Sushil Chandra assumed charge as the 24th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on Tuesday. He was appointed as the new CEC by President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday.
Chandra was appointed as an Election Commissioner on February 14, 2019, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
He will remain in office till May 14, 2022, and will oversee the conduct of assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand, and Manipur.
While the terms of assemblies in Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand, and Manipur are set to end March 2022, the term of Uttar Pradesh Assembly will end in May 2022.
During his over two-year tenure as an Election Commissioner, Chandra supervised assembly elections of more than 10 states and worked towards making the entire nomination process online.
Before his appointment in the EC, Chandra was the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
As per the website of the EC, Chandra belongs to the 1980 Batch of the Indian Revenue Service. He is also Member of the Delimitation Commission since 18th February 2020 looking after the Delimitation of Jammu Kashmir UT.
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