Harishankar Brahma
Harishankar Brahma | |
|---|---|
| 19th Chief Election Commissioner of India | |
| In office 16 January 2015 – 19 April 2015 | |
| President | Pranab Mukherjee |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | V. S. Sampath |
| Succeeded by | Nasim Zaidi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 April 1950 |
| Alma mater | St. Edmund's College, Shillong (BA) Gauhati University (MA) |
| Profession | Civil servant |
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Harishankar Brahma (born 19 April 1950) served as the 19th Chief Election Commissioner of India. He is a retired I.A.S. officer of the 1975 batch of the Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Brahma, who retired as the Union Power Secretary in April 2010, held office till 18 April 2015. He is the second person from North-East India to become an Election Commissioner, after J. M. Lyngdoh.