Senior-most Election Commissioner Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath was on Wednesday June 06,2012 appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) by President Pratibha Patil. He replaces S.Y. Quraishi, who demits office on June 10,2012.
Sampath, a 1973 batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, took charge as Election Commissioner on April 21, 2009.Sampath was Power Secretary at the Centre before he was appointed Election Commissioner in April, 2009.
A native of Vellore in Tamil Nadu, V S Sampath was born on January 16, 1950. He will carry out his term till January 16, 2015 — either for six years in the Commission or till the age of 65, whichever comes earlier.
Sampath is the 18th CEC of India and will preside over the 2014 Lok Sabha elections
List of Chief Election Commissioners (CEC)of India
Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi: 30 July 2010 - June 10,2012
Navin Chawla: 21 April 2009 to 29 July 2010
N. Gopalaswami: 30 June 2006 to 20 April 2009
B. B. Tandon: 16 May 2005 to 29 June 2006
T. S. Krishnamurthy: 8 February 2004 to 15 May 2005
J. M. Lyngdoh: 14 June 2001 to 7 February 2004
M. S. Gill: 12 December 1996 to 13 June 2001
T. N. Seshan: 12 December 1990 to 11 December 1996
V. S. Ramadevi: 26 November 1990 to 11 December 1990
R. V. S. Peri Sastri: 1 January 1986 to 25 November 1990
R. K. Trivedi: 18 June 1982 to 31 December 1985
S. L. Shakdhar: 18 June 1977 to 17 June 1982
T. Swaminathan: 7 February 1973 to 17 June 1977
Nagendra Singh: 1 October 1972 to 6 February 1973
S. P. Sen Verma: 1 October 1967 to 30 September 1972
Kalyan Sundaram: 20 December 1958 to 30 September 1967
Sukumar Sen: 21 March 1950 to 19 December 1958
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