<p>Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi was today appointed as the next Chief Election Commissioner.<br /><br /></p>.<p>President Pranab Mukherjee has cleared his appointment, a Law Ministry statement said.<br />He will assume charge with effect from April 19, after the incumbent Hari Shankar Brahma demits office on April 18 upon his retirement.<br /><br />Zaidi will have a tenure up to July, 2017 when he attains the age of 65. In appointing Zaidi as the CEC, government has carried on with the convention of elevating the senior-most EC.<br />Incidentally, he will be the only one left in the three- member constitutional body as the others have retired.<br /><br />The government will also soon set in motion the process of appointing two Election Commissioners to fill up the vacancies in the three-member poll body. Government is yet to appoint an EC after V S Sampath retired as CEC in January and Brahma was elevated in his place.<br /><br />An EC or a CEC has a tenure of six years in office or 65 years of age, whichever is earlier.<br />A 1976 batch IAS officer, Zaidi has worked in the Civil Aviation Ministry for a long time.</p>
<p>Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi was today appointed as the next Chief Election Commissioner.<br /><br /></p>.<p>President Pranab Mukherjee has cleared his appointment, a Law Ministry statement said.<br />He will assume charge with effect from April 19, after the incumbent Hari Shankar Brahma demits office on April 18 upon his retirement.<br /><br />Zaidi will have a tenure up to July, 2017 when he attains the age of 65. In appointing Zaidi as the CEC, government has carried on with the convention of elevating the senior-most EC.<br />Incidentally, he will be the only one left in the three- member constitutional body as the others have retired.<br /><br />The government will also soon set in motion the process of appointing two Election Commissioners to fill up the vacancies in the three-member poll body. Government is yet to appoint an EC after V S Sampath retired as CEC in January and Brahma was elevated in his place.<br /><br />An EC or a CEC has a tenure of six years in office or 65 years of age, whichever is earlier.<br />A 1976 batch IAS officer, Zaidi has worked in the Civil Aviation Ministry for a long time.</p>