Former Defence Secretary R K Mathur Monday sworn in as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission. President Pranab Mukherjee administered the oath of office to Mr Mathur at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior Parliamentarian Lal Krishna Advani and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
Mr Mathur, a retired IAS officer of Tripura cadre, completed his two-year fixed tenure as Defence Secretary in May last year. As the Chief Information Commissioner, he will have a tenure of about three years, till he attains the age of 65 years.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection committee, which has Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, as its members, had last year on December 16 selected Mr Mathur as the new CIC.