Harishankar Brahma

Harishankar Brahma
19th Chief Election Commissioner of India
In office
16 January 2015  – 19 April 2015
PresidentPranab Mukherjee
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byV. S. Sampath
Succeeded byNasim Zaidi
Personal details
Born (1950-04-19) 19 April 1950
Alma materSt. Edmund's College, Shillong (BA)
Gauhati University (MA)
ProfessionCivil 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.