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ElectionCommissioner

Ex-Finance Sexy Rajiv Kumar appointed as Election Commissioner

| @indiablooms | Aug 22, 2020, at 05:14 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar has been appointed as the Election Commissioner, a notification from the Law Ministry stated on Friday night.

Kumar will take charge on Aug 31, the day Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa leaves his office.

Lavasa is joining Asian Development Bank as its vice president.

"The President is pleased to appoint Shri Rajiv Kumar... as the Election Commissioner with effect from the date he assumes the office vice Shri Ashok Lavasa, Election Commissioner, who has resigned with effect from August 31, 2020," the Law Ministry said in the notification.

Kumar is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1984 batch from Jharkhand cadre.

He has more than 30 years of experience in public policy and administration in several sectors. He holds BSc and LLB degrees, along with Master of Public Policy and Sustainability.


 

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