Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik passed away on Tuesday (August 5, 2025). He has also served as the Governor of Meghalaya, Goa, Odisha and Bihar. He was 79-years old.

Malik entered politics in the mid-1960s inspired by the socialist ideology of Ram Manohar Lohia. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2004 and was appointed its national vice-president in 2012. He was a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s team in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha election.