Lalji Tandon

Lalji Tandon (12 April 1935 – 21 July 2020) was an Indian politician. He was the 22nd Governor of Madhya Pradesh from July 2019 to June 2020. He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a protégé of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Lalji Tandon
22nd Governor of Madhya Pradesh
In office 29 July 2019 – 30 June 2020
President	Ramnath Kovind
Chief Minister	Kamal Nath Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Preceded by	Anandiben Patel
Succeeded by	Anandiben Patel
28th Governor of Bihar
In office 23 August 2018 – 28 July 2019
Chief Minister	Nitish Kumar
Preceded by	Satya Pal Malik
Succeeded by	Phagu Chauhan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Succeeded by	Rajnath Singh
Constituency	Lucknow
Leader of the Opposition, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 7 September 2003 – 13 May 2007
Preceded by	Swami Prasad Maurya
Succeeded by	Mulayam Singh Yadav
Personal details
Born	(1935-04-12)12 April 1935 Chowk, Lucknow, United Provinces, British India
Died	21 July 2020(2020-07-21) (aged 85) Lucknow, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Krishna Tandon (m. 1958)
Children	3 (including Ashutosh Tandon)
Residence	Raj Bhavan, Bhopal
Alma mater	Kalicharan Degree College
Website	Lok Sabha webpage

Tandon was hospitalized in June 2020 for a urinary tract infection. He died on 21 July 2020 in Lucknow, aged 85.