Election Commissioner V S Sampath was on Wednesday appointed the new Chief Election Commissioner who will preside over the next Lok Sabha general elections in 2014. 62-year-old Sampath will take over as CEC after incumbent S Y Quraishi demits office on June 10. Our correspondent reports, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil cleared the appointment of Mr Sampath, a 1973-batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre.
Mr. Sampat has had stints in varied positions in Andhra Pradesh and Delhi and was Power Secretary at the Centre before he was appointed Election Commissioner in April, 2009.
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