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{{Short description|Chief Information Commissioner of India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Raj Kumar Goyal
| birth_name = Raj Kumar Goyal
| caption =
| occupation = [[Bureaucrat]]
| image = Raj Kumar Goyal (IAS Retd. 1990).jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1965|08|10}}
| birth_place = [[India]]
| office = [[Chief Information Commissioner of India]]
| predecessor = [[Heeralal Samariya]]
| appointer = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| term_start = 15 December 2025
| office1 = [[Secretary to the Government of India|Law Secretary of India]]
| term_start1 = 28 May 2024
| term_end1 = 31 August 2025
| predecessor1 = S. K. G. Rahate
| successor1 = Niraj Verma<ref>{{Cite web |date= 1 September 2025|title= Office Order |url=https://xn--i1b5bzbybhfo5c8b4bxh.xn--11b7cb3a6a.xn--h2brj9c/sites/default/files/NirajVerma_04092025.pdf |access-date= 16 December 2025|website=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs of India]]|language=en}}</ref>
| appointer1 = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| office2 = [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary of Border Management]] [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs of India]]
| appointer2 = [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]]
| term_start2 = 12 February 2024
| term_end2 = 27 May 2024
| successor2 = Rajendra Kumar<ref>{{Cite web |date= 28 May 2024 |title= Rajendra Kumar IAS has been appointed as secretary of border management|url=https://www.witnessinthecorridors.com/BureaDetails/rajender-kumar-ias-has-been-appointed-as-secretary-department-of-border-management-government-of-india |access-date= 16 December 2025|website=Whisperers in Corridors |language=en}}</ref>
| predecessor2 = Atal Dulloo
| alma_mater = ([[Bachelor of Technology|B.Tech]]) [[IIT Roorkee]]
}}

'''Raj Kumar Goyal''' (born 10 August 1965<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|title= Raj Kumar Goyal ER Sheet|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=MTUyMjU=&PageId= |access-date= 15 December 2025|website=[[Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]]|language=en}}</ref>) is a [[retired]] 1990 batch [[Indian Administrative Service|Indian Administrative Service officer]] of [[Union Territories|AGMUT]] cadre who is currently serving as the [[Chief Information Commissioner of India]] since 15 December 2025. He previously served as the [[Secretary to the Government of India|Law Secretary of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |date= 15 December 2025|title=ex bureaucrat Raj Kumar Goyal appointed as chief information commissioner|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ex-bureaucrat-raj-kumar-goyal-chief-information-commissioner-10421005/ |access-date= 15 December 2025|website=[[The Indian Express ]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= 13 December 2025|title= Former Law Secretary Raj Kumar Goyal appointed as Chief Information Commissioner|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/former-law-secretary-raj-kumar-goyal-appointed-as-chief-information-commissioner-3829880 |access-date= 15 December 2025|website=[[Deccan Herald]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Raj Kumar Goyal was born on 10 August 1965{{Clarify|date=December 2025}} in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. He completed his [[Bachelor of Technology|B.Tech]] degree in [[Electronics|Electronics Engineering]] from [[IIT Roorkee]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web |date= 16 December 2025|title= Former Law Secy Raj Kumar Goyal appointed as CIC|url=https://www.thebuckstopper.com/former-law-secy-raj-kumar-goyal-appointed-as-cic/ |access-date= 16 December 2025|website= The Buck Stopper |language=en}}</ref>

==Civil Service career==
Goyal was an [[Indian Administrative Service|Indian Administrative Service officer]] of 1990 batch from the [[Union Territories|Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories]].<ref>{{Cite web |date= 16 December 2025|title= Former IAS officer Raj Kumar Goyal sworn in as CIC|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/former-ias-officer-raj-kumar-goyal-sworn-in-as-new-chief-information-commissioner-1923994 |access-date= 16 December 2025|website=[[Deccan Chronicle ]]|language=en}}</ref>

Throughout his career Goyal has served in various positions in the [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] both as [[Principal Secretary (India)|Principal Secretary]] and as Joint Secretary in the [[Government of Jammu and Kashmir]]. He then served as [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary of Border Management]] in the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home affairs of India]] and then as [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary of Department of Justice]] in the [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Ministry of Law and Justice of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |date= 15 December 2025|title= who is Raj Kumar Goyal new CIC|url=https://indianmasterminds.com/news/ias-raj-kumar-goyal-appointed-chief-information-commissioner-cic-168243/ |access-date= 16 December 2025|website= India Masterminds |language=en}}</ref>

On 15 December 2025 the Government appointed Goyal as the new [[Chief Information Commissioner of India]] after months of vacancy since the September when [[Heeralal Samariya]] left.<ref>{{Cite web |date= 14 December 2025|title= Finally former law secretary Raj Kumar Goyal appointed as CIC|url= https://thesecretariat.in/article/finally-former-law-secretary-raj-kumar-goyal-to-take-oath-as-cic|access-date= 16 December 2025|website= The Secretariat|language=en}}</ref>

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