---
type: Person
title: "Ghazala Hashmi"
description: "VA Lt Governor — State of Virginia"
role: "VA Lt Governor"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "executive"
state: "VA"
tenure:
  start: "2026-01-17"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 4
ids:
  person: "f4abf6fe-8dea-4355-be2e-8bd22359ffa4"
  office: "313acaf8-78a9-4881-8580-a7e130eb7e4a"
  tenure: "6e3929e6-da81-46d3-901c-e0f284b32610"
  jurisdiction: "b4bb6a51-5075-43fd-a32c-39650c52a181"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, executive, va]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Ghazala Hashmi

Current VA Lt Governor (State of Virginia).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).