Former Bureaucrat Arun Goel assumed the office of election commissioner of India today, Monday, after being appointed to the post on November 19.
The post of one election commissioner in the three-member commission has been lying vacant since May when Sushil Chandra retired as Chief Election Commissioner.
Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju while notifying the appointment made by President Droupadi Murmu said, "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."
Arun Goel will join Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey in the apex poll body.
