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Indian civil servant and bureaucrat (1932–2019)

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.

Tn seshan biography of albert

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.

Early life and education

Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan was born^[3] on 15 May 1933^[4] in Thirunellai Village in Palakkad, Ke