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New Appointments in India – 2019
Political Appointments
| Post | Name |
|---|---|
| Chief Minister of Goa | Pramod Sawant |
| Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh | Pema Khandu |
| Chief Minister of Karnataka | B. S. Yediyurappa |
| Governor of West Bengal | Jagdeep Dhankhar |
| Governor of Manipur | P B Acharya |
| Governor of Himachal Pradesh | Bandaru Dattatraya |
| Governor of Nagaland | R N Ravi |
| Governor of Gujarat | Acharya Devvrat |
| Governor of Maharashtra | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
| Governor of Andhra Pradesh | Biswa Bhushan Harichandran |
| Governor of Telangana | Tamilisai Soundararajan |
| Governor of Chhattisgarh | Anusuiya Uikey |
| Governor of Uttar Pradesh | Anandiben Patel |
| Governor of Bihar | Fagu Chauhan |
| Governor of Madhya Pradesh | Lalji Tandon |
| Governor of Kerala | Arif Mohammed Khan |
| Governor of Rajasthan | Kalraj Mishra |
| Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha | Om Birla |
| Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee | Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury |
Legal & Law Appointments
| Post | Name |
|---|---|
| Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) | AK Sikri |
| 1st ombudsman of BCCI | DK Jain |
| 1st Lokpal of India | Pinaki Chandra Ghose |
| 1st Chief Justice of Telangana High Court | T B N Radhakrishnan |
| 1st Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court | Vikram Nath |
| Chief Justice of Bombay High Court | Pradeep Nandrajog |
| Chief Justice of Delhi High Court | Dhirubhai Naranbhai Patel |
| Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court | Vikram Nath |
New Appointments under Govt. of India
| Post | Name |
|---|---|
| Election Commissioner of India | Sushil Chandra |
| Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) | Pramod Chandra Mody |
| National Security Advisor | Ajit Doval |
| Chief of India Meteorological Department (IMD) | Mrutyunjay Mohapatra |
| CEO of NITI Aayog | Amitabh Kant |
| Secretary of Overseas Indian Affairs | Vikas Swarup |
| Cabinet Secretary of India | Rajiv Gauba |
| Finance Secretary of India | Rajiv Kumar |
| Defence Secretary of India | Ajay Kumar |
| Home Secretary of India | Ajay Kumar Bhalla |
| Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister | Pramod Kumar Mishra |
| Private Secretary to Prime Minister | Vivek Kumar |
| Principal Advisor to the Prime Minister | Pradeep Kumar Sinha |
| Lokpal Secretary of India | Brij Kumar Agarwal |
| Ambassador to UAE | Pavan Kapoor |
| Ambassador to Saudi Arabia | Dr. Ausaf Sayeed |
| High Commissioner to South Africa | Jaideep Sarkar |
| High Commissioner to Seychelles | Dalbir Singh Suhag |
| Ambassador to Israel | Sanjeev Kumar Singla |
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Important PSUs & Other Posts
| Post | Name |
|---|---|
| Chairman & MD of Coal India | Pramod Agarwal |
| Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI) | Vijay Kumar Chopra |
New Appointments in Police & Armed Forces
| Post | Name |
|---|---|
| Director of CBI | Rishi Kumar Shukla |
| Chief of Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) | Samant Goel |
| Director of Intelligence Bureau | Arvind Kumar |
| Chief of the Naval Staff | Karambir Singh |
| Vice Chief of the Naval Staff | G Ashok Kumar |
| Chief of Indian Air Force | Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria |
| 1st head of India’s first tri-services Special Operations Division | AK Dhingra |
| Command Chief of Strategic Forces | NS Dhillon |
| D.G of Sashastra Seema Bal | Kumar Rajesh Chandra |
| DG of Indian Coast Guard | K Natarajan |
| DG of Border Security Force (BSF) | VK Johri |
| D.G of National Cadet Corps (NCC) | Rajeev Chopra |
| Police Commissioner of Kolkata | Anuj Sharma |
| 1st Indian women flight Engineer of the Indian Air Force | Hina Jaiswal |
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International New Appointments – 2019
Political Heads of Countries
| Post | Name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Bangladesh | Sheikh Hasina | |
| 1st Hindu woman judge in Pakistan | Suman Kumari | |
| Pakistani Army chief | Qamar Javed Bajwa | |
| Prime Minister of UK | Boris Johnson | |
| Home Secretary of UK | Priti Patel | |
| Secretary of Defense of USA | Mark Esper | |
| National Security Advisor of USA | Robert O’Brien | |
| Emperor of Japan | Naruhito | New imperial era - Reiwa |
| Prime Minister of Israel | Benjamin Netanyahu | |
| New king of Malaysia | Sultan Abdullah | |
| Prime Minister of Taiwan | Su Tseng-chang | |
| Prime minister of Palestinian | Mohammad Shtayyeh | |
| President of Indonesia | Joko Widodo | |
| Prime Minister of Thailand | Prayuth Chan-ocha | |
| President of Kazakhstan | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | |
| Prime Minister of Australia | Scott Morrison | |
| President of Ukraine | Volodymyr Zelensky | |
| Prime Minister of Ukraine | Oleksiy Honcharuk | Youngest-ever PM of Ukraine |
| Prime Minister of Greece | Kyriakos Mitsotakis | |
| President of North Macedonia | Stevo Pendarovski | |
| 1st female President of Slovakia | Zuzana Caputova | |
| President of Venezuela | Nicolás Maduro | |
| President of Panama | Laurentino Cortizo | |
| President of El Salvador | Nayib Bukele | |
| Prime Minister of Haiti | Jean-Michel Lapin | |
| President of South Africa | Cyril Ramaphosa | |
| President of Nigeria | Muhammadu Buhari | |
| President of Congo | Felix Tshisekedi | |
| Prime Minister of Sudan | Abdalla Hamdok | |
| President of Madagascar | Andry Rajoelina |
New Appointments in International Organizations
| Post | Name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Economist of IMF | Gita Gopinath | |
| MD & Chairwoman of IMF | Kristalina Georgieva | Bulgaria |
| President of World Bank | David Malpass | |
| MD & CFO of World Bank | Anshula Kant | |
| External auditor of the World Health Organization (WHO) | Rajiv Mehrishi | |
| President of European Central Bank | Christine Lagarde | |
| President of the United Nations General Assembly | Tijjani Mohammad Bande | Nigeria's Ambassador to UN |
| UNDP Goodwill Ambassador | Padma Lakshmi | |
| Advocates for Sustainable Development Goals | Dia Mirza | |
| Executive Director of UN-Women | Anita Bhatia | |
| Member of International Narcotics Control Board | Jagjit Pavadia | |
| Chairman of the African Union | Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi | President of Egypt |
| Association of World Election Bodies | Sunil Arora |
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Sports Appointments – India & International
| Post | Name |
|---|---|
| Indian Chef de Mission for Tokyo Olympics | Birendra Prasad Baishya |
| President of Wrestling Federation of India | Brijbhushan Sharan Singh |
| CEO of International Cricket Council (ICC) | Manu Sawhney |
| 1st Indian member of FIFA Executive Council | Praful Patel |
| Chairman of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation | Vivek Kohli |
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