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The Central Government has extended the tenure of Attorney General KK Venugopal by a year more until June 30 2022. The government had also extended his tenure which was to come to an end on June 30, 2020.

Venugopal was appointed as the Attorney General of India on July 1, 2017 for a three year term. This is the second time when the Central Government has decided to extend his tenure by another year.

Venugopal is the 15th person to serve as the Attorney General for India. He succeeded Mukul Rohatgi who was the Attorney General from June 2014 to June 2017.

The 90 year Venugopal is associated with many important cases. Most significantly, he was appointed by the Royal Government of Bhutan to serve as the Constitutional adviser for drafting of the Constitution of Bhutan.

On June 30, 2017, he was appointed as the Attorney General of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Venugopal held the office of Additional Solicitor General in Morarji Desai’s Government.   

Venugopal was born in Kanhangad, a town in the erstwhile South Canara district of Madras Presidency of British India and grew up in Mangalore.

Venugopal did his B.Sc in Physics from the prestigious Madras Christian College, Chennai and law from Raja Lakhamgouda Law College, Belgaum. Venugopal has also studied at St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru.