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Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar will be the new Chief Election Commissioner of India. President Ram Nath Kovind has cleared his appointment. In a tweet, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed that Mr. Kumar, the senior most Election Commissioner, will assume the charge of office of CEC with effect from 15th of this month. He will replace incumbent Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra who will be demitting the office on 14th of this month.
Besides the President and the Vice President elections due shortly, the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and several assembly polls will be held under his watch.
Kumar was the chairperson of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) when he was appointed an election commissioner.
He took charge as an election commissioner on September 1, 2020, after a vacancy was created following the resignation of then election commissioner Ashok Lavasa.
A 1984-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Bihar/Jharkhand cadre, Kumar superannuated from service in February 2020.