The central government on Friday appointed retired bureaucrat Rajiv Kumar as the new Election Commissioner. The Ministry of Law and Justice in a notification said Kumar, a 1984 batch IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, will take charge the day Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa leaves office on August 31.
Lavasa will be joining the Asian Development Bank as its vice president and had announced his resignation earlier this week.
"In pursuance of clause (2) of article 324 of the Constitution, the president is pleased to appoint Shri Rajiv Kumar (IAS retired) as the election commissioner with effect from the date he assumes the office vice Shri Ashok Lavasa, election commissioner who has resigned with effect August 31," said the ministry in its notification.
Lavasa had tendered his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind and requested that he be relieved by the end of this month.
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