| Arun Goel | |
| Office: | Indian Ambassador of India to Croatia |
| Term Start: | 3 October 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Raj Kumar Srivastava,IFS |
| Office1: | Election Commissioner of India |
| Term Start1: | 19 November 2022 |
| Term End1: | 9 March 2024 (Resigned) [1] [2] |
| Predecessor1: | Rajiv Kumar |
| Successor1: | Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Retired IAS Officer |
| Office2: | Secretary of Heavy Industry India |
| Term Start2: | 30 December 2019 |
| Term End2: | 18 November 2022 |
| Predecessor2: | Asha Ram Sihag |
| Successor2: | Kamran Rizvi |
| Office3: | Secretary, Ministry of Culture |
| Term Start3: | 10 August 2018 |
| Term End3: | 30 December 2019 |
| Predecessor3: | Raghvendra Singh |
| Successor3: | Anand Kumar |
| Birth Date: | 1962 12, df=yes |
Arun Goel (born 7 December 1962) is a retired 1985-batch Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Punjab cadre. Currently, he serves as Indian Ambassador to Croatia from 3 October 2024 onwards.[3] Before this, on 19 November 2022, he was appointed as Election Commissioner of India and assumed charge on 21 November 2022.[4] [5] [6] [7] His appointment has been challenged in the Indian Supreme Court due to procedural concerns but was given clearance on 3 August 2023.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Thereafter, on 9 March 2024 he resigned from the post for personal reasons.[13] Previously, he served as a Secretary of Heavy Industry in India from December 2019 to November 2022 and prior, to it as Culture Secretary of India.[14]
On 9 March 2024, Arun Goel tendered his resignation[15] from the position of Election Commissioner of India, which was accepted by the President. His resignation came just before the announcement of the dates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, leaving Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar as the sole election commissioner. (A normally three-member Election Commission already had a vacancy.) whereas, his tenure was till 6 December 2027.