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title: "Name the new Chief Election Commissioner of India who will replace Shri Achal Kumar Joti?"  
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# Name the new Chief Election Commissioner of India who will replace Shri Achal Kumar Joti? 

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## Answers

### Answer by Biswajeet Bhattacharya

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(Chief Election Commissioner of India Mr Om Prakash Rawat)

**Mr Om Prakash Rawat** is the current **Chief Election Commissioner of India**. Mr O P Rawat assumed office on **23rd January 2018** succeeding **Achal Kumar Jyoti**. Om Prakash Rawat is a retired **IAS officer** belonging to **Madhya Pradesh** cadre from the **1977** batch. O P Rawat is the **22nd** Chief Election Commissioner of India. Appointed by the **President of India** the Chief Election Commissioner of India draws a salary of **?250,000** per month. Om Prakash Rawat served as the **Public Enterprise Secretary** of India from **3rd March 2012** to **31st December 2013**.

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Om Prakash Rawat was born on **2nd December 1953** in **Uttar Pradesh, India**. O P Rawat served as the **Election Commissioner of India** from **14th August 2012** to **22nd January 2018**. Om Prakash Rawat served both in the **Union Government of India** and in the state government of **Madhya Pradesh**. O P Rawat served as the **Principal Secretary** to the **Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh**. He served as the **Joint Secretary** in the **Ministry of Defence** of the **Union of India**. O P Rawat served as the **Principal Secretary (Women and Child Development), Principal Secretary (Tribal Welfare), Principal Secretary (Women and Child Development)** and **Principal Secretary (Commerce and Industries)**. In the Madhya Pradesh government, O P Rawat served as the **Excise Commissioner** of the state. He was the **District Magistrate** and **Collector** of **Indore** and **Narsinghpur** districts. O P Rawat also served as the **Vice Chairman** of **Narmada Valley Development Authority**.

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Om Prakash Rawat completed his graduation and post graduation from **Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (BHU)**. He has the degree of **BSc** as well as **MSc** in **Physics**. O P Rawat also received a postgraduate degree in **Social Development Planning** from the **United Kingdom** in **1989**. In the year **2009** Om Prakash Rawat received **‘recognition of forest rights'** award from the state government of Madhya Pradesh.

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