NEW DELHI, Feb 17: Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar has been appointed as the next Chief Election Commissioner & is the first CEC to be appointed under a new law on the appointment of the members of the Election Commission.
His term will run till January 26, 2029.
He played a key role in implementing decisions following the scrapping of Article 370 of the Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir during his stint in the Union Home Ministry.
Vivek Joshi, a 1989-batch Haryana-cadre Indian Administrative Service officer, has been appointed as an Election Commissioner.
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