Rajiv Kumar assumes charge as new EC chief; will oversee 2024 Lok Sabha, presidential polls
Highlights
- Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar assumed charge of 25th Chief Election Commissioner today
- Sushil Chandra relinquished charge after completing his tenure as the CEC on Saturday
- Rajiv Kumar is senior most Election Commissioner in 3-member poll panel after Sushil Chandra
Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar assumed charge as the 25th Chief Election Commissioner on Sunday (May 15) afternoon. On Saturday, Sushil Chandra relinquished the charge after completing his tenure as the CEC.
The government on May 12 appointed the senior-most Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India with effect from May 15.
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Rajiv Kumar is the senior-most Election Commissioner in the three-member poll panel after Sushil Chandra.
"The President is pleased to appoint Shri Rajiv Kumar, the senior most Election Commissioner, as the Chief Election Commissioner in the Election Commission of India. Shri Rajiv Kumar will assume the charge of the office of the Chief Election Commissioner of India with effect from the May 15, 2022 vice Shri Sushil Chandra consequent upon his demitting Office of the Chief Election Commissioner on May 14, 2022," the official communication of the Law Ministry said.
Know more about new CEC Rajiv Kumar:
Rajiv Kumar, a 1984 batch IAS officer was appointed as an Election Commissioner in September, 2020.
He retired as Finance Secretary in February. During his over three-decade tenure in the government, he worked with various Ministries at the Centre and in his State cadre of Bihar and Jharkhand.
Kumar joined as Election Commissioner in place of the then Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa.
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