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'''Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan''' (15 May 1933 – 10 November 2019) was an Indian civil servant, lecturer, bureaucrat and statesman who served with the [[Indian Administrative Service]].{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/cong-s-seshan-vs-advani/cid/916428 |title=CONG?S SESHAN VS ADVANI |work=[[Telegraph India]]|date=1999-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725034718/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/cong-s-seshan-vs-advani/cid/916428 |archive-date=2022-07-25}} After serving in various positions in [[Madras State|Madras]] and in various ministries of the [[Government of India|Central Government]], he served as the 18th [[Cabinet Secretary of India]] in 1989. He was appointed the 10th [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]] (1990–1996) and became known for his electoral reforms. He won the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for government service in 1996. After retirement as the [[Chief Election Commissioner of India|CEC]], he contested the [[1997 Indian presidential election]]. He lost to [[K.R. Narayanan]] after which he unsuccessfully contested [[1999 Indian general election in Gujarat|1999 Lok sabha election]] from [[Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency|Gandhinagar constituency]] under the Indian National Congress.

'''Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan''' (15 May 1933 – 10 November 2019) was an Indian civil servant, lecturer, bureaucrat and statesman who served with the [[Indian Administrative Service]].{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/cong-s-seshan-vs-advani/cid/916428 |title=CONG?S SESHAN VS ADVANI |work=[[Telegraph India]]|date=1999-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725034718/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/cong-s-seshan-vs-advani/cid/916428 |archive-date=2022-07-25}} Prior to entering the civil service, he worked as a Physics lecturer at the Madras Christian College. After serving in various positions in [[Madras State|Madras]] and in various ministries of the [[Government of India|Central Government]], he served as the 18th [[Cabinet Secretary of India]] in 1989. He was appointed the 10th [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]] (1990–1996) and became known for his electoral reforms. He won the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for government service in 1996. After retirement as the [[Chief Election Commissioner of India|CEC]], he contested the [[1997 Indian presidential election]]. He lost to [[K.R. Narayanan]] after which he unsuccessfully contested [[1999 Indian general election in Gujarat|1999 Lok sabha election]] from [[Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency|Gandhinagar constituency]] under the Indian National Congress.

==Early life and education==

==Early life and education==