How the commissioners were chosen

Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar appointed Election Commissioner

A Law Ministry notification said the President appointed Rajiv Kumar, a retired 1984-batch IAS officer, as Election Commissioner in place of Ashok Lavasa. He took charge on 1 Sep 2020, leaving his post as Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board.

Notification text is quoted by Scroll; the Gazette copy was not opened.

• TIER 3 · PRESSFormer Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar appointed election commissioner, to replace Ashok LavasaScroll.in2020-08-21
• TIER 1 · PRIMARYShri Rajiv Kumar takes over as new Election CommissionerPress Information Bureau (Election Commission)2020-09-01