Election Commissioner
Nasim Zaidi was today appointed as the next
Chief Election Commissioner.
President Pranab Mukherjee has cleared his
appointment, a Law Ministry statement said.
He will assume charge with effect from April
19, after the incumbent Hari Shankar Brahma
demits office on April 18 upon his retirement.
Zaidi will have tenure up to July, 2017 when
he attains the age of 65.
In appointing Zaidi as the CEC, government
has carried on with the convention of
elevating the senior-most EC.
Incidentally, he will be the only one left in
the three-member constitutional body as the
others have retired.
The government will also soon set in motion
the process of appointing two Election
Commissioners to fill up the vacancies in the
three-member poll body.
Government is yet to appoint an EC after V S
Sampath retired as CEC in January and
Brahma was elevated in his place.
An EC or a CEC has a tenure of six years in
office or 65 years of age, whichever is earlier.
A 1976 batch IAS officer, Zaidi has worked in
the Civil Aviation Ministry for a long time.
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