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OP Rawat appointed as Election Commissioner of India

August 14, 2015Person in NewsOmkar Sawant

Om Prakash Rawat was appointed as the Election Commissioner of India.

OP Rawat

He is a 1977 batch Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre.

His appointment will come into effect from the day he assumes office.

With Rawat’s appointment, the sole vacancy in the three-member poll body has been filled.

Rawat will have tenure of more than three years which will end in December 2018.

Background

  • Rawat had retired from government service in December 2014.
  • During his career, he served as Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises in the Ministry of Heavy Industries.
  • Earlier he had served with two chief ministers as their principal secretary.
  • He is an awardee of state government’s ‘recognition of forest rights’ in 2009
  • Rawat did his MSc in Social Development Planning in 1989 in the United Kingdom.

Election Commissioner

  • An EC or a CEC has tenure of six years in office or till he or she attains the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
  • Naseem Zaidi is the Chief Election Commissioner and Achal Kumar Joti is the other Election Commissioner.
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