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{{Infobox political post<br />
| post = Chief Information Commissioner of India<br />
| body = <br />
| nativename = <br />
| flag = <br />
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| insignia = Emblem of India.svg<br />
| insigniasize = 60<br />
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| department = [[Central Information Commission]]<ref>https://cic.gov.in/</ref><br />
| image = YashvardhanKumarSinha.jpg<br />
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| incumbent = [[Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha]]<br />
| incumbentsince = 7 November 2020<br />
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| residence = <br />
| nominator = Committee consisting the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a Union Cabinet Minister as nominated by the Prime Minister<br />
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| appointer = [[President of India]]<br />
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| termlength = as determined by central government<br />
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| last = <br />
| abolished = <br />
| succession = <br />
| deputy = [[Information Commissioner of India|Information Commissioners of India]]<br />Deputy Information Commissioners of India<br />
| salary = ₹250,000 (US$3,500) per month<br />
| website = {{URL|http://cic.gov.in/|Chief Information Commissioner of India}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Central Information Commission''' includes 1 Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and not more than 10 Information Commissioners (IC) who are appointed by the President of India on the recommendations of a Committee. The first Chief Information Commissioner of India was [[Wajahat Habibullah]]. First woman Chief Information Commissioner was Deepak Sandhu. After the retirement of the 10th Chief Information Commissioner of India, Bimal Julka on November 7th, 2020, [[Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha|Yashwardhan Kumar Sinha]] had been appointed as the 11th CIC of India. The tenure of the commissioners has been cut to three years in the new rules.<ref>https://theprint.in/india/modi-govt-decide-salary-chief-information-commissioner-new-rti-rules/311619/#:~:text=The%20tenure%20of%20the%20commissioners,65%20years%2C%20whichever%20is%20earlier</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kothari-tipped-to-be-cvc-julka-is-cic/article30854241.ece|title=Sanjay Kothari tipped to be CVC; Bimal Julka is CIC|first=Sandeep|last=Phukan|date=18 February 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> <br />
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The following have held the post of the Central Information Commissioners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cic.gov.in/former-cic-and-ic|title=Former Chief ICs &#124; Central Information Commission|website=cic.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"<br />
|+ List of Central Information Commissioners<ref>https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/list-of-all-the-chief-information-commissioners-1556188652-1</ref><br />
|-<br />
! No.<br />
! Name<br />
! Portrait <br />
! Took office<br />
! Left office<br />
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|1<br />
|[[Wajahat Habibullah]]<br />
|<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2005|10|26}}<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2010|09|19}}<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[A. N. Tiwari]]<br />
|<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2010|09|30}}<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2010|12|18}}<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Satyananda Mishra]]<br />
|[[File:Satyananda Mishra.png|60px]]<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2010|12|19}}<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2013|09|04}}<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Deepak Sandhu]]<br />
|[[File:Deepak Sandhu.png|60px]]<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2013|09|05}}<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2013|12|18}}<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Sushma Singh]]<br />
|[[File:Sushma Singh.png|60px]]<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2013|12|19}}<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2014|05|21}}<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Rajiv Mathur]]<br />
|<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2014|05|22}}<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2014|08|22}}<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Vijai Sharma]]<br />
|[[File:Vijay Sharma.png|60px]]<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2015|06|10}}<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2015|12|01}}<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[Radha Krishna Mathur]]<br />
|[[File:R. K. Mathur.png|60px]]<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2016|01|04}}<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2018|11|24}}<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|[[Sudhir Bhargava]]<br />
|[[File:Sudhir Bhargava.jpg|60px]]<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2019|01|01}}<br />
|11 January 2020<br />
|-<br />
|10<br />
|[[Bimal Julka]]<ref name="auto"/><br />
|[[File:Bimal Julka.png|60px]]<br />
|{{dts|format=dmy|2020|02|19}}<br />
|31 October 2020 <br />
|-<br />
|11<br />
|[[Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha]]<ref name="auto"/><ref>https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/yashvardhan-kumar-sinha-takes-oath-as-chief-information-commissioner/article33046064.ece#:~:text=Photo%20Credit%3A%20AP-,President%20Ram%20Nath%20Kovind%20has%20administers%20the%20oath%20of%20office,to%20a%20Rashtrapati%20Bhavan%20statement.</ref><br />
|[[File:YashvardhanKumarSinha.jpg|73x73px]]<br />
|7 November 2020<br />
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