Some removed Domain Admin Rights

Hi,
Someone  removed  Domain Admin rights from my Emp ID. I want to know that who removed my access. Is that possible to find from in AD ?
Many thanks
Regards, Hari Prasad.D

Hi Hari,
No it is not possible to find in AD, Is auditing enabled ?, if yes you will find an event log:
4733
A member was removed from a security-enabled local group.
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