New Delhi: Former bureaucrat Arun Goel, assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner of India on Monday. Arun Goel a former IAS officer of the Punjab cadre, was on Saturday appointed as Election Commissioner. The Ministry of Law and Justice on Saturday notified the appointment made by President Droupadi Murmu.
‘The President is pleased to appoint Arun Goel, IAS (Retd.) (PB: 1985) as the Election Commissioner in the Election Commission with effect from the date he assumes the office’, it said. He will join Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey in the Election Commission.
Arun Goel had on Friday taken voluntary retirement from the post of Secretary, Heavy Industries. Sushil Chandra retired as Chief Election Commissioner in May this year. Before being appointed as the Heavy Industries Secretary in 2019, Goel was the Secretary, Culture Ministry and has also served as the Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority.
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