| Post: | Chief Information Commissioner of India |
| Insignia: | Emblem of India.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 60 |
| Department: | Central Information Commission[1] |
| Incumbent: | Heeralal Samariya (Retd.IAS) |
| Nominator: | Committee consisting the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a Union Cabinet Minister as nominated by the Prime Minister |
| Appointer: | President of India |
| Termlength: | as determined by central government |
| Deputy: | Information Commissioners of India Deputy Information Commissioners of India |
| Salary: | ₹250,000 (US$3,500) per month |
The Chief Information Commissioner of India is the head of the Central Information Commission appointed by the President of India. The first Chief Information Commissioner was Wajahat Habibullah. First woman Chief Information Commissioner was Deepak Sandhu. The tenure of the commissioners has been cut to three years in the new rules.[2]
The following have held the post of the Central Information Commissioners.[3]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wajahat Habibullah | ||||
| 2 | A. N. Tiwari | ||||
| 3 | Satyananda Mishra | ||||
| 4 | Deepak Sandhu | ||||
| 5 | Sushma Singh | ||||
| 6 | Rajiv Mathur | ||||
| 7 | Vijai Sharma | ||||
| 8 | Radha Krishna Mathur | ||||
| 9 | Sudhir Bhargava | 11 January 2020 | |||
| 10 | Bimal Julka[5] | 31 October 2020 | |||
| 11 | Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha[6] | 7 November 2020 | 3 October 2023 | ||
| 12 | Heeralal Samariya[7] | 6 November 2023 | 13 September 2025 |