Sunil Arora will assume charge as the country's 23rd Chief Election
Commissioner (CEC) on Sunday Dec 02,2018
. He succeeds Om Prakash Rawat who retired
on Saturday Dec 01,2018
Importantly, the Election Commission will hold the 2019 Lok Sabha elections under him.
Besides the Lok Sabha polls, assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim will also be held under Arora next year.
A CEC of the Election Commission can have a tenure of six years or
hold office till the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. The
convention is to appoint the senior-most election commissioner as chief
election commissioner.
A former bureaucrat, Arora was appointed as election commissioner on August 31, 2017
A 1980-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, Arora has worked in ministries such as finance, textiles and the Planning Commission.
He also served as joint secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation during 1999-2002 and the CMD, Indian Airlines, for five years -- two years as an additional charge and three years as full charge.
Importantly, the Election Commission will hold the 2019 Lok Sabha elections under him.
Besides the Lok Sabha polls, assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim will also be held under Arora next year.
A former bureaucrat, Arora was appointed as election commissioner on August 31, 2017
A 1980-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, Arora has worked in ministries such as finance, textiles and the Planning Commission.
He also served as joint secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation during 1999-2002 and the CMD, Indian Airlines, for five years -- two years as an additional charge and three years as full charge.
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