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The Chief Election Commissioner of India (CEC) heads the Election Commission of India, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections.An election commissioner is appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of a three member selection committee headed by the Prime Minister of India and senior most election commissioner is appointed as chief election commissioner.
Since 1950, the Election Commission of India was a single member body with only the Chief Election Commissioner.As per The Election Commissioner Amendment Act, 1989, the Commission was made a multi-member body with two additional election commissioners who were appointed to the commission for the first time on 16 October 1989.
When formed in 1950, the Election Commission of India was a single member body with only the Chief Election Commissioner.As per The Election Commissioner Amendment Act, 1989, the Commission was made a multi-member body with two additional election commissioners who were appointed to the commission for the first time on 16 October 1989.
6 July 1963 (age 61) Occupation. Retired IAS Officer. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu (born 6 July 1963) is a retired 1988-batch Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Uttarakhand cadre. Sandhu's place of domicile according to official data is Punjab. On,14 March 2024 he was appointed as the Election Commissioner of India. [1][2]
Arun Goel. Arun Goel (born 7 December 1962) is a retired 1985-batch Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Punjab cadre. Currently, he serves as Indian Ambassador to Croatia from 3 October 2024 onwards. [3] Before this, on 19 November 2022, he was appointed as Election Commissioner of India and assumed charge on 21 November 2022 ...
He has been Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) International Taxation, Delhi. He was also the Director of Investigation, Mumbai and Director General Investigation, Gujarat. [6] [7] [8] On 15 February 2019, he was appointed as the Election Commissioner of India and took office as the Chief Election Commissioner of India on 13 April 2021. [9]
The Election Commission is composed of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other (number determined by the President) additional Election Commissioners (ECs) appointed by the President of India under the provision Article 324 of the Constitution.
Sunil Arora (born 13 April 1956) was the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India. [2][3] He is also the chairman for Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB). He is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Rajasthan cadre. He also served as a secretary to the Government of India in two ministries. [4][5]