𓄧Gyanesh Kumar has been appointed as the next Chief Election Commissioner of India. Kumar is the first CEC appointed under the new laws to appoint Election Commission members.
🐻Kumar, who will be replacing Rajiv Kumar, was selected by the committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
ꦅWith his term taking effect from February 19, 2025, Kumar will serve as the CEC of India till January 26, 2029.
ဣRajiv Kumar, the previous CEC, took charge in May 2022 and will be retiring on Tuesday upon reaching the age of 65.
Who Is Gyanesh Kumar?
♑Kumar is a retired Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer from the 1998 Kerala cadre. Ahead of his appointment as CEC, Kumar has held roles in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs where he served as secretary, and at the Ministry of Home Affairs.
🤡During his tenure at MHA, Kumar played a key role in the establishment of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust. As per reports, he also played a key role in managing Jammu and Kashmir affairs after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
꧙During his term as an IAS officer, he held various positions in Kerala such as district collector at Ernakulam and managing director of the Kerala State Cooperative Bank.
🌠Kumar completed his Bachelor's in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur. Kumar has also studied Business Finance at the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) and Environmental Economics at Harvard University.
He joined the Election Commission ꦇas an election commissioner on march 15, 2024 and was one of the two commissioners appointed by the panel along with Sukhbir Sandhu from the Uttarakhand cadre.
