List of mayors of Mumbai

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox Political post The Mayor of Mumbai is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner.[1] The Mayor plays a decorative role of representing and upholding the dignity of the city and a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the corporation.[2]

History of the office

The designation of the President of the Municipal Corporation of Mumbai was changed into that of His Lordship the 'Mayor', Mumbai Municipal Corporation from November 1931.

The precursor to the designation of Mayor were President (1887–1931) and Chairman (1873–1887).

File:Narendra Modi and the Chinese President, Mr. Xi Jinping witnessing the signing of agreement between the Mayor of Mumbai, Smt. Snehal Ambekar and the Executive Vice Mayor of Shanghai.jpg
Smt. Snehal Ambekar, Mayor of Mumbai from 2014 to 2017 (first person on the right), and the Executive Vice Mayor of Shanghai at an agreement signing ceremony, with the Indian Prime Minister and the Chinese President in the background.

Election of the mayor

The mayor is elected from within the ranks of the council in a quinquennial election. The elections are conducted in all 227 wards in the city to elect corporators. The party that wins the maximum number of seats holds an internal voting to decide the mayor. If no party or coalition can garner majority to select a mayor from amongst themselves for more than 1 month after general municipality elections or if the office of mayor becomes vacant for any reason mid term and still remains vacant for more than 2 months due to the first said reason, then a general election is held within the municipality for people to directly elect an executive mayor, to serve till end of term of the municipal house.

The tenure of the mayor is 2.5 years or till dissolution of municipal corporation, either by themselves or by state law.

Mayors of BMC

# Portrait Name Tenure Election Party
1 J. B. Boman Behram 1931 1932
2 V. N. Chandavarkar 1932 1933
3 Moreshwar Chintaman Javle 1933 1934
4 File:Hoosenally Rahimtoola New.png Hoosenally Rahimtoola 1934 1935
5 Khurshed Nariman 1935 1936
6 Jamnadas M. Mehta 1936 1937
7 Elijah Moses Rajpurker 1937 1938
8 Sultan M. Chinoy 1938 1939
9 Behram N. Karanjia 1939 1940
10 Mathooradas Tricamjee 1940 1941
11 Joseph A. Collaco 1941 1942
12 Yusuf Meherally 1942 1943
13 M. D. D. Gilder 1943 1943
14 Minoo Masani 1943 1944
15 Nagindas T. Master 1944 1945
16 Joseph Alban D'Souza 1945 1946
17 Mohamedbhoy I.M. Rowjee 1946 1947
18 A. P. Sabavala 1947 1948
19 M. U. Mascarenhas 1948 1949
20 File:Miss India Indrani Rehman, S.K. Patil, and two of the sponsors of the contest (cropped).jpg S. K. Patil 1949 1952
21 Ganpatishankar N. Desai 1952 1953
22 P. A. Dias 1953 1954
23 Dahyabhai Patel 1954 1955
24 N. C. Pupala 1955 1956
25 Sulochana Modi 1956 1956
26 Salebhoy Abdul Kader 1956 1957
27 File:Simon C. Fernandes.jpg Simon C. Fernandes 1957 1957
28 M. V. Donde 1957 1958
29 File:1958 SMS rally S.S. Mirajkar.jpg S.S. Mirajkar 1958 1959
30 P. T. Borale 1959 1960
31 Vishnuprasad N. Desai 1960 1961
32 V. B. Worlikar 1961 1962
33 N. N. Shah 1962 1963
34 E. A. Bandookwala 1963 1964
35 B. P. Divgi 1964 1965
36 M. Madhavan 1965 1966
37 S. R. Patkar 1966 1967
38 J. Leon D'Souza 1967 1968
39 R. N. Kulkarni 1968 1969
40 J. K. Joshi 1969 1970
41 S. G. Patel 1970 1971
42 Hemchandra Gupte 1971 1972 Shiv Sena style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
43 R. K. Ganatra 1972 1973
44 Sudhir Joshi 1973 1974 Shiv Sena style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
45 B. K. Boman-Behram 1974 1975
46 N. D. Mehta 1975 1976
47 File:Manohar Joshi cropped.jpg Manohar Joshi 1976 1977 Shiv Sena style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
48 File:Murli Deora in 2011 (cropped).jpg Murli Deora 1977 1978 Indian National Congress style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
49 Wamanrao Mahadik 1978 1978 Shiv Sena style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
50 R. K. Chimbulkar 1978 1980
51 Baburao H. Shete 1980 1981
52 A. U. Memon 1981 1982
53 P. S. Pai 1982 1983
54 M. H. Bedi 1983 1984
55 File:Chagan Bhujbal.jpg Chhagan Bhujbal 1985 1986 Shiv Sena rowspan="7" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
56 Dattaji Nalawade 1986 1987
57 File:Dr. Ramesh Y. Prabhoo.jpg Ramesh Prabhoo 1987 1988
58 C. S. Padwal 1988 1989
59 Sharad N. Acharya 1989 1990
(55) File:Chagan Bhujbal.jpg Chhagan Bhujbal 1990 1991
60 File:The Cabinet Minister of Transport, Maharashtra, Shri Diwakar Raote calling on the Union Minister for Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, in New Delhi on February 22, 2016 (cropped).jpg Diwakar Raote 1991 1992
61 File:MP Chandrakant Handore.jpg Chandrakant Handore 1992 1993 Republican Party of India style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
62 R. R. Singh 1993 1994 Indian National Congress rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
63 Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar 1994 1995
64 R. T. Kadam 1995 1996
65 Milind Vaidya 1996 1997 Shiv Sena rowspan="12" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
66 Vishakha Raut 1997 1998 1997
67 Nandu Satam 1998 1999
68[3] Hareshwar Patil 29 April 1999 5 March 2002 Template:Age in years and days
69[4] Mahadeo Deole 6 March 2002 17 February 2005 Template:Age in years and days 2002
70[5] Datta Dalvi 18 February 2005 9 March 2007 Template:Age in years and days
71[6] Shubha Raul 10 March 2007 30 November 2009 Template:Age in years and days 2007
72[7] Shraddha Jadhav 1 December 2009 8 March 2012 Template:Age in years and days
73[8] Sunil Prabhu 9 March 2012 8 September 2014 Template:Age in years and days 2012
74[9] Snehal Ambekar 9 September 2014 8 March 2017 Template:Age in years and days
75[10] Vishwanath Mahadeshwar 9 March 2017 21 November 2019 Template:Age in years and days 2017
76[11] Kishori Pednekar 22 November 2019 8 March 2022 Template:Age in years and days

See also

References

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