T. N. Seshan | |
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| 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India | |
| In office 12 December 1990 – 11 December 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | V. S. Ramadevi |
| Succeeded by | M. S. Gill |
| 18th Cabinet Secretary of India | |
| In office 27 March 1989 – 23 December 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | B. G. Deshmukh |
| Succeeded by | V. C. Pande |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan 15 May 1933 Palghat, Malabar District, British India (present-day Kerala, India) |
| Died | 10 November 2019 (aged 86) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress (1999) |
| Spouse |
Jayalakshmi Seshan
(m. 1959; died 2018) |
| Education | Madras Christian College Harvard University |
| Occupation | Bureaucrat |
| Awards | Ramon Magsaysay award (1996) |
Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan (15 May 1933 – 10 November 2019) was an Indian civil servant, bureaucrat who served with the Indian Administrative Service and as a politician.[1] After serving in various positions in Madras and in various ministries of the Central Government, he served as the 18th Cabinet Secretary of India in 1989. He was appointed the 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India (1990–96) and became known for his electoral reforms. He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service in 1996. After retirement as the CEC, he contested the 1997 Indian presidential election and lost to K.R. Narayanan[2] after which he unsuccessfully contested 1999 Gujarat assembly election from Gandhinagar constituency under Indian National Congress.
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