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
Gossaigaon, Assam
Alma materSt. Edmund's College, Shillong (BA)
Gauhati University (MA)
ProfessionCivil servant

Harishankar Brahma (born 19 April 1950) served as 19th Chief Election Commissioner of India. He is a retired I.A.S. officer of the 1975 batch of the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Mr. Brahma, who retired as the Union Power Secretary in April 2010, held office till 18 April 2015. He is second person from the North-East to become an Election Commissioner, after J. M. Lyngdoh.