lok Sabha and represented Aligarh Constituency from 1989 to 1991. He was member of Rajya sabha from Uttar Pradesh during two term of 1980-86 and 1986-1992. He was also member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly during 1974-77. He again contested from Aligarh in 1996 on Samajwadi Party ticket, but could manage only 4th place and secured only 40,789 votes. He was in charge of Governor of Odisha from 21 March 2018 to 28 May 2018.