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S. Y. Quraishi
Politician
1947 –
Who is S. Y. Quraishi?
Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi is a former Chief Election Commissioner of India. He was appointed as the CEC as the successor to Navin Chawla on 30 July 2010. He has also served as a Secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
He is an IAS officer of the 1971 batch from Haryana cadre. He has a Ph.D. in Communications and Social marketing.
Quraishi is the first Muslim to be the CEC of India.S. Y. Quraishi demits office on 10 June 2012.
He is now pursues his interests in academics by teaching & mentoring at Cluster Innovation Centre,University of Delhi in the capacity of Honorary Professor at the centre.
While responding to Karan Thapar on the Devil's Advocate programme on the television channel CNN-IBN, he opposed the ideas of Right to Recall and Right to Reject advocated by Anna Hazare as not possible in India. However after some time in a TV interview he said that Right to Reject can be considered.
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- Born
- Jul 11, 1947
Delhi - Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Education
- St. Stephen's College, Delhi
- PhD
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on July 23, 2013
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